Shahara
Sahara is a Bangladeshi film actress. She made her debut in the film Rukhe Darao in 2004 with Shakib Khan. Her career lasted from then to 2014, the year her last movie was released. She stopped acting after marrying Mahbubur Rahman in 2015.
Meaning & Origin of Shahara
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Sahara is a Bangladeshi film actress. She made her debut in the film Rukhe Darao in 2004 with Shakib Khan. Her career lasted from then to 2014, the year her last movie was released. She stopped acting after marrying Mahbubur Rahman in 2015.
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The Story of Shahara
The earliest SSA record of Shahara as a baby girl name dates back to 1957, when 6 babies received it. 1978 was its biggest year on record, with 20 newborns named Shahara — #3,637 in the national rankings. The 1980s were its strongest decade, accounting for roughly 33% of all recorded Shaharas. Its most recent appearance in the national data came in 2000 (10 births); the name has since faded from the published rankings. In total, more than 212 Shaharas have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1950s through the 2020s.
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About the name Shahara
Shahara is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1957 and has accumulated 212 births in the dataset. Shahara's peak popularity came in 1978 when it ranked #3,637. Use the chart and map above to compare Shahara's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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