Girls' name · since 2003
Saelah
Saelah has 117 recorded births since 2003 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2024 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #25,449 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #5,069 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 117
- born since 2003
- 2020s
- peak decade
Saelah currently ranks #5069 among girls' names in America, with 117 babies recorded since 2003.
Social Security Administration records show Saelah recorded 117 times among girls since 2003, holding rank #5069 nationally today, ahead of 71% 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.
- #25,449 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #5,069 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 117 born since 2003
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Saelah ranks #25,449 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #5,069 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 117 born since 2003, peaking in the 2020s.
- #25,449 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #5,069 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 117
- born since 2003
- 2020s
- peak decade
Saelah's 117 recorded births place it above 64.79% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Saelah compares
117 27th 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
Saelah's all-time total is 69% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Saelah | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 117 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 28 | 21 | 19,840 |
Saelah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Saelah's SSA record in two at 2020 and the more recent half accounts for 72% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 28%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 2003, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2024 peak of 28, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Saelah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2003–2025
- Peak year (2024)
- 28
- Annual births at peak, across 23 years of records
Saelah by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (84 births, 72% of the file).
2020s was Saelah's strongest decade.
84 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 72% of all-time use.
Saelah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
- 2010s 28
2010s
28 births
- 2020s
2020s
84 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 84 births (72% of all-time use).
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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, 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 Saelah 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.