Boys' name · since 1931
Sacramento
Sacramento has 81 recorded births since 1931 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1991 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #18,828 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 81
- born since 1931
- 1990s
- peak decade
81 boys have been named Sacramento since 1931, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Sacramento has been recorded 81 times among boys since 1931, 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 1931 to 2006.
- #18,828 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 81 born since 1931
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Sacramento ranks #18,828 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 81 born since 1931, peaking in the 1990s.
- #18,828 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 81
- born since 1931
- 1990s
- peak decade
Sacramento's 81 recorded births place it above 58.57% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Sacramento's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Sacramento's full recorded timeline at 1991, 54% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 46% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1931, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1991 peak of 8 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Sacramento popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1931–2006
- Peak year (1991)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 76 years of records
Sacramento by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (31 births, 38% of the file).
1990s was Sacramento's strongest decade.
31 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 38% of all-time use.
Sacramento births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1930s 10
1930s
10 births
- 1940s 5
1940s
5 births
- 1970s 10
1970s
10 births
- 1980s 12
1980s
12 births
- 1990s
1990s
31 births
- 2000s
2000s
13 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 31 births (38% of all-time use).
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- Sacramento's usage has stayed within range of its 1990s decade-level peak (31 total births) through the 2000s (13) -- 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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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, 1931–2006 (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 Sacramento 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.