Unisex name · since 1982
Say
Since 1982, U.S. Social Security records show 62 babies named Say, peaking in 2013. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #32,557 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 62
- born since 1982
- 2010s
- peak decade
Say is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 62 have been recorded since 1982.
Say has 62 recorded births among girls since 1982, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1982 to 2021.
- #32,557 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 62 born since 1982
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Say ranks #32,557 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 62 born since 1982, peaking in the 2010s.
- #32,557 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 62
- born since 1982
- 2010s
- peak decade
Say's 62 recorded births place it above 54.95% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Say's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Say's SSA record in two at 2013 and the more recent half accounts for 53% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 47%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2009, with only 6 births recorded -- set against the 2013 peak of 11, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Say popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1982–2021
- Peak year (2013)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 40 years of records
Say popularity over time - boys
30 total births recorded since 1982 (Say as boys' name)
Say by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (42 births, 68% of the file).
2010s was Say's strongest decade.
42 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 68% of all-time use.
Say births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 7
1980s
7 births
- 2000s 6
2000s
6 births
- 2010s
2010s
42 births
- 2020s 7
2020s
7 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 42 births (68% of all-time use).
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- Say's decade-level peak was the 2010s (42 total births); usage has since declined to 7 in the 2020s -- 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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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, 1982–2021 (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 Say 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.