Boys' name · since 1980
Sapan
24 babies named Sapan in U.S. Social Security records since 1980, with the highest year being 1989. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #27,642 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 24
- born since 1980
- 1980s
- peak decade
Sapan is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 24 have been recorded since 1980.
Sapan has 24 recorded births among boys since 1980, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1980 to 1993.
- #27,642 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 24 born since 1980
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Sapan ranks #27,642 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 24 born since 1980, peaking in the 1980s.
- #27,642 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 24
- born since 1980
- 1980s
- peak decade
Sapan's 24 recorded births place it above 39.11% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Sapan's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Sapan's SSA record in two at 1989 and the more recent half accounts for 58% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 42%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1980, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1989 peak of 9, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Sapan popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1980–1993
- Peak year (1989)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 14 years of records
Sapan by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (19 births, 79% of the file).
1980s was Sapan's strongest decade.
19 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 79% of all-time use.
Sapan births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s
1980s
19 births
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 19 births (79% of all-time use).
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What to do with Sapan's data
- Sapan's decade-level peak was the 1980s (19 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 1990s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Sapan: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1989)
Similar record span (~13 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, 1980–1993 (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 Sapan 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.