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.
75% of everyone ever named Sayoko was born in this single decade.
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 1927Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Sayoko popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1927–1919
- Peak year (1919)
- 8
- Annual births at peak — across 9 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1927.
32 total births across 9 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1919 with 8 births in a single year.
Sayoko by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 24 births that decade — 75% of Sayoko's all-time total
Sayoko decade highlights
- Peak decade 24 births
- Runner-up 8 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Sayoko's strongest decade
24 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 75% of all-time use.
Sayoko by state
Where Sayoko concentrates geographically — total births since 1919
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 15.6% |
5 of 32 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 15.6% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 15.6% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 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.