Saam — boys' name
75 babies named Saam in U.S. Social Security records since 1984, with the highest year being 1991. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
35% of everyone ever named Saam was born in this single decade.
8 babies were named Saam in 1991 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Saam
The Social Security Administration has registered 75 babies named Saam between 1984 and 2023, spanning 40 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Saam currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 1991, when 8 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Saam performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 26 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Saam shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Saam in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Saam 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 75 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.
Saam at a glance
Last recorded 2023Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Saam popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2023–1984
- Peak year (1991)
- 8
- Annual births at peak — across 40 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2023.
75 total births across 40 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1991 with 8 births in a single year.
Saam by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 26 births that decade — 35% of Saam's all-time total
Saam decade highlights
- Peak decade 26 births
- Runner-up 24 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Saam's strongest decade
26 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 35% of all-time use.
Saam by state
Where Saam concentrates geographically — total births since 1984
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 6 | 8.0% |
6 of 75 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 8.0% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 8.0% 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, 1984–2023 (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.