Sahil Boy
How popular is Sahil?
#2,258 boy name in 2025
62 baby boys were named Sahil in the US in 2025, making it the 2258th most popular boy name.
Sahil popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #2,258 for boys (▲ 186 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 62 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-16% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,955 in 2015, #2,263 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2001 (144 boys) |
| Highest rank | #1,023 in 2001 |
| First recorded | 1982 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Sahil counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Sahil family of names ranked #1,569 for boys in 2025 (#1,776 the year before), with 87 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Sahil | 62 | 71% |
| Sahal | 7 | 8% |
| Sahel | 18 | 21% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Sahil is most popular
Babies named Sahil per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- New York: 0.1 per 1,000 (33 boys)
- California: 0.1 per 1,000 (46 boys)
- Minnesota: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 boys)
- Texas: 0.0 per 1,000 (24 boys)
- New Jersey: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 boys)
Sahil by decade
Boy names about as popular as Sahil
Questions
- Is Sahil a boy or girl name?
- Sahil is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Sahil were boys.
- How popular is the name Sahil?
- 62 baby boys were named Sahil in the US in 2025, making it the 2258th most popular boy name.
- When was Sahil most popular?
- Sahil peaked in 2001, when 144 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #1,023 in 2001.
- How many people are named Sahil?
- 3,160 babies have been named Sahil in the US since 1880. We estimate about 3,111 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 20.
- Where is Sahil most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Sahil was most common in New York, at 0.1 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.