Sahara

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Sahara: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Sahara: Recorded every year since 1996, it reached #753 in 2006, and it stood at #1,603 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
29times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#753highest recorded position
9groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Girls

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1522
1997	#1666
1998	#1979
1999	#1970
2000	#1475
2001	#3262
2002	#1442
2003	#1129
2004	#1383
2005	#1045
2006	#753
2007	#919
2008	#817
2009	#1004
2010	#896
2011	#1117
2012	#1058
2013	#1324
2014	#1094
2015	#1168
2016	#1920
2017	#1681
2018	#1170
2019	#1389
2020	#1687
2021	#1628
2022	#1685
2023	#1469
2024	#1603

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

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What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in every year from 1996 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #1522 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #753 among girls in England and Wales, in 2006 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1603 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Sahara by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Sahara in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	37	4 of 10	9
2000s	236	10 of 10	24
2010sbusiest	272	10 of 10	27
2020s	92	5 of 10	18

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 27 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Sahara appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #753 in England and Wales in 2006.

Sahara's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#1603	19	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#1469	21	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#1685	17	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#1628	18	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#1687	17	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#1389	22	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#1170	29	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#1681	18	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#1920	15	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#1168	29	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#1094	32	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#1324	25	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#1058	33	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#1117	30	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#896	39	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#1004	32	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#817	41	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#919	33	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#753	41	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#1045	24	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#1383	16	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#1129	20	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#1442	13	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#3262	4	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#1475	12	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#1970	8	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#1979	8	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#1666	10	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#1522	11	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 29 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #753, first reached in 2006.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 41 births, registered in England and Wales in 2006.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
29 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years20 to 29 unbroken years →
1unbroken stretch — never absent from the recordUnbroken since it first appeared →
#1,603position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
41births registered in its largest year, 200625 to 49 births →

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Sahand · #2418, 15y
Sahar · #378, 49y
Sahas · #1879, 10y
Sahej · #2964, 11y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Aneurin · #753, 29y
Jameel · #753, 29y
Radhika · #753, 27y
Tasnia · #752, 25y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Aneurin · #753, 29y
Jameel · #753, 29y
Kaylie · #753, 26y
Radhika · #753, 27y

Sahara was ranked #753 in England and Wales · Girls in 2006. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Sahara and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Sahara without appearing here.

Sahara moved ahead of

Debra Compare
In 2001 they stood at #3262 and #2226 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2002 that had become #1442 and #4137.
Susan Compare
In 2017 they stood at #1681 and #1512 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #1170 and #3518.
Helene Compare
In 2001 they stood at #3262 and #2023 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2002 that had become #1442 and #3409.
Janice Compare
In 2001 they stood at #3262 and #2226 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2002 that had become #1442 and #3409.

Moved ahead of Sahara

Beau Compare
In 2000 they stood at #1475 and #3247 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2001 that had become #3262 and #1107.
Riley Compare
In 2000 they stood at #1475 and #1594 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2001 that had become #3262 and #1439.
Blake Compare
In 2015 they stood at #1168 and #1240 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #1920 and #768.
Audrey Compare
In 2003 they stood at #1129 and #1325 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2004 that had become #1383 and #736.

Moved the opposite way to Sahara

Rory Compare
Between 2010 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Sahara went from #896 to #1603 while Rory went from #5707 to #1603.

Moved the same way as Sahara

Harper Compare
Between 2001 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Sahara went from #3262 to #1603 and Harper from #3262 to #22.

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #753 in England and Wales in 2006. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Sahara

Sahara at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Sahara by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Sahara appears in

Popularity data

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Sahara at a glance

Sahara by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Sahara appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Sahara

Sahara and the names beside it

Sahara moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Sahara

Moved the opposite way to Sahara

Moved the same way as Sahara