Saddam — #10200 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Saddam

The Social Security Administration has registered 42 babies named Saddam between 1990 and 2024, spanning 35 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Saddam currently holds the #10200 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1990, when 15 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Saddam performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 30 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Saddam shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Saddam in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Saddam 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 42 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.