Saylor

What Saylor means

Means “dancer, acrobat”

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

Source: Wiktionary, “Saylor” (revision 89499668), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Saylor?

US: Rising: up from #608 in 2015. England & Wales: New in the last 10 years.

Biggest US share so far: 2025, when 1,415 girls got the name (#217 that year). First in the US records in 1992.

How common

• About 1 in 1,136 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 19,483 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 5,964 baby girls in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in WY (8.63 per 1,000 girls), MS (3.93 per 1,000 girls), AL (3.11 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed girls born in each state.

US vs UK

Saylor is #217 in the US and #2138 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (girls). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 96.1% of US babies named Saylor were girls.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Sailor206 US · 6 E&W
• Sayler48 US
• Saelor8 US
• Saylar7 US
• Syler5 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Saylor

Girls

• Karsyn#718Editor’s note Used for both: 70% of US babies named Karsyn in 2025 were girls
• Parker#106From a surname for “a gamekeeper”^*
• Emerson#122Editor’s note Used for both: 62% of US babies named Emerson in 2025 were girls
• Reese#192“ardor”^*
• Mckinley#712Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1978, with 5 babies
• Riley#48“rye + clearing, meadow”^*

For a brother

• Zayne#473Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1982, with 6 babies
• Bridger#701From the word “bridge”^*
• Campbell#763“crooked + mouth”^*
• Rowen#486“rowan tree”^*
• Cooper#27Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #77 in 2015, #27 in 2025
• Holden#297Editor’s note Steady in the US: #291 in 2015 and #297 in 2025

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under From a surname, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Saylor’s. Rank is US 2025.