Sacramento
Sacramento is the capital city of the U.S. state of California. The county seat of Sacramento County, it is located at the confluence of the Sacramento and American Rivers in the Sacramento Valley. It is the fourth-most populous city in Northern California, sixth-most populous city in the state, and 35th-most populous city in the United States, with a population of 524,943 at the 2020 census.
Meaning & Origin of Sacramento
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Sacramento is the capital city of the U.S. state of California. The county seat of Sacramento County, it is located at the confluence of the Sacramento and American Rivers in the Sacramento Valley. It is the fourth-most populous city in Northern California, sixth-most populous city in the state, and 35th-most populous city in the United States, with a population of 524,943 at the 2020 census.
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Origin & history
The Story of Sacramento
The earliest SSA record of Sacramento as a baby boy name dates back to 1931, when 5 babies received it. 1991 was its biggest year on record, with 8 newborns named Sacramento — #5,942 in the national rankings. About 38% of every Sacramento on record arrived during the 1990s, its defining decade. Sacramento last appeared in the published SSA data in 2006, with 7 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 81 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1930s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
Names that sound like Sacramento
Phonetically similar names — useful when Sacramento is the vibe but a different syllable count or letter feel might suit better. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
- Sacrament
- Sacraments
- Sacrement
- Sacramental
- Sarmento
- Cerement
- Cerements
- Saccharinity
- Sarmiento
Source: Datamuse . Phonetic similarity ranking, not curated.
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About the name Sacramento
Sacramento is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1931 and has accumulated 81 births in the dataset. Sacramento's peak popularity came in 1991 when it ranked #5,942. Use the chart and map above to compare Sacramento's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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