Given name & surname
Sahil
“a great leader”
Sahil is used as a given name and a surname. One Indian interpretation is “a great leader.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Indian interpretation is “a great leader.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Indian.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1982. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Sahil through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 3,160
- 3,160 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2001
- 144 babies
- 2025
- 62
- #2,281 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −3%
- Steady
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 62 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 2,281 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 3.4% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 144 in 2001. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (11). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 4,098 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Sahil’s family of names
Sahil has a related form in Sahel. Sahil has a related form in Saheal. Sahil has a related form in Saheale.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 13
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Sahelvariant
- Sahylevariant
- Sahylvariant
- Sahielevariant
- Sahielvariant
- Saheilevariant
- Saheilvariant
- Sahelevariant
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People named Sahil
- Sahil AnandIndian film and television actorborn 1987
- Sahil KhanIndian actorborn 1976
- Sahil SuhaimiSingaporean footballerborn 1992
- Sahil SandhuCanadian association football playerborn 1991
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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