Saw — #8116 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Saw

The Social Security Administration has registered 278 babies named Saw between 2008 and 2024, spanning 17 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Saw currently holds the #8116 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2015, when 31 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Saw performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 185 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Saw shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Minnesota, which accounts for 18 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Saw in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Saw 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 278 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.