Sahira

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Sahira: Recorded since 1996, its highest recorded position is #2,152, and it stood at #5,891 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
24times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#2152highest recorded position
3groupings 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	#3126
1997	#2152
1998	#2701
1999	#2770
2000	#2746
2001	#3262
2003	#2436
2004	#4598
2005	#4798
2006	#3548
2008	#5545
2009	#3422
2010	#4688
2011	#5785
2013	#4050
2015	#5730
2017	#4763
2018	#4684
2019	#4686
2020	#4535
2021	#5581
2022	#4645
2023	#4709
2024	#5891

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

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 24 of the 29 years 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 #3126 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: #2152 among girls in England and Wales, in 1997 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #5891 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Sahira 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 Sahira in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	21	4 of 10	5
2000sbusiest	36	8 of 10	5
2010s	27	7 of 10	4
2020s	18	5 of 10	4

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade — the 8 years of it this list covers, averaging 5 births a year.

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

Sahira 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: #2152 in England and Wales in 1997.

Sahira'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	#5891	3	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#4709	4	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#4645	4	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#5581	3	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#4535	4	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#4686	4	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#4684	4	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#4763	4	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#5730	3	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#4050	5	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#5785	3	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#4688	4	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#3422	6	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#5545	3	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#3548	5	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#4798	3	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#4598	3	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#2436	7	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#3262	4	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#2746	5	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#2770	5	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#2701	5	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#2152	7	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#3126	4	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 24 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #2,152, first reached in 1997.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 7 births, registered in England and Wales in 1997.

Its record falls into 6 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

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 →
8 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
6separate stretches the record falls into6 to 9 separate stretches →
1 yearlongest absence inside the recorded periodA single year missing →
#5,891position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
7births registered in its largest year, 1997Under 25 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.

Sahin · #2425, 11y
Sahir · #1135, 27y
Sahla · #3447, 12y
Sahra · #298, 63y

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.

Branwen · #2152, 26y
Feroz · #2150, 19y
Hajara · #2150, 23y
Laken · #2150, 19y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Branwen · #2152, 26y
Joscelyn · #2152, 17y
Ruchi · #2152, 16y
Sufia · #2152, 12y

Sahira 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 Sahira without appearing here.

Sahira moved ahead of

Ollie Compare
In 2005 they stood at #4798 and #3970 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2006 that had become #3548 and #5061.
Jayden Compare
In 2017 they stood at #4050 and #3536 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #4684 and #5666.
Kristin Compare
In 2017 they stood at #5730 and #4736 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #4684 and #5666.
Kristy Compare
In 2017 they stood at #5785 and #5785 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #4684 and #5666.

Moved ahead of Sahira

Ezra Compare
In 2014 they stood at #4050 and #5742 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2015 that had become #5730 and #1279.
Fiadh Compare
In 2014 they stood at #4050 and #5742 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2015 that had become #5730 and #2705.
Blake Compare
In 2010 they stood at #3422 and #3936 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2011 that had become #5785 and #2893.
Frida Compare
In 2003 they stood at #2436 and #2727 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2004 that had become #4598 and #1836.

Moved the opposite way to Sahira

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Sahira went from #3126 to #5891 while Ada went from #2683 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Sahira went from #3126 to #5891 while Alma went from #2096 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Sahira went from #3126 to #5891 while Alyssa went from #783 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Sahira went from #3126 to #5891 while Amalie went from #2096 to #1128.

Moved the same way as Sahira

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Sahira went from #3126 to #5891 and Abigail from #21 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Sahira went from #3126 to #5891 and Aimee from #70 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Sahira went from #3126 to #5891 and Aisling from #440 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Sahira went from #3126 to #5891 and Alex from #161 to #2253.

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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: #2152 in England and Wales in 1997. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Sahira

Sahira at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Sahira by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Sahira appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

Sahira and the names beside it

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Sahira at a glance

Sahira by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Sahira appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Sahira and the names beside it

Sahira moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Sahira

Moved the opposite way to Sahira

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