Saif — #1354 US boys' name
2,377 babies named Saif in U.S. Social Security records since 1978, with the highest year being 2024. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 90% of names given to boys today.
36% of everyone ever named Saif was born in this single decade.
140 babies were named Saif in 2024 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Saif
The Social Security Administration has registered 2,377 babies named Saif between 1978 and 2024, spanning 47 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Saif currently holds the #1354 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2024, when 140 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Saif performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 858 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Saif shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 383 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and California. In total, SSA state-level files list Saif in 13 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Saif 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 2,377 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.
Saif at a glance
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Current rank
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Saif popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1978
- Peak year (2024)
- 140
- Annual births at peak — across 47 years of records
Currently ranks #1354 among boys.
2,377 total births across 47 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2024 with 140 births in a single year.
Saif by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 858 births that decade — 36% of Saif's all-time total
Saif decade highlights
- Peak decade 858 births
- Runner-up 610 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Saif's strongest decade
858 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 36% of all-time use.
Saif by state
Where Saif concentrates geographically — total births since 1978
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 383 | 16.1% |
| #2 | Texas | | 237 | 10.0% |
| #3 | California | | 236 | 9.9% |
| #4 | Illinois | | 114 | 4.8% |
| #5 | New Jersey | | 89 | 3.7% |
| #6 | Florida | | 86 | 3.6% |
| #7 | Michigan | | 72 | 3.0% |
| #8 | Virginia | | 38 | 1.6% |
383 of 2,377 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 13 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- New York 16.1% of nationwide
- Texas 10.0% of nationwide
- California 9.9% of nationwide
- Illinois 4.8% of nationwide
- New Jersey 3.7% of nationwide
Recorded in 13 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 16.1% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Saif appears in 13 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1978–2024 (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.