Sayana — #8692 US girls' name
155 babies named Sayana in U.S. Social Security records since 2000, with the highest year being 2020. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 51% of names given to girls today.
50% of everyone ever named Sayana was born in this single decade.
13 babies were named Sayana in 2020 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Sayana
The Social Security Administration has registered 155 babies named Sayana between 2000 and 2024, spanning 25 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Sayana currently holds the #8692 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2020, when 13 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Sayana performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 78 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Sayana shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Sayana in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Sayana in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 155 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Sayana at a glance
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Current rank
Active since
Sayana popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2000
- Peak year (2020)
- 13
- Annual births at peak — across 25 years of records
Currently ranks #8692 among girls.
155 total births across 25 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2020 with 13 births in a single year.
Sayana by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 78 births that decade — 50% of Sayana's all-time total
Sayana decade highlights
- Peak decade 78 births
- Runner-up 47 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Sayana's strongest decade
78 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 50% of all-time use.
Sayana by state
Where Sayana concentrates geographically — total births since 2000
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 3.2% |
5 of 155 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 3.2% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 3.2% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 2000–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.