Boys' name · since 1991
Saajan
Saajan has 95 recorded births since 1991 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1992 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #17,783 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 95
- born since 1991
- 1990s
- peak decade
95 boys have been named Saajan since 1991, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Saajan has been recorded 95 times among boys since 1991, though it is not among the currently most-used boys names, with its heaviest use in the 1990s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1991 to 2024.
- #17,783 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 95 born since 1991
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Saajan ranks #17,783 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 95 born since 1991, peaking in the 1990s.
- #17,783 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 95
- born since 1991
- 1990s
- peak decade
Saajan's 95 recorded births place it above 60.87% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Saajan's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Saajan's full recorded timeline at 2003, 52% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 48% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1997, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1992 peak of 9 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Saajan popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1991–2024
- Peak year (1992)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 34 years of records
Saajan by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (41 births, 43% of the file).
1990s was Saajan's strongest decade.
41 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 43% of all-time use.
Saajan births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
41 births
- 2000s 16
2000s
16 births
- 2010s
2010s
18 births
- 2020s
2020s
20 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 41 births (43% of all-time use).
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- Saajan's usage has stayed within range of its 1990s decade-level peak (41 total births) through the 2020s (20) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Saajan: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1992)
Similar record span (~33 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1991–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Saajan draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.