Sahir
A boys’ name of Arabic origin, meaning waking, awake, or one who stays awake.
Babies a year
39
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#4275
4 babies
Sahir by the numbers
In 2025, 4 babies in England and Wales were named Sahir. In the US, 39 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in the US than in England and Wales.
Its American peak was 53 babies in 2016, making it a 2010s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Sahir. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Samircompanion in evening conversation333 in the US (2017)
- Sahilshore or coast25 in England and Wales (2025)
- Sabirpatient; enduring11 in England and Wales (2025)
- Sahibmaster; lord; companion40 in England and Wales (2025)
- Saahirwakeful; watchful; one who stays awake19 in the US (2017)
- Sahmirawakening companion; one who watches at night8 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Sahir
Names that are said the same way as Sahir, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Names about as common as Sahir
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