How Many People Are Named Saskia?
An estimated 1,153 people in the United States have the first name Saskia. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 26 years old, and Saskia peaked in popularity in 2024 with 41 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Saskia as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Saskia paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
1,153
About 1 in 297,272 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
26
years old
Peak Year
2024
41 births
Total Registered
1,197
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Saskia
Saskia is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 1,197 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Saskia as a female name
Ranked #3,732 in 2024
41 female births in 2024
Peak: 2024 (41 births)
Saskia: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Saskia span from the 1960s to the 2020s, covering 7 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 2000s, when 272 babies were registered. While Saskia is less common than at its peak in the 2000s, it remains a well-established name with steady registrations.
Saskia by Decade
How has Saskia tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Saskia by State
Birth registrations for Saskia span all 4 states and territories in the SSA database. The highest counts are in New York, California, Florida. The lowest are in Texas, Florida, California. On average, about 58 Saskias were registered per state.
Saskia + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Saskia as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Saskia
Other first names starting with S with a similar number of bearers.
Saskia: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Saskia?
We estimate approximately 1,153 people named Saskia are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 297,272 Americans share this first name.
Is Saskia a common name?
Saskia is classified as "Rare" and is more popular than 91% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 1,197 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Saskia most popular?
Saskia reached peak popularity in 2024, when 41 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Saskia is approximately 26 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Saskia a female name?
Saskia is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Saskia Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Saskia Smith, Saskia Johnson, Saskia Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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