Recorded 1988–2022 Boys' name Peak 1998 548 births

Satchel — boys' name

548 babies named Satchel in U.S. Social Security records since 1988, with the highest year being 1998. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1980s201990s2162000s2412010s542020s17
2000s
Peak decade

44% of everyone ever named Satchel was born in this single decade.

1998
Single peak year

40 babies were named Satchel in 1998 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Satchel

The Social Security Administration has registered 548 babies named Satchel between 1988 and 2022, spanning 35 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Satchel currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2022. The name reached its historical peak in 1998, when 40 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Satchel performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 241 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Satchel shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 29 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Satchel in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Satchel 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 548 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.

Satchel at a glance

Last recorded 2022

Total births

548

Since 1988

35 years of records

Peak year

1998

40 births that year

Strongest decade: 2000s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2022

Active since

1988

Recorded for 35 years

Last year on file: 2022

Satchel popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2022–1988

Last recorded 2022
Peak year (1998)
40
Annual births at peak — across 35 years of records
01020304050 20222016201020052000199519901988 11

Satchel by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2000s
Peak decade
2000s
241 births that decade — 44% of Satchel's all-time total
1980s201990s2162000s2412010s542020s17

Satchel by state

Where Satchel concentrates geographically — total births since 1988

Geographically diffuse
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Satchel
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 California
29 5.3%
California share of Satchel's total US births 5.3%

29 of 548 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Satchel?
548 babies have been named Satchel since 1988. It was last recorded in 2022. The peak year was 1998 with 40 births.
When was Satchel most popular?
Satchel was most popular in the 2000s decade with 241 total births. The single peak year was 1998.
Where is Satchel most popular?
The top states for the name Satchel are California (29 births).
How long has the name Satchel been used?
Satchel has been recorded in Social Security data since 1988, spanning 35 years of data through 2022.
What names are similar to Satchel?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Saturnino, Sathvik, Satvik, Satoshi, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

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, 1988–2022 (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.