Recorded 2002–2019 Boys' name Peak 2002 35 births

Sayd — boys' name

35 babies named Sayd in U.S. Social Security records since 2002, with the highest year being 2002. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

2000s262010s9
2000s
Peak decade

74% of everyone ever named Sayd was born in this single decade.

2002
Single peak year

9 babies were named Sayd in 2002 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Sayd

The Social Security Administration has registered 35 babies named Sayd between 2002 and 2019, spanning 18 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Sayd currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2019. The name reached its historical peak in 2002, when 9 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Sayd performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 26 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Sayd shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Sayd 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 35 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.

Sayd at a glance

Last recorded 2019

Total births

35

Since 2002

18 years of records

Peak year

2002

9 births that year

Strongest decade: 2000s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2019

Active since

2002

Recorded for 18 years

Last year on file: 2019

Sayd popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2019–2002

Last recorded 2019
Peak year (2002)
9
Annual births at peak — across 18 years of records
45678910 20192008200520042002 9

Sayd by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2000s
Peak decade
2000s
26 births that decade — 74% of Sayd's all-time total
2000s262010s9

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Sayd?
35 babies have been named Sayd since 2002. It was last recorded in 2019. The peak year was 2002 with 9 births.
When was Sayd most popular?
Sayd was most popular in the 2000s decade with 26 total births. The single peak year was 2002.
How long has the name Sayd been used?
Sayd has been recorded in Social Security data since 2002, spanning 18 years of data through 2019.
What names are similar to Sayd?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Saylor, Sayed, Sayer, Sayvion, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

Data Sources

Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 2002–2019 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.