How rare is the name Saeed?

3,950 people in the United States have the first name Saeed, about 1 in 76,464. It ranks #4,638 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

SAEED

#4,638

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
3,950
About
1 in 76,464
This common or more
84.3%
Who bears it

Of the 3,950 people named Saeed, 48.9% reported their origin as White, 21.2% as Asian or Pacific Islander and 16.8% as Black. Virtually all are male (99.6%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Saeed peaked in 2011, when 60 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19682025
Peak year
2011
Births that year
60
In 2025*
48 ▼20%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 1,878 babies have been given the name since 1968. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Saeed by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1990s, when it ranked #5,548. The largest share of babies named Saeed, 36.6%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1960s#14,95510
1970s#7,607115
1980s#6,070215
1990s#5,548339
2000s#6,039421
2010s#5,552514
2020s#6,144264
Generation X 1965–808.5%
Millennials 1981–9621.9%
Generation Z 1997–1236.6%
2013 and later33%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Spelled almost the same

7 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Saeed, most common first.

Also a last name

As a last name, Saeed ranks #5,097 of 156,621, with 6,667 people. See Saeed as a last name

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