Sarkis — #7265 US boys' name
949 babies named Sarkis in U.S. Social Security records since 1914, with the highest year being 1992. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 49% of names given to boys today.
23% of everyone ever named Sarkis was born in this single decade.
27 babies were named Sarkis in 1992 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Sarkis
The Social Security Administration has registered 949 babies named Sarkis between 1914 and 2024, spanning 111 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Sarkis currently holds the #7265 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1992, when 27 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Sarkis performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 216 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Sarkis shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 488 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Massachusetts and Rhode Island. In total, SSA state-level files list Sarkis in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Sarkis 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 949 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.
Sarkis at a glance
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Current rank
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Sarkis popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1914
- Peak year (1992)
- 27
- Annual births at peak — across 111 years of records
Currently ranks #7265 among boys.
949 total births across 111 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1992 with 27 births in a single year.
Sarkis by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 216 births that decade — 23% of Sarkis's all-time total
Sarkis decade highlights
- Peak decade 216 births
- Runner-up 167 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Sarkis's strongest decade
216 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 23% of all-time use.
Sarkis by state
Where Sarkis concentrates geographically — total births since 1914
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 488 | 51.4% |
| #2 | Massachusetts | | 20 | 2.1% |
| #3 | Rhode Island | | 6 | 0.6% |
488 of 949 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 3 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 51.4% of nationwide
- Massachusetts 2.1% of nationwide
- Rhode Island 0.6% of nationwide
Recorded in 3 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 51.4% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration for this name.
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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, 1914–2024 (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.