Girls' name · since 1983
Sayla
Sayla has 896 recorded births since 1983 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2024 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #8,095 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,287 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 896
- born since 1983
- 2020s
- peak decade
Sayla currently ranks #2287 among girls' names in America, with 896 babies recorded since 1983.
Sayla has 896 recorded births among girls since 1983, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #2287 as of the latest data, more common than 87% 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 1983 to 2025.
- #8,095 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #2,287 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 896 born since 1983
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Sayla ranks #8,095 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #2,287 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 896 born since 1983, peaking in the 2020s.
- #8,095 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,287 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 896
- born since 1983
- 2020s
- peak decade
Sayla's 896 recorded births place it above 88.8% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
7 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Sayla compares
896 Top 34% higher than 66% 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
Sayla's all-time total is 138% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Sayla | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 896 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 85 | 21 | 19,840 |
Sayla's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Sayla's full recorded timeline at 2009, 74% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 26% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1983, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2024 peak of 85 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Sayla popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1983–2025
- Peak year (2024)
- 85
- Annual births at peak, across 43 years of records
Sayla by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (370 births, 41% of the file).
2020s was Sayla's strongest decade.
370 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 41% of all-time use.
Sayla births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
- 1990s 46
1990s
46 births
- 2000s
2000s
205 births
- 2010s
2010s
270 births
- 2020s
2020s
370 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 370 births (41% of all-time use).
How Sayla compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Sayla's total volume
Sayla by state
Where Sayla concentrates geographically, total births since 1983
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 54 | 6.0% |
| #2 | Texas | | 38 | 4.2% |
| #3 | Florida | | 15 | 1.7% |
| #4 | North Carolina | | 11 | 1.2% |
| #5 | Indiana | | 6 | 0.7% |
| #6 | Colorado | | 5 | 0.6% |
| #7 | Michigan | | 5 | 0.6% |
54 of 896 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 7 reporting states.
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What to do with Sayla's data
- California records the most Saylas (54 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 Sayla: 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 (~42 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, 1983–2025 (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 Sayla 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.