Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Sargon isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1976. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Sargon through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 74
- 74 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1985
- 7 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 554 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Sargon’s family of names
The ring: across languages.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
Similar names
If you love Sargon, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
Brenton
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>99% boys
Alain
“one who is precious” · “resembling a little rock”
>99% boys
Antoine
“a flourishing man; from an ancient Roman family”
>99% boys
Clinton
“from the town on the hill”
>99% boys
Antwan
“a flourishing man; from an ancient Roman family”
>99% boys
Sheldon
“from the steep valley”
>99% boys
Johnathon
“God has given” · “a gift of God”
>99% boys
Cedrick
Cedrick is a variant of Cedric. One Welsh interpretation is “one who is kind and loved; of the spectacular bounty.”
>99% boys