Recorded 1919–1927 Girls' name Peak 1919 32 births

Sayoko — girls' name

32 babies named Sayoko in U.S. Social Security records since 1919, with the highest year being 1919. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1910s81920s24
1920s
Peak decade

75% of everyone ever named Sayoko was born in this single decade.

1919
Single peak year

8 babies were named Sayoko in 1919 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Sayoko

The Social Security Administration has registered 32 babies named Sayoko between 1919 and 1927, spanning 9 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Sayoko currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1927. The name reached its historical peak in 1919, when 8 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Sayoko performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 24 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Sayoko shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Sayoko in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Sayoko 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 32 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.

Sayoko at a glance

Last recorded 1927

Total births

32

Since 1919

9 years of records

Peak year

1919

8 births that year

Strongest decade: 1920s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 1927

Active since

1919

Recorded for 9 years

Last year on file: 1927

Sayoko popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1927–1919

Last recorded 1927
Peak year (1919)
8
Annual births at peak — across 9 years of records
456789 19271924192219211919 8

Sayoko by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 1920s
Peak decade
1920s
24 births that decade — 75% of Sayoko's all-time total
1910s81920s24

Sayoko by state

Where Sayoko concentrates geographically — total births since 1919

Geographically diffuse
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Sayoko
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 California
5 15.6%
California share of Sayoko's total US births 15.6%

5 of 32 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Sayoko?
32 babies have been named Sayoko since 1919. It was last recorded in 1927. The peak year was 1919 with 8 births.
When was Sayoko most popular?
Sayoko was most popular in the 1920s decade with 24 total births. The single peak year was 1919.
Where is Sayoko most popular?
The top states for the name Sayoko are California (5 births).
How long has the name Sayoko been used?
Sayoko has been recorded in Social Security data since 1919, spanning 9 years of data through 1927.
What names are similar to Sayoko?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Saylor, Saydee, Sayra, Sayuri, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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, 1919–1927 (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.