Fun Facts About the Name Saylor
- More than 15 thousand babies named Saylor: U.S. records list 15,354 babies given the name Saylor from 1880 through 2025. Even 880 boys received the name Saylor - about 1 boy for every 16 girls.
What Does the Name Saylor Mean?
Saylor is an English surname used as a given name. Its usual established meaning is "sailor," from the Middle English occupational term sailer or saylour, a name for someone who sailed or worked at sea. The surname is a variant spelling of Sailor. In some families, Saylor is instead an Americanized form of the German surname Seiler, meaning "ropemaker," from Middle High German seiler, from seil, "rope." The English and German origins are independent, so the name can carry either meaning depending on the family line; when Saylor is used as a first name, the "sailor" sense is the one generally understood.
Saylor Name History & Origins
The English surname Saylor comes from the medieval practice of turning a person's occupation into a byname. A seaman could be called sailer or saylour in Middle English; the term meant "one who sails" and is related to the verb sail. Over time such bynames became hereditary surnames, and spellings were not fixed, so Sailor, Saylor, and Sayler all appear. English families with the surname carried it to North America, where the spelling continued to vary.
Separately, Saylor can be an Americanized spelling of the German surname Seiler, an occupational name for a ropemaker. Seiler comes from Middle High German seil, "rope." German-speaking immigrants to English-speaking countries sometimes anglicized the spelling to Saylor. As a given name, Saylor is a transferred use of the surname rather than a traditional personal name; it is used in English-speaking countries as part of a broader pattern of surname-style given names. It is not etymologically related to Taylor, which is a different occupational surname.
How Popular is the Name Saylor?
Saylor recorded its highest annual U.S. birth count in 2025. Its best rank was #207 in 2022.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #217 | 1,415 | 0.0880% |
| 2024 | #231 | 1,337 | 0.0829% |
| 2023 | #214 | 1,395 | 0.0870% |
| 2022 | #207 | 1,410 | 0.0860% |
| 2021 | #259 | 1,193 | 0.0728% |
| 2020 | #303 | 1,070 | 0.0662% |
| 2019 | #308 | 1,053 | 0.0628% |
| 2018 | #363 | 868 | 0.0510% |
| 2017 | #433 | 740 | 0.0429% |
| 2016 | #441 | 729 | 0.0412% |
| 2015 | #608 | 480 | 0.0269% |
| 2014 | #800 | 351 | 0.0197% |
| 2013 | #904 | 283 | 0.0161% |
| 2012 | #1,120 | 222 | 0.0126% |
| 2011 | #1,185 | 204 | 0.0116% |
| 2010 | #1,305 | 181 | 0.0102% |
| 2009 | #1,264 | 194 | 0.0106% |
| 2008 | #1,348 | 182 | 0.0096% |
| 2007 | #1,587 | 143 | 0.0074% |
| 2006 | #1,580 | 137 | 0.0072% |
| 2005 | #1,372 | 158 | 0.0086% |
| 2004 | #1,544 | 129 | 0.0070% |
| 2003 | #1,707 | 112 | 0.0061% |
| 2002 | #1,885 | 95 | 0.0053% |
| 2001 | #1,488 | 127 | 0.0071% |
| 2000 | #1,813 | 96 | 0.0053% |
| 1999 | #1,713 | 96 | 0.0054% |
| 1998 | #4,924 | 22 | 0.0012% |
| 1997 | #11,843 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1996 | #8,019 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 1995 | #9,397 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1994 | #9,459 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1993 | #7,943 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 1992 | #15,087 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #2,415 | 57 | 0.0033% |
| 2024 | #2,223 | 65 | 0.0038% |
| 2023 | #1,924 | 82 | 0.0048% |
| 2022 | #2,162 | 68 | 0.0039% |
| 2021 | #2,105 | 69 | 0.0039% |
| 2020 | #2,459 | 53 | 0.0031% |
| 2019 | #2,285 | 61 | 0.0034% |
| 2018 | #2,879 | 42 | 0.0023% |
| 2017 | #3,967 | 27 | 0.0015% |
| 2016 | #3,423 | 33 | 0.0017% |
| 2015 | #3,138 | 37 | 0.0019% |
| 2014 | #3,759 | 28 | 0.0015% |
| 2013 | #4,589 | 21 | 0.0011% |
| 2012 | #5,011 | 19 | 0.0010% |
| 2011 | #7,415 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2010 | #6,640 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 2009 | #8,876 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2008 | #7,615 | 11 | 0.0005% |
| 2007 | #5,173 | 18 | 0.0009% |
| 2006 | #6,391 | 13 | 0.0006% |
| 2005 | #5,531 | 15 | 0.0008% |
| 2004 | #5,198 | 16 | 0.0008% |
| 2003 | #7,723 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2002 | #5,347 | 14 | 0.0007% |
| 2001 | #6,853 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 2000 | #4,532 | 17 | 0.0009% |
| 1999 | #4,720 | 15 | 0.0008% |
| 1998 | #6,219 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 1995 | #10,051 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1994 | #5,392 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 1993 | #5,705 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 1991 | #8,073 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1917 | #4,482 | 5 | 0.0005% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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