MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Sahil mean?
Arabic sāḥil denotes a shore or coastal edge. Urdu poetic usage extends the image to a place of arrival or safety.
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
साहिल
Conventional spelling
Gurmukhi
ਸਾਹਿਲ
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Sahil in Indian usage
37,168 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for boys (97.3%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 1,010 records (2.7%).
- Recorded as male: 36,158 records (97.3%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1960s | 176 |
| 1970s | 579 |
| 1980s | 7,841 |
| 1990s | 28,470 |
| Other decades | 102 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Haryana | 10,510 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 6,831 |
| Punjab | 6,723 |
| Bihar | 3,748 |
| Rajasthan | 2,967 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 2,692 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 1,164 |
| Chandigarh | 877 |
| Jharkhand | 669 |
| Uttarakhand | 594 |
| Maharashtra | 154 |
| Other states | 239 |
How to read these numbers
Small counts and a second count where needed are withheld for privacy; an omitted value is not zero. Coverage, dates and suppression.
Recorded abroad
Official births registered in 2025, for the exact spelling shown.
| Jurisdiction | Spelling / recorded sex | Births | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| England & Wales | Sahil / M | 25 | 1,153 |
ONS and National Records of Scotland; Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3. Counts follow each office’s publication rules.
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Sources
- Historical Indian voter-record totals, v3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Historical usage; CC0 1.0; birth years 1910–2001
- England & Wales 2025 birth statistics: Exact spelling Sahil; Table_6, C1193 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Exact spelling Sahil; Table_6, C1193