Top Baby Names

Origin and Meaning of First Names.

Sayer

Gender

Male

Origin

Welsh
wood-worker
Carpenter; surname

Syllables

2

Alternate Spellings and Variants of Sayer

Pronunciation

sa-yer

Famous People

British musician Leo Sayer

Popularity in the USA

  • Boys: peak in 2017 (rank #3780, 28 births); most recent 2025 (rank #12008, 5 births)
  • Girls: peak in 2019 (rank #13792, 6 births); most recent 2025 (rank #14942, 5 births)
Births by year in the USA
YearBoysGirls
202555
20246–
20236–
20228–
20216–
20206–
2019106
201817–
201728–
201614–

Top girl names · Top boy names in the USA (2025)

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA), national baby names data (public domain). This site is not affiliated with or endorsed by the SSA. Data years: 1880 to 2025. Original data

Popularity in England and Wales

  • Boys: peak in 2010 (rank #4672, 3 births)
Births by year in England and Wales
YearBoys
2025–
2024–
2023–
2022–
2021–
2020–
2019–
2018–
2017–
2016–

Top girl names · Top boy names in England and Wales (2025)

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Baby names in England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1996 to 2025. Original data · Licence