Sayla
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- SAY-la
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #2,276 for girls
Sayla is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 2,276th for girls in the US (80 babies).
Where does Sayla come from?
Modern: coinage, perhaps a variant of Sela or Kayla
Is Sayla a girl's or a boy's name?
Sayla is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 80 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Sayla in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,276among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 80about 1 in 20,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 183% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 80 girls in the US were named Sayla, making it the 2,276th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,001st. Its busiest year was 2024, with 85 girls. It first appears in the records in 1983.
Half of all the girls named Sayla in the US since 1880 were born between 2008 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 143 girls in the US were given Sayla or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,321, up from #2,276 for this spelling alone.
Sayla in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 80 | #2,276 |
| 2024 | 85 | #2,218 |
| 2023 | 73 | #2,442 |
| 2022 | 53 | #3,073 |
| 2021 | 54 | #3,037 |
| 2020 | 25 | #5,001 |
| 2019 | 27 | #4,908 |
| 2018 | 32 | #4,356 |
| 2017 | 18 | #6,527 |
| 2016 | 28 | #4,849 |
| 2015 | 23 | #5,651 |
| 2014 | 29 | #4,766 |
| 2013 | 29 | #4,753 |
| 2012 | 27 | #5,112 |
| 2011 | 29 | #4,806 |
| 2010 | 28 | #4,972 |
| 2009 | 27 | #5,225 |
| 2008 | 20 | #6,556 |
| 2007 | 23 | #5,891 |
| 2006 | 30 | #4,684 |
| 2005 | 28 | #4,700 |
| 2004 | 9 | #10,684 |
| 2003 | 18 | #6,294 |
| 2002 | 18 | #6,124 |
| 2001 | 15 | #6,951 |
| 2000 | 17 | #6,202 |
| 1999 | 14 | #6,830 |
| 1998 | 9 | #9,254 |
| 1997 | 7 | #10,831 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 6 | #11,730 |
| 1991 | 5 | #13,139 |
| 1990 | 5 | #12,952 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 5 | #10,272 |
Names like Sayla
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa Zayla Salma Zaniyah Zaira Rahma Hafsa Salem Sama Zaya Safiya Zahara
Other spellings of Sayla
Names related to Sayla
More Modern names
Jayden Ailany Myla Kayden Nevaeh Jax Indie Miley Raelynn Kaiden Kehlani Alayna Caden Zayden Wrenley Mya
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, “Sayla: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/sayla, updated 20 October 2026.