Sayer
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- SAY-er
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #12,003 for boys
Sayer is a boys' name of English origin. In 2025 it ranked 12,003rd for boys in the US (5 babies).
What does Sayer mean?
English: English surname with several possible sources
An English surname that may come from an assayer of metals or from the Old English personal name Sigehere.
Is Sayer a girl's or a boy's name?
Sayer is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls and 5 boys in the US.
How popular is Sayer in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #12,003among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 340,000 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, 5 boys in the US were named Sayer, making it the 12,003rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 10,599th. Its busiest year was 2017, with 28 boys. It first appears in the records in 1984. 5 girls were also named Sayer in 2025 (14,937th for girls).
2025 had fewer boys named Sayer than any year since 1996.
Half of all the boys named Sayer in the US since 1880 were born between 2001 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
Sayer in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #12,003 |
| 2024 | 6 | #10,930 |
| 2023 | 6 | #10,815 |
| 2022 | 8 | #8,983 |
| 2021 | 6 | #10,794 |
| 2020 | 6 | #10,599 |
| 2019 | 10 | #7,638 |
| 2018 | 17 | #5,316 |
| 2017 | 28 | #3,777 |
| 2016 | 14 | #6,048 |
| 2015 | 16 | #5,503 |
| 2014 | 16 | #5,481 |
| 2013 | 20 | #4,619 |
| 2012 | 15 | #5,714 |
| 2011 | 11 | #7,002 |
| 2010 | 7 | #9,686 |
| 2009 | 11 | #7,231 |
| 2008 | 19 | #4,897 |
| 2007 | 12 | #6,618 |
| 2006 | 14 | #5,777 |
| 2005 | 19 | #4,459 |
| 2004 | 12 | #6,132 |
| 2003 | 11 | #6,251 |
| 2002 | 10 | #6,515 |
| 2001 | 7 | #8,332 |
| 2000 | 11 | #5,913 |
| 1999 | 10 | #6,036 |
| 1998 | 9 | #6,308 |
| 1997 | 6 | #8,104 |
| 1996 | 5 | #9,008 |
| 1995 | 7 | #6,985 |
| 1994 | 11 | #5,103 |
| 1993 | 9 | #5,764 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 9 | #5,513 |
| 1990 | 8 | #5,816 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 5 | #6,945 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 5 | #6,311 |
Names like Sayer
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Names related to Sayer
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Sources
Figures from 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, “Sayer: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/sayer, updated 20 October 2026.