Girls' name · since 2011
Saylem
Since 2011, U.S. Social Security records show 144 babies named Saylem, peaking in 2023. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #23,230 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,762 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 144
- born since 2011
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Saylem is the #8762 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 144 recorded since 2011.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Saylem has been recorded 144 times among girls since 2011, currently ranked #8762 nationally and more common than 49% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2011 to 2025.
- #23,230 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #8,762 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 144 born since 2011
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Saylem ranks #23,230 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,762 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 144 born since 2011, peaking in the 2020s.
- #23,230 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,762 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 144
- born since 2011
- 2020s
- peak decade
Saylem's 144 recorded births place it above 67.86% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Saylem compares
144 31st 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
Saylem's all-time total is 62% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Saylem | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 144 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 20 | 21 | 19,840 |
Saylem's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Saylem splits its recorded history at 2020: 69% of all births land in the more recent half, 31% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 2014 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2023 peak of 20 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Saylem popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2011–2025
- Peak year (2023)
- 20
- Annual births at peak, across 15 years of records
Saylem by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (99 births, 69% of the file).
2020s was Saylem's strongest decade.
99 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 69% of all-time use.
Saylem births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s
2010s
45 births
- 2020s
2020s
99 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 99 births (69% of all-time use).
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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, 2011–2025 (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 Saylem 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.