Girls' name · since 2009
Sawdah
Sawdah has 50 recorded births since 2009 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2023 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #35,104 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 50
- born since 2009
- 2020s
- peak decade
Sawdah sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 50 recorded since 2009.
Sawdah has 50 recorded births among girls since 2009, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2009 to 2024.
- #35,104 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 50 born since 2009
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Sawdah ranks #35,104 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 50 born since 2009, peaking in the 2020s.
- #35,104 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 50
- born since 2009
- 2020s
- peak decade
Sawdah's 50 recorded births place it above 51.4% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by New York.
Sawdah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Sawdah's full recorded timeline at 2019, 68% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 32% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 2009, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2023 peak of 11 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Sawdah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2009–2024
- Peak year (2023)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 16 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000, last recorded 2024.
50 total births across 16 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2023 with 11 births in a single year.
Sawdah by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (28 births, 56% of the file).
2020s was Sawdah's strongest decade.
28 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 56% of all-time use.
Sawdah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
- 2010s
2010s
17 births
- 2020s
2020s
28 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 28 births (56% of all-time use).
Sawdah decade highlights
- Peak decade 28 births
- Runner-up 17 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
Sawdah by state
Where Sawdah concentrates geographically, total births since 2009
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 5 | 10.0% |
5 of 50 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- New York 10.0% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 10.0% of all recorded births nationwide - a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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- New York records the most Sawdahs (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Sawdah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2023)
Similar record span (~15 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, 2009–2024 (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 Sawdah 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.
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