Saiyan
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- SY-an
- Origin
- Modern
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,065 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #5,606 for boys
Saiyan is a boys' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 5,065th for boys in the UK (3 babies) and 5,606th for boys in the US (16 babies).
Where does Saiyan come from?
Modern: probably built on Sai; also the warrior race in Dragon Ball
Is Saiyan a girl's or a boy's name?
Saiyan is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 boys in the UK and 16 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Saiyan in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,065among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 3about 1 in 100,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 8% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 3 boys in the UK were named Saiyan, making it the 5,065th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,803rd. Its busiest year was 2016, with 10 boys.
Half of all the boys named Saiyan in the UK since 1996 were born between 2016 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,974th in England and Wales.
Saiyan in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,065 |
| 2024 | 6 | #3,335 |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,193 |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,195 |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,188 |
| 2020 | 3 | #4,803 |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,126 |
| 2018 | 6 | #3,162 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 10 | #2,287 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,063 |
| 2013 | 3 | #4,884 |
| 2012 | 3 | #4,999 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 4 | #3,836 |
How popular is Saiyan in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,606among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 16about 1 in 110,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 16 boys in the US were named Saiyan, making it the 5,606th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,695th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 18 boys. It first appears in the records in 2010.
Half of all the boys named Saiyan in the US since 1880 were born between 2017 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 79 boys in the US were given Saiyan or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,694, up from #5,606 for this spelling alone.
Saiyan in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16 | #5,606 |
| 2024 | 9 | #8,307 |
| 2023 | 18 | #5,250 |
| 2022 | 11 | #7,256 |
| 2021 | 8 | #8,820 |
| 2020 | 15 | #5,695 |
| 2019 | 6 | #10,797 |
| 2018 | 10 | #7,613 |
| 2017 | 13 | #6,334 |
| 2016 | 8 | #8,811 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 5 | #12,102 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 5 | #12,267 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 5 | #12,224 |
Nicknames for Saiyan
- Sai 27 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Saiyan
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Zayaan Musa Zayan Muhammad Azaan Zayyan Zayd Rayyan Arham Umar Hamza Ayyub
Other spellings of Saiyan
Names related to Saiyan
More Modern names
Jayden Ailany Myla Kayden Nevaeh Jax Indie Miley Raelynn Kaiden Kehlani Alayna Caden Zayden Wrenley Mya
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Saiyan: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/saiyan, updated 20 October 2026.