Girls' name · since 1884
Sarepta
15 babies named Sarepta in U.S. Social Security records since 1884, with the highest year being 1884. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #50,166 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 15
- born since 1884
- 1890s
- peak decade
Sarepta sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 15 recorded since 1884.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Sarepta has been recorded 15 times among girls since 1884, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1890s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1884 to 1896.
- #50,166 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 15 born since 1884
- 1890s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Sarepta ranks #50,166 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 15 born since 1884, peaking in the 1890s.
- #50,166 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 15
- born since 1884
- 1890s
- peak decade
Sarepta's 15 recorded births place it above 30.35% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Sarepta's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Sarepta splits its recorded history at 1895: 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 1884 (5 births).
Sarepta popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1884–1896
- Peak year (1884)
- 5
- Annual births at peak, across 13 years of records
Sarepta by decade
1890s is the heaviest window (10 births, 67% of the file).
1890s was Sarepta's strongest decade.
10 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 67% of all-time use.
Sarepta births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s
1880s
5 births
- 1890s
1890s
10 births
What this shows Peak: 1890s at 10 births (67% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Sarepta: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1884)
Similar record span (~12 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, 1884–1896 (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 Sarepta 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.