Girls' name · since 1978
Sayward
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.
- #25,450 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 117
- born since 1978
- 1980s
- peak decade
117 girls have been named Sayward since 1978, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Sayward has been recorded 117 times among girls since 1978, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1980s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1978 to 1995.
- #25,450 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 117 born since 1978
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Sayward ranks #25,450 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 117 born since 1978, peaking in the 1980s.
- #25,450 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 117
- born since 1978
- 1980s
- peak decade
Sayward's 117 recorded births place it above 64.79% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Sayward's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Sayward splits its recorded history at 1982: 24% of all births land in the more recent half, 76% in the earlier half, leaning more toward its earlier era than today's. The single quietest year was 1995 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1981 peak of 29 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Sayward popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1978–1995
- Peak year (1981)
- 29
- Annual births at peak, across 18 years of records
Sayward by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (78 births, 67% of the file).
1980s was Sayward's strongest decade.
78 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 67% of all-time use.
Sayward births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
34 births
- 1980s
1980s
78 births
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 78 births (67% of all-time use).
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- Sayward's decade-level peak was the 1980s (78 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 1990s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Sayward: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~17 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1978–1995 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Sayward draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.