Sayer — #11273 US boys' name
396 babies named Sayer in U.S. Social Security records since 1984, with the highest year being 2017. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 21% of names given to boys today.
39% of everyone ever named Sayer was born in this single decade.
28 babies were named Sayer in 2017 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Sayer
The Social Security Administration has registered 396 babies named Sayer between 1984 and 2024, spanning 41 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Sayer currently holds the #11273 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2017, when 28 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Sayer performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 154 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Sayer shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Sayer 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 396 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.
Sayer at a glance
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Current rank
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Sayer popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1984
- Peak year (2017)
- 28
- Annual births at peak — across 41 years of records
Currently ranks #11273 among boys.
396 total births across 41 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2017 with 28 births in a single year.
Sayer popularity over time — girls
11 total births recorded since 2003 (Sayer as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Sayer accounts for 3% of total recorded use across both genders.
Sayer by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 154 births that decade — 39% of Sayer's all-time total
Sayer decade highlights
- Peak decade 154 births
- Runner-up 126 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Sayer's strongest decade
154 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 39% of all-time use.
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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, 1984–2024 (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.