Sayer

Sayer was the #12,008 boys' name in the US in 2025 (5 babies).

Sayer as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Sayer 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.00.010.030.040.0518801900192019401960198020002020US
Sayer 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#12,008 (5)——
2024#10,938 (6)——
2023#10,821 (6)——
2022#8,990 (8)——
2021#10,799 (6)——
2020#10,605 (6)——
2019#7,643 (10)——
2018#5,320 (17)——
2017#3,781 (28)——
2016#6,053 (14)——
2015#5,507 (16)——
2014#5,485 (16)—#2,371 (6)
2013#4,621 (20)—#2,606 (5)
2012#5,720 (15)——
2011#7,009 (11)——

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2017 at #3,781.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1984.

How common is it?

about 1 in 330,000 baby boys 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.

Next year

On its recent trend, Sayer is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 330,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 200,000 to 1 in 540,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Spellings

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

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
SayerCanadaBoys—too few
SayerEngland & WalesBoys—too few
SayerUSGirls#14,9425
SayerUSBoys#12,0085