Sayla Girl

How popular is Sayla?

#2,276 girl name in 2025

80 baby girls were named Sayla in the US in 2025, making it the 2276th most popular girl name.

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891living people named Sayla (est.)
9median age of people named Sayla
896babies named Sayla since 1880
1 in 41,442US babies born in 2025

Sayla popularity over time

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Rank in 2025#2,276 for girls (▼ 58 from 2024)
Babies in 202580 girls
10-year trendRising fast (+248% babies vs 2015)
Earlier ranks#5,651 in 2015, #5,001 in 2020
Peak year2024 (85 girls)
Highest rank#2,218 in 2024
First recorded1983
Boys vs girls (last 10 years)0% boys, 100% girls
Chance a classmate shares it0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025

Sayla counting every spelling

Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Sayla family of names ranked #1,322 for girls in 2025 (#1,218 the year before), with 131 babies in all.

SpellingGirls in 2025Share
Sayla 80 61%
Saylah 37 28%
Saila 6 5%
Sailah 8 6%

Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.

Where Sayla is most popular

Babies named Sayla per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.

  1. North Carolina: 0.0 per 1,000 (11 girls)
  2. Colorado: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 girls)
  3. Indiana: 0.0 per 1,000 (6 girls)
  4. California: 0.0 per 1,000 (31 girls)
  5. Florida: 0.0 per 1,000 (15 girls)

Sayla by decade

DecadeBaby girlsBest rank
1980s5#10,272
1990s46#6,830
2000s205#4,684
2010s270#4,356
2020s370#2,218

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Questions

Is Sayla a boy or girl name?
Sayla is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Sayla were girls.
How popular is the name Sayla?
80 baby girls were named Sayla in the US in 2025, making it the 2276th most popular girl name.
When was Sayla most popular?
Sayla peaked in 2024, when 85 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #2,218 in 2024.
How many people are named Sayla?
896 babies have been named Sayla in the US since 1880. We estimate about 891 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 9.
Where is Sayla most popular?
From 2021 to 2025, Sayla was most common in North Carolina, at 0.0 of every 1,000 girls born there.

Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.