Girls' name · since 1987
Saja
1,018 babies named Saja in U.S. Social Security records since 1987, with the highest year being 2020. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #7,426 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #4,012 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,018
- born since 1987
- 2010s
- peak decade
Saja currently ranks #4012 among girls' names in America, with 1,018 babies recorded since 1987.
Saja has 1,018 recorded births among girls since 1987, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #4012 as of the latest data, more common than 77% of girls, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1987 to 2025.
- #7,426 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #4,012 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 1,018 born since 1987
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Saja ranks #7,426 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #4,012 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 1,018 born since 1987, peaking in the 2010s.
- #7,426 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #4,012 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,018
- born since 1987
- 2010s
- peak decade
Saja's 1,018 recorded births place it above 89.73% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
9 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by New York.
How Saja compares
1,018 Top 32% higher than 68% of 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
Saja's all-time total is 171% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Saja | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 1,018 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 46 | 21 | 19,840 |
Saja's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Saja splits its recorded history at 2007: 67% of all births land in the more recent half, 33% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1987 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2020 peak of 46 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Saja popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1987–2025
- Peak year (2020)
- 46
- Annual births at peak, across 39 years of records
Saja by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (353 births, 35% of the file).
2010s was Saja's strongest decade.
353 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 35% of all-time use.
Saja births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 13
1980s
13 births
- 1990s 133
1990s
133 births
- 2000s
2000s
295 births
- 2010s
2010s
353 births
- 2020s
2020s
224 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 353 births (35% of all-time use).
How Saja compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Saja's total volume
Saja by state
Where Saja concentrates geographically, total births since 1987
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 66 | 6.5% |
| #2 | Illinois | | 65 | 6.4% |
| #3 | California | | 36 | 3.5% |
| #4 | Texas | | 15 | 1.5% |
| #5 | New Jersey | | 10 | 1.0% |
| #6 | Michigan | | 6 | 0.6% |
| #7 | Florida | | 5 | 0.5% |
| #8 | Louisiana | | 5 | 0.5% |
66 of 1,018 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 9 reporting states.
Saja appears in 9 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Saja's data
- Saja's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (353 total births) through the 2020s (224) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- New York records the most Sajas (66 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Saja: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2020)
Similar record span (~38 yrs)
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, 1987–2025 (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 Saja 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.