Saafir — #10333 US boys' name
150 babies named Saafir in U.S. Social Security records since 1999, with the highest year being 2016. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 27% of names given to boys today.
57% of everyone ever named Saafir was born in this single decade.
13 babies were named Saafir in 2016 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Saafir
The Social Security Administration has registered 150 babies named Saafir between 1999 and 2024, spanning 26 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Saafir currently holds the #10333 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2016, when 13 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Saafir performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 85 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Saafir shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Pennsylvania, which accounts for 23 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Saafir in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Saafir 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 150 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.
Saafir at a glance
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Current rank
Active since
Saafir popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1999
- Peak year (2016)
- 13
- Annual births at peak — across 26 years of records
Currently ranks #10333 among boys.
150 total births across 26 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2016 with 13 births in a single year.
Saafir by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 85 births that decade — 57% of Saafir's all-time total
Saafir decade highlights
- Peak decade 85 births
- Runner-up 29 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Saafir's strongest decade
85 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 57% of all-time use.
Saafir by state
Where Saafir concentrates geographically — total births since 1999
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Pennsylvania | | 23 | 15.3% |
23 of 150 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Pennsylvania 15.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Pennsylvania accounts for 15.3% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1999–2024 (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.