Saylor — #231 US unisex name
13,059 babies named Saylor in U.S. Social Security records since 1992, with the highest year being 2022. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 99% of names given to girls today.
49% of everyone ever named Saylor was born in this single decade.
1,410 babies were named Saylor in 2022 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Saylor
The Social Security Administration has registered 13,059 babies named Saylor between 1992 and 2024, spanning 33 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Saylor currently holds the #231 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2022, when 1,410 babies received it in a single year. Saylor is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 823 additional births since 1917.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Saylor performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 6,405 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Saylor shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 1,205 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Florida and California. In total, SSA state-level files list Saylor in 48 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Saylor 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 13,059 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.
Saylor at a glance
Top 1,000 girls' namePeak year
Current rank
Active since
Saylor popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1992
- Peak year (2022)
- 1,410
- Annual births at peak — across 33 years of records
Currently ranks #231 among girls.
13,059 total births across 33 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2022 with 1,410 births in a single year.
Saylor popularity over time — boys
823 total births recorded since 1917 (Saylor as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Saylor accounts for 6% of total recorded use across both genders.
Saylor by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2020s
- 6,405 births that decade — 49% of Saylor's all-time total
Saylor decade highlights
- Peak decade 6,405 births
- Runner-up 5,111 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2020s was Saylor's strongest decade
6,405 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 49% of all-time use.
Saylor by state
Where Saylor concentrates geographically — total births since 1992
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 1,205 | 9.2% |
| #2 | Florida | | 796 | 6.1% |
| #3 | California | | 789 | 6.0% |
| #4 | North Carolina | | 670 | 5.1% |
| #5 | Georgia | | 566 | 4.3% |
| #6 | Tennessee | | 517 | 4.0% |
| #7 | Alabama | | 458 | 3.5% |
| #8 | Ohio | | 362 | 2.8% |
1,205 of 13,059 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 48 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Texas 9.2% of nationwide
- Florida 6.1% of nationwide
- California 6.0% of nationwide
- North Carolina 5.1% of nationwide
- Georgia 4.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 48 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 9.2% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Saylor appears in 48 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1992–2024 (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.