Saamir — #11596 US boys' name
85 babies named Saamir in U.S. Social Security records since 2002, with the highest year being 2009. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 19% of names given to boys today.
58% of everyone ever named Saamir was born in this single decade.
11 babies were named Saamir in 2009 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Saamir
The Social Security Administration has registered 85 babies named Saamir between 2002 and 2024, spanning 23 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Saamir currently holds the #11596 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2009, when 11 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Saamir performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 49 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Saamir shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Pennsylvania, which accounts for 10 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Saamir in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Saamir 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 85 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.
Saamir at a glance
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Current rank
Active since
Saamir popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2002
- Peak year (2009)
- 11
- Annual births at peak — across 23 years of records
Currently ranks #11596 among boys.
85 total births across 23 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2009 with 11 births in a single year.
Saamir by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 49 births that decade — 58% of Saamir's all-time total
Saamir decade highlights
- Peak decade 49 births
- Runner-up 21 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Saamir's strongest decade
49 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 58% of all-time use.
Saamir by state
Where Saamir concentrates geographically — total births since 2002
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Pennsylvania | | 10 | 11.8% |
10 of 85 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Pennsylvania 11.8% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Pennsylvania accounts for 11.8% 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, 2002–2024 (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.