Said

#1,585 for boys in 2025, 107 births

Peak · boys
2010 · 165 births
Debut · boys
6 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
3,166
since 1961

Said over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Said has never cracked the top 1,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202006peak #1,127, 2010boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yearboys
rankbirths
2025#1,585107
2024#1,573110
2023#1,650104
2022#1,626107
2021#1,75092
2020#1,84980
2019#2,06270
2018#2,01772
2017#1,91875
2016#1,81183
2015#1,81582
2014#1,536104
2013#1,60596
2012#1,59998
2011#1,206146
2010#1,127165
2009#1,60499
2008#1,60398
2007#1,516104
2006#1,391114
2005#1,334113
2004#1,235122
2003#1,248116
2002#1,177119
2001#1,91257
2000#2,17546
1999#3,03127
1998#2,39436
1997#2,02444
1996#2,59029
1995#2,40032
1994#2,61828
1993#2,25734
1992#2,59927
1991#2,82823
1990#2,30830
1989#2,35928
1988#2,30526
1987#4,5739
1986#2,77918
1985#3,40113
1984#3,70111
1983#2,57718
1982#2,20723
1981#4,9617
1980#3,09814
1979#3,81010
1978#3,8579
1977#3,03713
1976#4,0128
1975#5,4645
1974#4,6346
1973#4,5056
1972#3,9637
1971#3,3709
1970#3,2829
1969#3,9356
1968#3,1078
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1964#3,0508
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First appearance
1961

The first year at least five boys were named Said! It came in at #3,652, and was given to 6 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1962–1963, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

Where Said is popular in 2006

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Said, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Said, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Said, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Said, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Said, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Said, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Said, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Said, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Said, so not publishedMNIllinois: #1,056 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 10,998 boysILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Said, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Said, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 boys named Said, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Said, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Said, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Said, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Said, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Said, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Said, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Said, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Said, so not publishedINOhio: #982 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 11,075 boysOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Said, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Said, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Said, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #761 for boys · 30 births · 1 in 8,677 boysCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Said, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Said, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Said, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Said, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Said, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Said, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Said, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Said, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Said, so not publishedDEArizona: #850 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 9,062 boysAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Said, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Said, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Said, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Said, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Said, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Said, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Said, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Said, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Said, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Said, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Said, so not publishedALGeorgia: #1,096 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 10,404 boysGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Said, so not publishedHITexas: #1,114 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 13,309 boysTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Said, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. California#761 · 1 in 8,677
  2. Arizona#850 · 1 in 9,062
  3. Ohio#982 · 1 in 11,075
  4. Illinois#1,056 · 1 in 10,998
  5. Georgia#1,096 · 1 in 10,404

Best ever in a state: #398 in Nebraska, 2010.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
California#761301 in 8,677
Arizona#85051 in 9,062
Ohio#98261 in 11,075
Illinois#1,05671 in 10,998
Georgia#1,09661 in 10,404
Texas#1,114141 in 13,309
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Said
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 12 spots since 2024 (#1,573 → #1,585)
  • 264 spots since 2020 (#1,849 → #1,585)
  • 230 spots since 2015 (#1,815 → #1,585)
Rise & fade · boys
49 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1961
  • Peaked 2010 at #1,127 (165 births)
  • Births halved by 2015, 5 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 11,628
  • Highest: 1 in 11,628 boys born in 2010 were named Said (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 15,963 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · boys
The 2010s
  • 31.3% of all boys named Said (991) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1960s28#3,050 (1964)#3,436
1970s82#3,037 (1977)#3,993
1980s167#2,207 (1982)#3,196
1990s310#2,024 (1997)#2,505
2000s988#1,177 (2002)#1,520
2010s991#1,127 (2010)#1,670
2020s600#1,573 (2024)#1,672

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Said in 2006

boys
#1,391
114 births · 1 in 18,029 boys

Top boys' names in 2006

  1. #1Jacob24,871
  2. #2Michael22,653
  3. #3Joshua22,336
  4. #4Ethan20,522
  5. #5Matthew20,339
  6. #6Daniel20,082
  7. #7Andrew19,733
  8. #8Christopher19,688
  9. #9Anthony19,413
  10. #10William18,965
  11. #1,391Said114
More about 2006

boys

2,055,273 boys got a published name in 2006; 1 in 18,029 of them was named Said, which outranked 90.1% of the 14,047 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 10.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Said
  1. #1,387Blayne115
  2. #1,387Kelan115
  3. #1,387Zev115
  4. #1,391Said114
  5. #1,391Deegan114
  6. #1,391Everardo114
  7. #1,391Favian114
  8. #1,402Dameon113
  9. #1,402Daylon113
  10. #1,402Garett113

Tied with 10 names at #1,391; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2005
Risers
  1. ↑ 792Bode#1,648 → #856
  2. ↑ 790Talen#1,691 → #901
  3. ↑ 677Kingston#1,603 → #926
  4. ↑ 634Imanol#1,619 → #985
  5. ↑ 590Yandel#1,266 → #676
Fallers
  1. ↓ 2,208Baby#945 → #3,153
  2. ↓ 609Kanye#892 → #1,501
  3. ↓ 442Amarion#628 → #1,070
  4. ↓ 308Omarion#420 → #728
  5. ↓ 224Johnpaul#739 → #963

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 2006 →