Boys' name · since 1996
Warsame
Since 1996, U.S. Social Security records show 40 babies named Warsame, peaking in 2003. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #23,798 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 40
- born since 1996
- 2000s
- peak decade
Warsame sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 40 recorded since 1996.
Social Security Administration records show Warsame recorded 40 times among boys since 1996, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used boys names, peaking in the 2000s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1996 to 2021.
- #23,798 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 40 born since 1996
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Warsame ranks #23,798 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 40 born since 1996, peaking in the 2000s.
- #23,798 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 40
- born since 1996
- 2000s
- peak decade
Warsame's 40 recorded births place it above 47.64% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Warsame's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Warsame's full recorded timeline at 2003, 60% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 40% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1997, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2003 peak of 7 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Warsame popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1996–2021
- Peak year (2003)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 26 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000, last recorded 2021.
40 total births across 26 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2003 with 7 births in a single year.
Warsame by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (19 births, 48% of the file).
2000s was Warsame's strongest decade.
19 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 48% of all-time use.
Warsame births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
11 births
- 2000s
2000s
19 births
- 2010s 5
2010s
5 births
- 2020s 5
2020s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 19 births (48% of all-time use).
Warsame decade highlights
- Peak decade 19 births
- Runner-up 11 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
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What to do with Warsame's data
- Warsame's decade-level peak was the 2000s (19 total births); usage has since declined to 5 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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Two nationwide peer axes for Warsame: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~25 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, 1996–2021 (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 Warsame 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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