Girls' name · since 2008
Sayani
160 babies named Sayani in U.S. Social Security records since 2008, with the highest year being 2024. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #22,144 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #5,697 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 160
- born since 2008
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Sayani is the #5697 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 160 recorded since 2008.
Sayani has 160 recorded births among girls since 2008, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #5697 as of the latest data, more common than 67% of girls, 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 2008 to 2025.
- #22,144 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #5,697 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 160 born since 2008
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Sayani ranks #22,144 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #5,697 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 160 born since 2008, peaking in the 2020s.
- #22,144 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #5,697 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 160
- born since 2008
- 2020s
- peak decade
Sayani's 160 recorded births place it above 69.36% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 3 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Sayani compares
160 33rd percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Sayani's all-time total is 57% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Sayani | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 160 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 49 | 21 | 19,840 |
Sayani's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Sayani's SSA record in two at 2020 and the more recent half accounts for 79% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 21%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 2008, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2024 peak of 49, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Sayani popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2008–2025
- Peak year (2024)
- 49
- Annual births at peak, across 18 years of records
Sayani popularity over time - boys
5 total births recorded since 2023 (Sayani as boys' name)
Sayani by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (126 births, 79% of the file).
2020s was Sayani's strongest decade.
126 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 79% of all-time use.
Sayani births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
- 2010s 29
2010s
29 births
- 2020s
2020s
126 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 126 births (79% of all-time use).
Sayani by state
Where Sayani concentrates geographically, total births since 2008
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 11 | 6.9% |
| #2 | Texas | | 11 | 6.9% |
| #3 | New York | | 5 | 3.1% |
11 of 160 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 3 reporting states.
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What to do with Sayani's data
- California records the most Sayanis (11 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Sayani: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2024)
Similar record span (~17 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, 2008–2025 (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 Sayani 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.