Recorded 1990–2023 Boys' name Peak 1990 19 births

Sadam — boys' name

19 babies named Sadam in U.S. Social Security records since 1990, with the highest year being 1990. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1990s122020s7
1990s
Peak decade

63% of everyone ever named Sadam was born in this single decade.

1990
Single peak year

7 babies were named Sadam in 1990 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Sadam

The Social Security Administration has registered 19 babies named Sadam between 1990 and 2023, spanning 34 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Sadam currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 1990, when 7 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Sadam performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 12 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Sadam shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Sadam in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Sadam 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 19 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.

Sadam at a glance

Last recorded 2023

Total births

19

Since 1990

34 years of records

Peak year

1990

7 births that year

Strongest decade: 1990s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2023

Active since

1990

Recorded for 34 years

Last year on file: 2023

Sadam popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2023–1990

Last recorded 2023
Peak year (1990)
7
Annual births at peak — across 34 years of records
4.555.566.577.5 202319961990 7

Sadam by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 1990s
Peak decade
1990s
12 births that decade — 63% of Sadam's all-time total
1990s122020s7

Sadam by state

Where Sadam concentrates geographically — total births since 1990

Regionally concentrated
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Sadam
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 New York
6 31.6%
New York share of Sadam's total US births 31.6%

6 of 19 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Sadam?
19 babies have been named Sadam since 1990. It was last recorded in 2023. The peak year was 1990 with 7 births.
When was Sadam most popular?
Sadam was most popular in the 1990s decade with 12 total births. The single peak year was 1990.
Where is Sadam most popular?
The top states for the name Sadam are New York (6 births).
How long has the name Sadam been used?
Sadam has been recorded in Social Security data since 1990, spanning 34 years of data through 2023.
What names are similar to Sadam?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Sadiq, Sadao, Sadie, Sadler, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

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, 1990–2023 (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.