Sa — unisex name
48 babies named Sa in U.S. Social Security records since 1983, with the highest year being 1983. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
40% of everyone ever named Sa was born in this single decade.
7 babies were named Sa in 1983 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Sa
The Social Security Administration has registered 48 babies named Sa between 1983 and 2018, spanning 36 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Sa currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2018. The name reached its historical peak in 1983, when 7 babies received it in a single year. Sa is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 25 additional births since 1982.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Sa performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 19 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Sa shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Sa in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 48 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Sa at a glance
Last recorded 2018Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Sa popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2018–1983
- Peak year (1983)
- 7
- Annual births at peak — across 36 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2018.
48 total births across 36 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1983 with 7 births in a single year.
Sa popularity over time — boys
25 total births recorded since 1982 (Sa as boys' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The boys' variant of Sa accounts for 34% of total recorded use across both genders.
Sa by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 19 births that decade — 40% of Sa's all-time total
Sa decade highlights
- Peak decade 19 births
- Runner-up 17 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Sa's strongest decade
19 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 40% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1983–2018 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.