Girls' name · since 1980
Sayda
Sayda has 379 recorded births since 1980 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2001 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #13,973 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #11,215 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 379
- born since 1980
- 2000s
- peak decade
379 babies have been named Sayda since 1980, making it today's #11215 girls' name.
Sayda has 379 recorded births among girls since 1980, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #11215 as of the latest data, more common than 35% of girls, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1980 to 2025.
- #13,973 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #11,215 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 379 born since 1980
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Sayda ranks #13,973 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #11,215 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 379 born since 1980, peaking in the 2000s.
- #13,973 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #11,215 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 379
- born since 1980
- 2000s
- peak decade
Sayda's 379 recorded births place it above 80.68% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Sayda compares
379 Top 50% higher than 50% of 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
Sayda's all-time total is 1% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Sayda | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 379 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 19 | 21 | 19,840 |
Sayda's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Sayda's full recorded timeline at 2007, 51% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 49% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1987, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2001 peak of 19 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Sayda popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1980–2025
- Peak year (2001)
- 19
- Annual births at peak, across 46 years of records
Sayda by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (145 births, 38% of the file).
2000s was Sayda's strongest decade.
145 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 38% of all-time use.
Sayda births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 25
1980s
25 births
- 1990s 53
1990s
53 births
- 2000s
2000s
145 births
- 2010s
2010s
98 births
- 2020s
2020s
58 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 145 births (38% of all-time use).
Sayda by state
Where Sayda concentrates geographically, total births since 1980
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 27 | 7.1% |
27 of 379 births nationwide.
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What to do with Sayda's data
- Sayda's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (145 total births) through the 2020s (58) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Saydas (27 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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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Sayda: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2001)
Similar record span (~45 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, 1980–2025 (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 Sayda 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.