Sahmir — #5368 US boys' name
221 babies named Sahmir in U.S. Social Security records since 2000, with the highest year being 2021. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 62% of names given to boys today.
47% of everyone ever named Sahmir was born in this single decade.
19 babies were named Sahmir in 2021 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Sahmir
The Social Security Administration has registered 221 babies named Sahmir between 2000 and 2024, spanning 25 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Sahmir currently holds the #5368 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2021, when 19 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Sahmir performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 103 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Sahmir shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Pennsylvania, which accounts for 10 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Sahmir in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Sahmir 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 221 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.
Sahmir at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Sahmir popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2000
- Peak year (2021)
- 19
- Annual births at peak — across 25 years of records
Currently ranks #5368 among boys.
221 total births across 25 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2021 with 19 births in a single year.
Sahmir by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 103 births that decade — 47% of Sahmir's all-time total
Sahmir decade highlights
- Peak decade 103 births
- Runner-up 75 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Sahmir's strongest decade
103 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 47% of all-time use.
Sahmir by state
Where Sahmir concentrates geographically — total births since 2000
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Pennsylvania | | 10 | 4.5% |
10 of 221 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Pennsylvania 4.5% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Pennsylvania accounts for 4.5% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 2000–2024 (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.