Said

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Said: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Said: Recorded since 1950, it reached #225 in 1965, and it stood at #474 in 2025.

3registrars recorded it
90times a registrar ranked it
76years from first to last
#225highest recorded position
21groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1337
1997	#2022
1998	#1485
1999	#1505
2000	#794
2001	#983
2002	#1033
2003	#833
2004	#1160
2005	#891
2006	#1084
2007	#1014
2008	#1156
2009	#1302
2010	#970
2011	#1158
2012	#1430
2013	#1462
2014	#1421
2015	#2150
2016	#1363
2017	#1627
2018	#1455
2019	#1655
2020	#1635
2021	#2301
2022	#1879
2023	#2160
2024	#2088

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in Norway in 60 of the 76 years from 1950 to 2025.

In 2019: #439 among boys in Norway, #1655 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1950–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1950
First recorded at #388 among boys in Norway in 1950 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1950–2025
Highest recorded position: #225 among boys in Norway, in 1965 (recorded 1950–2025).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #474 among boys in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Boys

Said appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Norway · Boys, which has ranked it in 60 years beginning in 1950, and has registered 669 births with the name.

Said across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Said's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Norway · Boys	#388 (1950)	#225 (1965)	#474 (2025)	60 of 76	669 (1950–2025)	23 (1970)
England and Wales · Boys	#1337 (1996)	#794 (2000)	#2088 (2024)	29 of 29	463 (1996–2024)	29 (2010)

Said by decade in Norway · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Said in Norway · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1950s	15	2 of 10	8
1960s	124	10 of 10	12
1970sbusiest	136	10 of 10	14
1980s	144	10 of 10	14
1990s	115	10 of 10	12
2000s	89	10 of 10	9
2010s	41	7 of 10	6
2020s	5	1 of 10	5

Across Norway · Boys, the 1970s were its busiest decade, averaging 14 births a year.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Said appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1950 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #225 in Norway in 1965.

Said's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#2088	11	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#2160	10	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#1879	12	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#2301	9	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#1635	14	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#1655	14	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#1455	17	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#1627	15	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#1363	19	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#2150	10	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#1421	17	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#1462	16	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1430	17	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#1158	22	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#970	29	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#1302	18	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#1156	21	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#1014	24	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#1084	20	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#891	25	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#1160	16	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#833	24	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#1033	16	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#983	16	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#794	21	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#1505	8	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#1485	8	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#2022	5	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#1337	9	High	Verified
2025	Norway	male	#474	5	High	Verified
2019	Norway	male	#439	6	High	Verified
2017	Norway	male	#485	5	High	Verified
2015	Norway	male	#538	4	High	Verified
2014	Norway	male	#508	5	High	Verified
2013	Norway	male	#469	6	High	Verified
2012	Norway	male	#484	6	High	Verified
2011	Norway	male	#397	9	High	Verified
2009	Norway	male	#334	13	High	Verified
2008	Norway	male	#573	4	High	Verified
2007	Norway	male	#399	9	High	Verified
2006	Norway	male	#524	5	High	Verified
2005	Norway	male	#469	6	High	Verified
2004	Norway	male	#464	6	High	Verified
2003	Norway	male	#259	17	High	Verified
2002	Norway	male	#388	8	High	Verified
2001	Norway	male	#474	6	High	Verified
2000	Norway	male	#288	15	High	Verified
1999	Norway	male	#420	8	High	Verified
1998	Norway	male	#333	12	High	Verified
1997	Norway	male	#350	11	High	Verified
1996	Norway	male	#334	12	High	Verified
1995	Norway	male	#371	11	High	Verified
1994	Norway	male	#406	9	High	Verified
1993	Norway	male	#315	14	High	Verified
1992	Norway	male	#283	18	High	Verified
1991	Norway	male	#467	8	High	Verified
1990	Norway	male	#384	12	High	Verified
1989	Norway	male	#479	8	High	Verified
1988	Norway	male	#434	10	High	Verified
1987	Norway	male	#371	12	High	Verified
1986	Norway	male	#359	13	High	Verified
1985	Norway	male	#320	15	High	Verified
1984	Norway	male	#245	22	High	Verified
1983	Norway	male	#319	15	High	Verified
1982	Norway	male	#374	12	High	Verified
1981	Norway	male	#272	18	High	Verified
1980	Norway	male	#271	19	High	Verified
1979	Norway	male	#394	11	High	Verified
1978	Norway	male	#305	15	High	Verified
1977	Norway	male	#406	10	High	Verified
1976	Norway	male	#344	13	High	Verified
1975	Norway	male	#382	11	High	Verified
1974	Norway	male	#277	17	High	Verified
1973	Norway	male	#303	15	High	Verified
1972	Norway	male	#317	14	High	Verified
1971	Norway	male	#484	7	High	Verified
1970	Norway	male	#226	23	High	Verified
1969	Norway	male	#490	6	High	Verified
1968	Norway	male	#231	20	High	Verified
1967	Norway	male	#280	14	High	Verified
1966	Norway	male	#286	14	High	Verified
1965	Norway	male	#225	21	High	Verified
1964	Norway	male	#382	9	High	Verified
1963	Norway	male	#450	6	High	Verified
1962	Norway	male	#260	14	High	Verified
1961	Norway	male	#408	6	High	Verified
1960	Norway	male	#256	14	High	Verified
1959	Norway	male	#287	11	High	Verified
1950	Norway	male	#388	4	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#701	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Norway hub — collected by Statistics Norway (SSB)
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 3 registrars between 1950 and 2025, ranked in 68 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #225, first reached in 1965.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 29 births, registered in England and Wales in 2010.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 8 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 59 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Sai · #847, 29y
Saibh · #254, 24y
Saida · #1617, 28y
Saidbh · #352, 11y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 3 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Adnan · #225, 65y
Samira · #228, 64y
Mario · #229, 71y
Hussein · #216, 65y

