Saburo — boys' name
253 babies named Saburo in U.S. Social Security records since 1914, with the highest year being 1925. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
68% of everyone ever named Saburo was born in this single decade.
28 babies were named Saburo in 1925 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Saburo
The Social Security Administration has registered 253 babies named Saburo between 1914 and 1937, spanning 24 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Saburo currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1937. The name reached its historical peak in 1925, when 28 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Saburo performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 173 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Saburo shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Hawaii, which accounts for 112 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California. In total, SSA state-level files list Saburo in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Saburo 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 253 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.
Saburo at a glance
Last recorded 1937Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Saburo popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1937–1914
- Peak year (1925)
- 28
- Annual births at peak — across 24 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1937.
253 total births across 24 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1925 with 28 births in a single year.
Saburo by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 173 births that decade — 68% of Saburo's all-time total
Saburo decade highlights
- Peak decade 173 births
- Runner-up 61 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Saburo's strongest decade
173 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 68% of all-time use.
Saburo by state
Where Saburo concentrates geographically — total births since 1914
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Hawaii | | 112 | 44.3% |
| #2 | California | | 60 | 23.7% |
112 of 253 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Hawaii 44.3% of nationwide
- California 23.7% of nationwide
Recorded in 2 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Hawaii accounts for 44.3% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration 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, 1914–1937 (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.