Girls' name · since 1980
Sawsan
Sawsan has 71 recorded births since 1980 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1991 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #31,010 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,625 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 71
- born since 1980
- 1990s
- peak decade
71 babies have been named Sawsan since 1980, making it today's #13625 girls' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Sawsan has been recorded 71 times among girls since 1980, currently ranked #13625 nationally and more common than 21% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 1990s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1980 to 2025.
- #31,010 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #13,625 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 71 born since 1980
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Sawsan ranks #31,010 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #13,625 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 71 born since 1980, peaking in the 1990s.
- #31,010 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,625 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 71
- born since 1980
- 1990s
- peak decade
Sawsan's 71 recorded births place it above 57.08% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Sawsan compares
71 20th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Sawsan's all-time total is 81% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Sawsan | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 71 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 7 | 21 | 19,840 |
Sawsan's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Sawsan's SSA record in two at 1996 and the more recent half accounts for 52% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 48%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1980, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1991 peak of 7, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Sawsan popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1980–2025
- Peak year (1991)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 46 years of records
Sawsan by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (28 births, 39% of the file).
1990s was Sawsan's strongest decade.
28 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 39% of all-time use.
Sawsan births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 11
1980s
11 births
- 1990s
1990s
28 births
- 2000s
2000s
16 births
- 2010s 5
2010s
5 births
- 2020s 11
2020s
11 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 28 births (39% of all-time use).
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- Sawsan's usage has stayed within range of its 1990s decade-level peak (28 total births) through the 2020s (11) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Sawsan: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1991)
Similar record span (~45 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, 1980–2025 (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 Sawsan 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.