Sayla
Sayla was the 2296th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 80 babies. Its best year was 2024, when it ranked 2230th with 85 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 3,507 places. More babies were named Sayla in the 2020s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #2,296 girls, up 2,848 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 80girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 202485 babies
- Total since 1880
- 896babies recorded
Sayla popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #2,296 | 80 |
| 2020 | #5,144 | 25 |
| 2010 | #5,084 | 28 |
| 2000 | #6,432 | 17 |
| 1990 | #14,773 | 5 |
| 1980 | — | — |
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| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Sayla, counting every spelling?
Sayla is the most common spelling of a name family that ranked #1,224 for girls in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #2,296 for Sayla on its own. Together these spellings went to 174 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sayla | 80 | #2,296 | 345 |
| Saylah | 37 | #3,962 | 218 |
| Saelah | 26 | #5,072 | 78 |
| Sailah | 8 | #11,746 | 43 |
| Saila | 6 | #14,616 | 38 |
| Saela | 9 | #10,758 | 36 |
| Seilah | 8 | #11,770 | 36 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Sayla?
80 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Sayla (0.02 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Sayla born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 105 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Sayla.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Sayla?
About 900 people born in the US named Sayla are alive today, with a median age of 10; half are between 3 and 18. That makes Sayla a young name: most people with it are children.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Sayla by state
How common Sayla was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. In 44 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
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Questions about the name Sayla
How popular is the name Sayla?
Sayla was the 2296th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 80 babies. Its best year was 2024, when it ranked 2230th with 85 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 3,507 places. More babies were named Sayla in the 2020s than in any other decade.
Is Sayla a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Sayla in the US.
Where is Sayla most popular?
In 2021–2025, Sayla was most common in North Carolina (0.05 per 1,000 girls), followed by Colorado and Indiana.