Sajjad — boys' name
158 babies named Sajjad in U.S. Social Security records since 1987, with the highest year being 2003. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
40% of everyone ever named Sajjad was born in this single decade.
11 babies were named Sajjad in 2003 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Sajjad
The Social Security Administration has registered 158 babies named Sajjad between 1987 and 2023, spanning 37 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Sajjad currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 2003, when 11 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Sajjad performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 63 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Sajjad shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Sajjad 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 158 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.
Sajjad at a glance
Last recorded 2023Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Sajjad popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2023–1987
- Peak year (2003)
- 11
- Annual births at peak — across 37 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2023.
158 total births across 37 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2003 with 11 births in a single year.
Sajjad by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 63 births that decade — 40% of Sajjad's all-time total
Sajjad decade highlights
- Peak decade 63 births
- Runner-up 58 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Sajjad's strongest decade
63 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 40% of all-time use.
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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, 1987–2023 (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.