Sahib
Sahib was the 2980th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 42 babies. Its best year was 2013, when it ranked 2836th; the most babies were born in 2017 (42). Over the last ten years it has moved down 70 places. More babies were named Sahib in the 2010s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #2,980 boys, up 278 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 42boys
- Girls and boys
- 13% girls, 87% boys2021–2025
- Peak year
- 201742 babies
- Total since 1880
- 859babies recorded
Sahib popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Rank (boys) | Babies (girls) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #11,744 | #2,980 | 8 | 42 |
| 2020 | #14,809 | #3,258 | 6 | 35 |
| 2010 | — | #3,882 | — | 27 |
| 2000 | — | #6,231 | — | 11 |
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How popular is Sahib, counting every spelling?
Sahib has no other common spelling that sounds the same.
How many kids will share the name Sahib?
42 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Sahib (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Sahib born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 200 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Sahib.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Sahib?
About 800 people born in the US named Sahib are alive today, with a median age of 12; half are between 6 and 18. That makes Sahib a young name: most people with it are children.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Sahib by state
How common Sahib was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in California (3.8×). In 49 states fewer than five boys a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
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Questions about the name Sahib
How popular is the name Sahib?
Sahib was the 2980th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 42 babies. Its best year was 2013, when it ranked 2836th; the most babies were born in 2017 (42). Over the last ten years it has moved down 70 places. More babies were named Sahib in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Is Sahib a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, 13% girls, 87% boys given the name Sahib in the US.
Where is Sahib most popular?
In 2021–2025, Sahib was most common in California (0.07 per 1,000 boys), followed by New York and New York.