Sayward — girls' name
117 babies named Sayward in U.S. Social Security records since 1978, with the highest year being 1981. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
67% of everyone ever named Sayward was born in this single decade.
29 babies were named Sayward in 1981 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Sayward
The Social Security Administration has registered 117 babies named Sayward between 1978 and 1995, spanning 18 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Sayward currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1995. The name reached its historical peak in 1981, when 29 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Sayward performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 78 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Sayward shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Sayward 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 117 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.
Sayward at a glance
Last recorded 1995Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Sayward popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1995–1978
- Peak year (1981)
- 29
- Annual births at peak — across 18 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1995.
117 total births across 18 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1981 with 29 births in a single year.
Sayward by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 78 births that decade — 67% of Sayward's all-time total
Sayward decade highlights
- Peak decade 78 births
- Runner-up 34 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Sayward's strongest decade
78 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 67% of all-time use.
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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, 1978–1995 (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.