Sahara
19
Babies in 2024
-41%
10-year change
2006
Peak · 41
-9%
vs 2023
Trajectory · 1996→2024
Years with no bar had fewer than 3 babies with this name — ONS suppresses counts of 2 or fewer for privacy.
About the name Sahara
Sahara peaked among UK girls' names in the late 2000s (41 babies in 2006) and has remained in active use — 19 girls were registered in England & Wales in 2024.
Sahara reached its peak in 2006, when 41 girls were registered in England & Wales — ranked #753 for UK girls that year. Today's count of 19 keeps the name in regular use.
Across 29 years of ONS data since 1996, a total of 637 girls have been officially registered with the name Sahara in England & Wales. In the past decade alone (2014–2024), 237 girls were registered with the name, starting from 32 in 2014 and ending at 19 in 2024.