Sacramento

Boys' name

Sacrament

Sacramento has been given to 81 babies in the U.S. since 1931. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1991, with 8 recorded.

Babies named Sacramento, 2006

1 in 565,000

Sacramento over time, 1880–2025

Boys

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Sacramento: meaning, origin, and history

Sacrament

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Sacramento means

Sacramento means “sacrament”.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Sacramento is used in Spanish.

Another recorded pronunciation is /sa.kɾa.ˈmen.to/ for Sacramento.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 81 boys were recorded with the name Sacramento between 1931 and 2006. Its highest annual count was 8 in 1991; its best national rank was #3,895 in 1939.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

U.S. Social Security Administration: national name data and limitations

How common is Sacramento?

Sacramento had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2006, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2006: 1 in 565,000; 7 of 3,956,166 births
Among boys only: 1 in 294,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 2006: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 391,745 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Sacramento sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2006 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 391,745 children born in 2006 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Sacramento. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Sacramentos were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Sacramento was born before 1991 — so the typical Sacramento is around 34 today.

Median birth year: 1991; About 34 years old
Biggest decade: 1990s; 38.3% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 60.5%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 66; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1990s — 38.3% of all recorded uses (31).

Is Sacramento rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1991 (8)
Years since peak: 34; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Steady; 10.0% average annual change
Best rank ever: #3,895; 1939

Sacramento around the world

Where Sacramento ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

France
1963–1965
#2,086
in 1965

Popularity data from Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0.

Sacramento by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #3,895; 1939
Peak year: 1991; 8 that year
First recorded: 1931
Last recorded: 2006
All-time count: 81
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Sacramento

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Sacred Crisanto Sachit Sacario Sacari Toronto Sachiel Quinto Bento Sacha Sachin Jasinto Pioquinto Sachary Giacinto Monsanto Sacai Kento Jacinto Trento Ianto Santo Unto

Sibling names for Sacramento

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Devan Chanelle Ileana Amberly Iesha Elvia Kacy Maegan

For a brother

Jamil Laron Paris Dejuan Coty Rico Malcom German

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