Unisex name · since 2003
Sacred
Since 2003, U.S. Social Security records show 142 babies named Sacred, peaking in 2024. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #23,370 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,674 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 142
- born since 2003
- 2020s
- peak decade
142 babies have been named Sacred since 2003, making it today's #8674 unisex name.
Social Security Administration records show Sacred recorded 142 times among girls since 2003, holding rank #8674 nationally today, ahead of 50% of girls, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2003 to 2025.
- #23,370 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #8,674 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 142 born since 2003
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Sacred ranks #23,370 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,674 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 142 born since 2003, peaking in the 2020s.
- #23,370 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,674 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 142
- born since 2003
- 2020s
- peak decade
Sacred's 142 recorded births place it above 67.67% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Texas.
How Sacred compares
142 31st percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls 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
Sacred's all-time total is 62% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Sacred | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 142 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 15 | 21 | 19,840 |
Sacred's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Sacred's SSA record in two at 2017 and the more recent half accounts for 59% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 41%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2007, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2024 peak of 15, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Sacred popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2003–2025
- Peak year (2024)
- 15
- Annual births at peak, across 23 years of records
Sacred popularity over time - boys
50 total births recorded since 2020 (Sacred as boys' name)
Sacred by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (72 births, 51% of the file).
2020s was Sacred's strongest decade.
72 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 51% of all-time use.
Sacred births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 28
2000s
28 births
- 2010s
2010s
42 births
- 2020s
2020s
72 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 72 births (51% of all-time use).
Sacred by state
Where Sacred concentrates geographically, total births since 2003
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 5 | 3.5% |
5 of 142 births nationwide.
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What to do with Sacred's data
- Texas records the most Sacreds (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Similar peak year (~2024)
Similar record span (~22 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, 2003–2025 (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 Sacred 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.