Said
#1,585 for boys in 2025, 107 births
- Peak · boys
- 2010 · 165 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 3,166since 1961
Said over time
Rank among boys' names. Said has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
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| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #1,585 | 107 |
| 2024 | #1,573 | 110 |
| 2023 | #1,650 | 104 |
| 2022 | #1,626 | 107 |
| 2021 | #1,750 | 92 |
| 2020 | #1,849 | 80 |
| 2019 | #2,062 | 70 |
| 2018 | #2,017 | 72 |
| 2017 | #1,918 | 75 |
| 2016 | #1,811 | 83 |
| 2015 | #1,815 | 82 |
| 2014 | #1,536 | 104 |
| 2013 | #1,605 | 96 |
| 2012 | #1,599 | 98 |
| 2011 | #1,206 | 146 |
| 2010 | #1,127 | 165 |
| 2009 | #1,604 | 99 |
| 2008 | #1,603 | 98 |
| 2007 | #1,516 | 104 |
| 2006 | #1,391 | 114 |
| 2005 | #1,334 | 113 |
| 2004 | #1,235 | 122 |
| 2003 | #1,248 | 116 |
| 2002 | #1,177 | 119 |
| 2001 | #1,912 | 57 |
| 2000 | #2,175 | 46 |
| 1999 | #3,031 | 27 |
| 1998 | #2,394 | 36 |
| 1997 | #2,024 | 44 |
| 1996 | #2,590 | 29 |
| 1995 | #2,400 | 32 |
| 1994 | #2,618 | 28 |
| 1993 | #2,257 | 34 |
| 1992 | #2,599 | 27 |
| 1991 | #2,828 | 23 |
| 1990 | #2,308 | 30 |
| 1989 | #2,359 | 28 |
| 1988 | #2,305 | 26 |
| 1987 | #4,573 | 9 |
| 1986 | #2,779 | 18 |
| 1985 | #3,401 | 13 |
| 1984 | #3,701 | 11 |
| 1983 | #2,577 | 18 |
| 1982 | #2,207 | 23 |
| 1981 | #4,961 | 7 |
| 1980 | #3,098 | 14 |
| 1979 | #3,810 | 10 |
| 1978 | #3,857 | 9 |
| 1977 | #3,037 | 13 |
| 1976 | #4,012 | 8 |
| 1975 | #5,464 | 5 |
| 1974 | #4,634 | 6 |
| 1973 | #4,505 | 6 |
| 1972 | #3,963 | 7 |
| 1971 | #3,370 | 9 |
| 1970 | #3,282 | 9 |
| 1969 | #3,935 | 6 |
| 1968 | #3,107 | 8 |
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| 1964 | #3,050 | 8 |
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| 1961 | #3,652 | 6 |
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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 2024
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- South Carolina#746 · 1 in 4,192
- New Jersey#754 · 1 in 4,991
- Texas#1,171 · 1 in 9,933
- California#1,247 · 1 in 12,017
- New York#1,341 · 1 in 10,810
Best ever in a state: #398 in Nebraska, 2010.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| South Carolina | #746 | 5 | 1 in 4,192 |
| New Jersey | #754 | 8 | 1 in 4,991 |
| Texas | #1,171 | 18 | 1 in 9,933 |
| California | #1,247 | 15 | 1 in 12,017 |
| New York | #1,341 | 8 | 1 in 10,810 |
| Florida | #1,627 | 6 | 1 in 15,940 |
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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
- 12 spots since 2024 (#1,573 → #1,585)
- 264 spots since 2020 (#1,849 → #1,585)
- 230 spots since 2015 (#1,815 → #1,585)
- Debuted 1961
- Peaked 2010 at #1,127 (165 births)
- Births halved by 2015, 5 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- 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%)
- 31.3% of all boys named Said (991) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 28 | #3,050 (1964) | #3,436 |
| 1970s | 82 | #3,037 (1977) | #3,993 |
| 1980s | 167 | #2,207 (1982) | #3,196 |
| 1990s | 310 | #2,024 (1997) | #2,505 |
| 2000s | 988 | #1,177 (2002) | #1,520 |
| 2010s | 991 | #1,127 (2010) | #1,670 |
| 2020s | 600 | #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 2024
Top boys' names in 2024
More about 2024
boys
1,722,888 boys got a published name in 2024; 1 in 15,663 of them was named Said, which outranked 89.0% of the 14,294 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,563Nate111
- #1,563Shaun111
- #1,563Zamari111
- #1,573Said110
- #1,573Alakai110
- #1,573Alton110
- #1,573Coby110
- #1,583Aston109
- #1,583Everette109
- #1,583Honor109
Tied with 9 names at #1,573; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.