Girls' name · since 1997
Sayeh
18 babies named Sayeh in U.S. Social Security records since 1997, with the highest year being 1997. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #47,256 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 18
- born since 1997
- 1990s
- peak decade
18 girls have been named Sayeh since 1997, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Sayeh has 18 recorded births among girls since 1997, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1997 to 2007.
- #47,256 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 18 born since 1997
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Sayeh ranks #47,256 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 18 born since 1997, peaking in the 1990s.
- #47,256 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 18
- born since 1997
- 1990s
- peak decade
Sayeh's 18 recorded births place it above 34.45% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Sayeh's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Sayeh splits its recorded history at 1999: 56% of all births land in the more recent half, 44% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1999 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1997 peak of 8 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Sayeh popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1997–2007
- Peak year (1997)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 11 years of records
Sayeh by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (13 births, 72% of the file).
1990s was Sayeh's strongest decade.
13 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 72% of all-time use.
Sayeh births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
13 births
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 13 births (72% of all-time use).
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- Sayeh's usage has stayed within range of its 1990s decade-level peak (13 total births) through the 2000s (5) -- 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 Sayeh: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1997)
Similar record span (~10 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, 1997–2007 (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 Sayeh 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.