Also first recorded in the 1950s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1950 and 1959.

Adnan · #225, 65y
Anneli · #225, 64y
Eskild · #225, 54y
Adriana · #226, 60y

Said was ranked #225 in Norway · Boys in 1965. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Said and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Said without appearing here.

Said moved ahead of

Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2160 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2088 and #5119.
Barry Compare
In 2021 they stood at #2301 and #2301 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #1879 and #4001.
Grant Compare
In 2021 they stood at #2301 and #2301 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #1879 and #4001.
Geoffrey Compare
In 2022 they stood at #1879 and #1879 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #2160 and #4107.

Moved ahead of Said

Tadhg Compare
In 2014 they stood at #1421 and #1630 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2015 that had become #2150 and #996.
Marius Compare
In 2014 they stood at #1421 and #1486 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2015 that had become #2150 and #1236.
Lars Compare
In 2020 they stood at #1635 and #1723 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2021 that had become #2301 and #1391.
Matheo Compare
In 2022 they stood at #1879 and #2018 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #2160 and #1363.

Moved the opposite way to Said

Adam Compare
Between 1959 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Said went from #287 to #474 while Adam went from #265 to #29.
Jonas Compare
Between 1959 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Said went from #287 to #474 while Jonas went from #358 to #49.
Marius Compare
Between 1959 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Said went from #287 to #474 while Marius went from #316 to #133.
Max Compare
Between 1959 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Said went from #287 to #474 while Max went from #364 to #72.

Moved the same way as Said

Roman Compare
Between 1959 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Said went from #287 to #474 and Roman from #202 to #438.
Steffen Compare
Between 1959 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Said went from #287 to #474 and Steffen from #289 to #519.
Frode Compare
Between 1950 and 2008 in Norway · Boys, Said went from #388 to #573 and Frode from #89 to #551.
Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Said went from #1337 to #2088 and Aaron from #33 to #154.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1950 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #225 in Norway in 1965. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Said

Said at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Said across 2 official records

Said by decade in Norway · Boys

Said appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

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A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1950s

Names published alongside Said

Said and the names beside it

Said moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Said

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Said at a glance

Said across 2 official records

Said by decade in Norway · Boys

Said appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1950s

Names published alongside Said

Said and the names beside it

Said moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Said

Moved the opposite way to Said

Moved the same way as Said