How rare is the name Saylor?

6,657 people in the United States have the first name Saylor, about 1 in 45,371. It ranks #3,228 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

SAYLOR

#3,228

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
6,657
About
1 in 45,371
This common or more
81.9%
Who bears it

Of the 6,657 people named Saylor, 86.5% reported their origin as White, 5.2% as Hispanic or Latino and 5% as two or more races. 93% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Saylor peaked in 2023, when 1,480 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19172025
Peak year
2023
Births that year
1,480
In 2025*
1,472 ▼1%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 15,362 babies have been given the name since 1917. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Saylor by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #482. The largest share of babies named Saylor, 84.5%, were born in 2013 or later.

1910s#11,6155
1990s#7,406227
2000s#2,4991,505
2010s#1,0875,404
2020s#4828,221
Greatest Generation 1901–270%
Millennials 1981–960.5%
Generation Z 1997–1215%
2013 and later84.5%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Saylor is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Saylor has been most common in Utah (3.1×), Idaho (2.4×), and Alabama (2.1×), and least common in New York (0.16×).

13,405 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Exactly as common as Saylor

1 other first name also has 6,657 people.

#3,228 Dillan · 6,657

Either side of Saylor

#3,227 Jenni · 6,662#3,228 Dillan · 6,657#3,230 Alyse · 6,656#3,231 Krystyna · 6,654

Spelled almost the same

2 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Saylor, most common first.

#5,996 Sailor · 2,743#19,300 Sayler · 550

Also a last name

As a last name, Saylor ranks #2,328 of 156,621, with 15,234 people. See Saylor as a last name

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