Unisex name · since 1992
Saylor
14,482 babies named Saylor in U.S. Social Security records since 1992, with the highest year being 2025. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #1,314 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #217 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 14,482
- born since 1992
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Saylor is the #217 most popular unisex name in the U.S. today, with 14,482 recorded since 1992.
Social Security Administration records show Saylor recorded 14,482 times among girls since 1992, holding rank #217 nationally today, ahead of 99% of girls, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1992 to 2025.
- #1,314 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #217 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 14,482 born since 1992
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Saylor ranks #1,314 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #217 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 14,482 born since 1992, peaking in the 2020s.
- #1,314 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #217 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 14,482
- born since 1992
- 2020s
- peak decade
Saylor's 14,482 recorded births place it above 98.18% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
49 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Saylor compares
14,482 Top 8% higher than 92% 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
Saylor's all-time total is 39x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Saylor | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 14,482 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 1,415 | 21 | 19,840 |
Saylor's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Saylor's full recorded timeline at 2009, 91% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 9% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1992, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2025 peak of 1,415 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Saylor popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1992–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 1,415
- Annual births at peak, across 34 years of records
Saylor popularity over time - boys
880 total births recorded since 1917 (Saylor as boys' name)
Saylor by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (7,827 births, 54% of the file).
2020s was Saylor's strongest decade.
7,827 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 54% of all-time use.
Saylor births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 170
1990s
170 births
- 2000s 1,373
2000s
1,373 births
- 2010s
2010s
5,112 births
- 2020s
2020s
7,827 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 7,827 births (54% of all-time use).
How Saylor 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 Saylor's total volume
Saylor by state
Where Saylor concentrates geographically, total births since 1992
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 1,322 | 9.1% |
| #2 | Florida | | 887 | 6.1% |
| #3 | California | | 859 | 5.9% |
| #4 | North Carolina | | 747 | 5.2% |
| #5 | Georgia | | 632 | 4.4% |
| #6 | Tennessee | | 576 | 4.0% |
| #7 | Alabama | | 515 | 3.6% |
| #8 | Ohio | | 414 | 2.9% |
1,322 of 14,482 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 49 reporting states.
Saylor appears in 49 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Saylor's data
- Texas records the most Saylors (1,322 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Similar record span (~33 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, 1992–2025 (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 Saylor 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.