NameTides

Sailor

Sailor was the #1,132 girls' name in the US in 2025 (206 babies), and #3,705 in England & Wales and #3,044 in Canada.

Sailor as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Sailor as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.218801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaEngland & Wales
Sailor as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.21880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025#1,132 (206)#3,705 (6)#3,044 (6)
2024#1,341 (170)#4,193 (5)#2,259 (9)
2023#1,075 (230)#5,688 (3)#2,604 (7)
2022#1,295 (182)#5,670 (3)#2,315 (8)
2021#1,148 (213)#5,581 (3)#2,893 (6)
2020#1,085 (225)#3,117 (7)—
2019#1,156 (208)#4,001 (5)#2,188 (9)
2018#1,413 (158)#4,684 (4)—
2017#1,055 (243)#5,765 (3)#3,307 (5)
2016#1,064 (245)—#1,906 (11)
2015#1,092 (237)—#1,659 (13)
2014#1,221 (200)#5,691 (3)—
2013#1,587 (135)——
2012#1,918 (103)#4,171 (5)—
2011#1,817 (111)#4,049 (5)—

Sailor as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Sailor as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.010.030.040.0518801900192019401960198020002020USEngland & Wales
Sailor as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.010.030.040.051880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025#3,036 (40)#5,137 (3)—
2024#2,715 (48)#5,120 (3)—
2023#3,712 (30)——
2022#2,648 (50)——
2021#3,074 (39)—#2,260 (7)
2020#3,074 (37)#3,848 (4)—
2019#2,766 (45)#3,411 (5)—
2018#3,171 (36)#4,749 (3)—
2017#2,951 (40)——
2016#2,551 (49)——
2015#2,722 (44)—#2,387 (6)
2014#4,263 (23)——
2013#3,964 (25)——
2012#4,862 (19)——
2011#5,945 (14)——

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2023 at #1,075.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1998.
  • In 2025, 84% of US babies named Sailor were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 7,800 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 7,800uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 42,000rare
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 25,000rare
USBoys2025about 1 in 43,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 91,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Sailor is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 8,400 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 6,300 to 1 in 11,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Sailor by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #564WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #1,046WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: #1,061MINew York: #2,075NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: #548ORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: #916INOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,323CAUtah: #605UTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #811MOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: #230WVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #1,040AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #813TNNorth Carolina: #1,281NCSouth Carolina: #773SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: #716ALGeorgia: #915GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,154TXFlorida: #1,055FL
Sailor (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
SailorCanadaGirls#3,0446
SailorCanadaBoys—too few
SailorEngland & WalesGirls#3,7056
SailorEngland & WalesBoys#5,1373
SailorNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
SailorUSGirls#1,132206
SailorUSBoys#3,03640