Sahasra
Feminine · “a thousand”
Sahasra is a thousand in Sanskrit — and the Sahasrara, the thousand-petalled lotus, is the crown chakra.
How old is the name Sahasra?
Sahasra first appears in US birth records in 2005 — 20 years ago. The typical Sahasra is a kid of about 11 — this name's wave is very recent. About 1,700 people named Sahasra are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Sahasra most popular?
Sahasra peaked in 2010, reaching #1593 nationally. Today it ranks #2607, 1,014 places below that high. See the whole 2010 chart.
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Where it comes from
From sahasra to Sahasra
The story of Sahasra
Sahasra names the number a thousand and stands behind two of the best-known things in Hindu practice — the Sahasranama, the thousand names of a deity recited as a devotion, and the Sahasrara, the thousand-petalled lotus at the crown of the head. Sahasra is a modern Indian given name and is in current American use.
Meaning
a thousand
From the Sanskrit sahasra, 'a thousand'. The Sahasrara chakra is the thousand-petalled lotus at the crown of the head. Vishnu's thousand names are the Vishnu Sahasranama. The Sanskrit is documented and the reading undisputed.
How the name formed
- sahasra
- Sahasra
Related forms: सहस्र · Sahasra
Pronouncing Sahasra
suh-HUS-rah
Three syllables, stress in the middle. Sanskrit gives the h a full breath.
Nicknames for Sahasra
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 2005
- Most girls named
- 2010136 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1593reached in 2010
- Change vs 2024
- +29.4%66 in 2025, from 51
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Sahasra in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- सहस्र in Sanskrit — transliteration
- Sahasra in Telugu — same name
Strongest US states over the last decade: California, Texas, Georgia.
Sahasras among us
people named Sahasra are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 24,353 born in 2025 was named Sahasra
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Laree test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Sahasra's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Laree climbed just as high around 1936, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Laree's path sketches the road Sahasra is walking now.
Sahasra sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Sahasra is headed
Sahasra is easing off slowly — about 17% fewer babies a year by 2030 if the trend continues.
Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Sahasra beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Sahasra in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- That the crown chakra is a thousand-petalled lotus is a first-rate image.
- The thousand-names devotion is a genuinely good association.
- Three syllables of open vowels, which carries unusually well.
- It is a number word rather than a descriptive name.
- It reads as specifically Indian.
- It will need spelling out every time.
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Frequently asked
- How many Sahasras are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 1,700 people named Sahasra are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Sahasra in 2025?
- Sahasra ranks #2607 among US girl names in 2025, with 66 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Sahasra?
- About 1 in every 24,353 US girls born in 2025 was named Sahasra — 66 in all.
- Will my child share the name Sahasra with classmates?
- Sahasra will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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