How Many People Are Named Sailor?
people named Sailor are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 80,231 people in the US has this name
Based on 4,290 babies named Sailor in Social Security records from 1997 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
294 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Sailor, 84% were girls and 16% were boys. The share has stayed close to this since the 2000s: 83.5% of the babies were girls then and 83.4% in the 2020s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Sailor alive today is about 9 years old, and 100% are under 30. Half of them were between 4 and 13 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Sailor first appears in the records in 1997 and was given most often in 2016, to 294 babies. In 2025, 246 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1997 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Sailor has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #1,056, in 2017. In 2025 it ranked #1,134. Among boys, its best rank was #2,581, in 2016.
| Girls | Boys | |
|---|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #1,134 | #3,079 |
| Best rank | #1,056 (2017) | #2,581 (2016) |
| Years in the top 100 | None | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,360 in the 2010s | #3,549 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Sailor alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Sailor were born in Texas than in any other state: about 373 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Sailor was given 3.2 times as often in Utah, 2.2 times in Florida and 2.1 times in North Carolina.
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