Sayra — #6223 US girls' name
1,496 babies named Sayra in U.S. Social Security records since 1973, with the highest year being 2000. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 65% of names given to girls today.
40% of everyone ever named Sayra was born in this single decade.
83 babies were named Sayra in 2000 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Sayra
The Social Security Administration has registered 1,496 babies named Sayra between 1973 and 2024, spanning 52 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Sayra currently holds the #6223 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2000, when 83 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Sayra performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 601 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Sayra shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 484 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Arizona. In total, SSA state-level files list Sayra in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Sayra 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 1,496 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.
Sayra at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
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Sayra popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1973
- Peak year (2000)
- 83
- Annual births at peak — across 52 years of records
Currently ranks #6223 among girls.
1,496 total births across 52 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2000 with 83 births in a single year.
Sayra by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 601 births that decade — 40% of Sayra's all-time total
Sayra decade highlights
- Peak decade 601 births
- Runner-up 354 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Sayra's strongest decade
601 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 40% of all-time use.
Sayra by state
Where Sayra concentrates geographically — total births since 1973
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 484 | 32.4% |
| #2 | Texas | | 204 | 13.6% |
| #3 | Arizona | | 12 | 0.8% |
484 of 1,496 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 3 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 32.4% of nationwide
- Texas 13.6% of nationwide
- Arizona 0.8% of nationwide
Recorded in 3 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 32.4% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration 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, 1973–2024 (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.