Boys' name · since 1997
Saban
151 babies named Saban in U.S. Social Security records since 1997, with the highest year being 2017. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #14,713 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #11,232 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 151
- born since 1997
- 2010s
- peak decade
Saban currently ranks #11232 among boys' names in America, with 151 babies recorded since 1997.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Saban has been recorded 151 times among boys since 1997, currently ranked #11232 nationally and more common than 19% of boys, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1997 to 2025.
- #14,713 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #11,232 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 151 born since 1997
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Saban ranks #14,713 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #11,232 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 151 born since 1997, peaking in the 2010s.
- #14,713 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #11,232 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 151
- born since 1997
- 2010s
- peak decade
Saban's 151 recorded births place it above 67.62% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Saban compares
151 33rd percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Saban's all-time total is 59% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Saban | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 151 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 12 | 34 | 22,252 |
Saban's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Saban's full recorded timeline at 2016, 57% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 43% 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 2017 peak of 12 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Saban popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1997–2025
- Peak year (2017)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 29 years of records
Saban by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (73 births, 48% of the file).
2010s was Saban's strongest decade.
73 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 48% of all-time use.
Saban births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 10
1990s
10 births
- 2000s 21
2000s
21 births
- 2010s
2010s
73 births
- 2020s
2020s
47 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 73 births (48% of all-time use).
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- Saban's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (73 total births) through the 2020s (47) -- 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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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Saban: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2017)
Similar record span (~28 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, 1997–2025 (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 Saban 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.