Sailor Girl
How popular is Sailor?
#1,132 girl name in 2025
206 baby girls were named Sailor in the US in 2025, making it the 1132nd most popular girl name. Another 40 boys got the name (#3,035 for boys).
Sailor popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #1,132 for girls (▲ 209 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 206 girls, 40 boys |
| 10-year trend | Steady (-13% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,092 in 2015, #1,085 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2016 (245 girls) |
| Highest rank | #1,055 in 2017 |
| First recorded | 1998 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 17% boys, 83% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.2% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Sailor counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Saylor family of names ranked #201 for girls in 2025 (#216 the year before), with 1,676 babies in all.
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 Sailor is most popular
Babies named Sailor per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Utah: 0.3 per 1,000 (25 girls)
- Alabama: 0.3 per 1,000 (27 girls)
- North Carolina: 0.3 per 1,000 (61 girls)
- West Virginia: 0.3 per 1,000 (7 girls)
- Washington: 0.2 per 1,000 (29 girls)
Sailor by decade
Girl names about as popular as Sailor
Questions
- Is Sailor a boy or girl name?
- Sailor is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 83% of babies named Sailor were girls.
- How popular is the name Sailor?
- 206 baby girls were named Sailor in the US in 2025, making it the 1132nd most popular girl name. Another 40 boys got the name (#3,035 for boys).
- When was Sailor most popular?
- Sailor peaked in 2016, when 245 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #1,055 in 2017.
- How many people are named Sailor?
- 4,290 babies have been named Sailor in the US since 1880. We estimate about 4,266 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 9.
- Where is Sailor most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Sailor was most common in Utah, at 0.3 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.