Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Said

#2,357 most common boys' name of all time · #5,690 across all names · 100% boys / 0% girls · used 1961–2025

Rank among boys
#2,357
Rank overall
#5,690 of 105,966
First appeared
1961
Years on the list
60 of 146
All-time
3,166
Since 2016
900
Peak year
2010 #1,131
Best rank
#1,131 2010
📖The word “said” appears in the Bible↗
Girls Boys peak 165/yr
198020002020

Said first appears in 1961. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 — 107 107 #1,589
2024 — 110 110 #1,578
2023 — 104 104 #1,658
2022 — 107 107 #1,630
2021 — 92 92 #1,759
2020 — 80 80 #1,861
2019 — 70 70 #2,071
2018 — 72 72 #2,021
2017 — 75 75 #1,924
2016 — 83 83 #1,820
2015 — 82 82 #1,820
2014 — 104 104 #1,545
2013 — 96 96 #1,608
2012 — 98 98 #1,599
2011 — 146 146 #1,207
2010 — 165 165 #1,131
2009 — 99 99 #1,611
2008 — 98 98 #1,609
2007 — 104 104 #1,521
2006 — 114 114 #1,398
2005 — 113 113 #1,339
2004 — 122 122 #1,243
2003 — 116 116 #1,251
2002 — 119 119 #1,179
2001 — 57 57 #1,926
2000 — 46 46 #2,186
1999 — 27 27 #3,056
1998 — 36 36 #2,416
1997 — 44 44 #2,044
1996 — 29 29 #2,639
1995 — 32 32 #2,429
1994 — 28 28 #2,654
1993 — 34 34 #2,278
1992 — 27 27 #2,633
1991 — 23 23 #2,873
1990 — 30 30 #2,342
1989 — 28 28 #2,390
1988 — 26 26 #2,342
1987 — 9 9 #4,758
1986 — 18 18 #2,838
1985 — 13 13 #3,522
1984 — 11 11 #3,823
1983 — 18 18 #2,640
1982 — 23 23 #2,250
1981 — 7 7 #5,226
1980 — 14 14 #3,199
1979 — 10 10 #3,956
1978 — 9 9 #4,027
1977 — 13 13 #3,148
1976 — 8 8 #4,258
1975 — 5 5 #5,889
1974 — 6 6 #4,962
1973 — 6 6 #4,851
1972 — 7 7 #4,266
1971 — 9 9 #3,581
1970 — 9 9 #3,466
1969 — 6 6 #4,299
1968 — 8 8 #3,336
1964 — 8 8 #3,272
1961 — 6 6 #4,060