Sae — unisex name
78 babies named Sae in U.S. Social Security records since 1980, with the highest year being 2009. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
47% of everyone ever named Sae was born in this single decade.
9 babies were named Sae in 2009 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Sae
The Social Security Administration has registered 78 babies named Sae between 1980 and 2019, spanning 40 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Sae currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2019. The name reached its historical peak in 2009, when 9 babies received it in a single year. Sae is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 5 additional births since 1990.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Sae performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 37 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Sae shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Sae 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 78 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.
Sae at a glance
Last recorded 2019Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Sae popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2019–1980
- Peak year (2009)
- 9
- Annual births at peak — across 40 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2019.
78 total births across 40 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2009 with 9 births in a single year.
Sae popularity over time — boys
5 total births recorded since 1990 (Sae as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Sae accounts for 6% of total recorded use across both genders.
Sae by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 37 births that decade — 47% of Sae's all-time total
Sae decade highlights
- Peak decade 37 births
- Runner-up 28 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Sae's strongest decade
37 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 47% of all-time use.
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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, 1980–2019 (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.