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Said

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Said is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 110 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.

Rank in 2024
outside the top 1,000
Births in 2024
1100.01% of boys
Peak year
2010165 births
Best rank
never in the top 1,000
Since 1961
3,058people given the name
Babies named Said, by year of birthboys
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The story in the numbers

3,058 boys have been named Said in the United States since 1961, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2010, with 165 births.

It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 2009, and the 2010s alone account for 32%.

By decade

Decadeboys named Said
1960s28
1970s82
1980s167
1990s309
2000s988
2010s991
2020s493

In 2010, its biggest year

Said was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 2010 were Jacob, Ethan, Michael, Jayden and William. See all of 2010.

Names that rose and fell with Said

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.