# Saylor (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/saylor/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | “dancer”, “acrobat” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 15,362 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 880 / 14,482 (94% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 150, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Old French sailleor (“dancer, acrobat”).

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 204 | 1,185 |
| 2012 | 222 | 1,120 |
| 2013 | 283 | 905 |
| 2014 | 351 | 800 |
| 2015 | 480 | 608 |
| 2016 | 729 | 441 |
| 2017 | 741 | 431 |
| 2018 | 868 | 364 |
| 2019 | 1,053 | 308 |
| 2020 | 1,070 | 304 |
| 2021 | 1,193 | 260 |
| 2022 | 1,410 | 207 |
| 2023 | 1,398 | 214 |
| 2024 | 1,341 | 231 |
| 2025 | 1,415 | 217 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 11 | 7,417 |
| 2012 | 19 | 5,011 |
| 2013 | 21 | 4,591 |
| 2014 | 28 | 3,760 |
| 2015 | 37 | 3,140 |
| 2016 | 33 | 3,423 |
| 2017 | 27 | 3,967 |
| 2018 | 42 | 2,881 |
| 2019 | 61 | 2,287 |
| 2020 | 53 | 2,460 |
| 2021 | 69 | 2,105 |
| 2022 | 68 | 2,163 |
| 2023 | 82 | 1,925 |
| 2024 | 65 | 2,229 |
| 2025 | 57 | 2,415 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 6 | 3,609 |
| 2017 | 7 | 3,229 |
| 2018 | 12 | 2,187 |
| 2019 | 11 | 2,286 |
| 2020 | 17 | 1,687 |
| 2021 | 18 | 1,628 |
| 2022 | 18 | 1,621 |
| 2023 | 22 | 1,410 |
| 2024 | 26 | 1,262 |
| 2025 | 13 | 2,138 |

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.