Recorded 2008–2023 Girls' name Peak 2018 21 births

Sainabou — girls' name

21 babies named Sainabou in U.S. Social Security records since 2008, with the highest year being 2018. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

2000s52010s112020s5
2010s
Peak decade

52% of everyone ever named Sainabou was born in this single decade.

2018
Single peak year

6 babies were named Sainabou in 2018 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Sainabou

The Social Security Administration has registered 21 babies named Sainabou between 2008 and 2023, spanning 16 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Sainabou currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 2018, when 6 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Sainabou performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 11 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Sainabou shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Sainabou 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 21 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.

Sainabou at a glance

Last recorded 2023

Total births

21

Since 2008

16 years of records

Peak year

2018

6 births that year

Strongest decade: 2010s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2023

Active since

2008

Recorded for 16 years

Last year on file: 2023

Sainabou popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2023–2008

Last recorded 2023
Peak year (2018)
6
Annual births at peak — across 16 years of records
4.555.566.5 2023201820102008 5

Sainabou by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2010s
Peak decade
2010s
11 births that decade — 52% of Sainabou's all-time total
2000s52010s112020s5

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Sainabou?
21 babies have been named Sainabou since 2008. It was last recorded in 2023. The peak year was 2018 with 6 births.
When was Sainabou most popular?
Sainabou was most popular in the 2010s decade with 11 total births. The single peak year was 2018.
How long has the name Sainabou been used?
Sainabou has been recorded in Social Security data since 2008, spanning 16 years of data through 2023.
What names are similar to Sainabou?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Saige, Saira, Sailor, Saida, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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, 2008–2023 (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.