Girls' name · since 1950
Satira
Since 1950, U.S. Social Security records show 35 babies named Satira, peaking in 1976. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #39,276 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 35
- born since 1950
- 1970s
- peak decade
Satira sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 35 recorded since 1950.
Satira has 35 recorded births among girls since 1950, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1970s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1950 to 1990.
- #39,276 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 35 born since 1950
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Satira ranks #39,276 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 35 born since 1950, peaking in the 1970s.
- #39,276 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 35
- born since 1950
- 1970s
- peak decade
Satira's 35 recorded births place it above 45.6% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Satira's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Satira's full recorded timeline at 1975, 63% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 37% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1950, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1976 peak of 10 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Satira popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1950–1990
- Peak year (1976)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 41 years of records
Satira by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (17 births, 49% of the file).
1970s was Satira's strongest decade.
17 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 49% of all-time use.
Satira births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s 5
1950s
5 births
- 1960s
1960s
8 births
- 1970s
1970s
17 births
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 17 births (49% of all-time use).
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- Satira's decade-level peak was the 1970s (17 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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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Satira: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1976)
Similar record span (~40 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, 1950–1990 (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 Satira 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.