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.
44% of everyone ever named Satchel was born in this single decade.
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 2022Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Satchel popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2022–1988
- Peak year (1998)
- 40
- Annual births at peak — across 35 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2022.
548 total births across 35 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1998 with 40 births in a single year.
Satchel by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 241 births that decade — 44% of Satchel's all-time total
Satchel decade highlights
- Peak decade 241 births
- Runner-up 216 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Satchel's strongest decade
241 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 44% of all-time use.
Satchel by state
Where Satchel concentrates geographically — total births since 1988
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 29 | 5.3% |
29 of 548 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 5.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 5.3% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile 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, 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.