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Sahara Name Popularity

    

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How popular is Sahara?

In 2018 the rare name Sahara, ranked the 1,707th Most Popular Girls Name in the United States.

Uncommon, Sahara would be a striking name choice.

Position 1034, its highest popularity ranking, was reached in 2006 with 248 occurrences.

The least number of children given the name Sahara was less than 5, most recently in 1969.

Approximately during the years 1983-1987, 1989-1992, 1996-1999, and 2002-2006, the name Sahara took a definitive turn upwards in popularity whereas 2011-2014 were years of successive downward movement.

Sometimes the name Sahara has been more popular as a girls name and sometimes it has been more popular as a boys.

The popularity trend for Sahara has been moving upward for a while. however, the number of children named Sahara lately has remained about the same.

What does the future hold for the popularity of Sahara?

Currently, the name is at a mid point when compared to its most popular year.

The name Sahara is still rare and has recently started to plateu at its present level but may also begin to make a more decisive move up or down.

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   Sahara (Girl)Sahara (Boy)
Year %No. of Babies Given NamePopul. RankNo. of Babies Given NamePopul. Rank
2018 121 1,707 < 5 --
2017 126 1,694 < 5 --
2016 103 1,948 < 5 --
2015 120 1,748 < 5 --
2014 109 1,864 < 5 --
2013 125 1,684 < 5 --
2012 143 1,545 < 5 --
2011 180 1,309 < 5 --
2010 172 1,359 < 5 --
2009 169 1,402 < 5 --
2008 201 1,254 < 5 --
2007 248 1,058 < 5 --
2006 248 1,034 < 5 --
2005 198 1,167 < 5 --
2004 101 1,880 < 5 --
2003 83 2,120 5 12,408
2002 96 1,863 < 5 --
2001 92 1,898 < 5 --
2000 108 1,644 < 5 --
1999 111 1,537 < 5 --
1998 93 1,719 < 5 --
1997 81 1,841 < 5 --
1996 72 1,974 < 5 --
1995 80 1,798 < 5 --
1994 76 1,886 < 5 --
1993 63 2,145 < 5 --
1992 70 1,980 < 5 --
1991 50 2,509 < 5 --
1990 48 2,513 < 5 --
1989 45 2,562 < 5 --
1988 43 2,521 < 5 --
1987 39 2,606 < 5 --
1986 30 3,111 < 5 --
1985 28 3,219 < 5 --
1984 12 5,805 < 5 --
1983 8 7,877 < 5 --
1982 13 5,465 < 5 --
1981 11 6,211 < 5 --
1980 10 6,665 < 5 --
1979 16 4,573 < 5 --
1978 19 3,887 < 5 --
1977 14 4,869 < 5 --
1976 7 7,928 < 5 --
1975 7 7,766 < 5 --
1974 5 9,862 < 5 --
1973 5 9,460 < 5 --
1972 5 9,302 < 5 --
1971 9 5,896 < 5 --
1970 6 7,790 < 5 --
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United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.