Feminine dossier · first seen 1964

Sahara

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Sahara
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

2006

Peak rank proxy

248

Current vitality

Fragile

Generation

Gen Z

1964Peak 20062024

Peak year

2006

Decline from peak

49.2%

2024

126

All-time

4,629

Sahara has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 2006, when 248 girls were named Sahara.

In 2024, only 126 girls were given the name.

Down 49.2% from its peak.

All told, about 4,629 Americans have been named Sahara and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1964.

Rarity scoreVery uncommon

AssociationGen Z

StabilityModerate cultural durability

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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