Boys' name · since 2020
Sailas
Since 2020, U.S. Social Security records show 18 babies named Sailas, peaking in 2023. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #29,858 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 18
- born since 2020
- 2020s
- peak decade
18 boys have been named Sailas since 2020, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Sailas has 18 recorded births among boys since 2020, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2020 to 2024.
- #29,858 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 18 born since 2020
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Sailas ranks #29,858 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 18 born since 2020, peaking in the 2020s.
- #29,858 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 18
- born since 2020
- 2020s
- peak decade
Sailas's 18 recorded births place it above 34.17% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Sailas's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Sailas's full recorded timeline at 2023, 72% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 28% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 2020, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2023 peak of 8 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Sailas popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2020–2024
- Peak year (2023)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 5 years of records
Sailas by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (18 births, 100% of the file).
2020s was Sailas's strongest decade.
18 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.
Sailas births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2020s
2020s
18 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 18 births (100% of all-time use).
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Sailas: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2023)
Similar record span (~4 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2020–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Sailas draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.