Sayori
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- sah-YOR-ee
- Origin
- Japanese
- US rank, 2025
- #3,211 for girls
- Style
- New arrival
Sayori is a girls' name of Japanese origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,211th for girls in the US (49 babies).
What does Sayori mean?
Japanese: meaning depends on the kanji used
Sayori is one of the main characters in the 2017 visual novel Doki Doki Literature Club!
Is Sayori a girl's or a boy's name?
Sayori is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 49 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Sayori in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,211th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 49 about 1 in 33,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Newly popular new in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 49 girls in the US were named Sayori, making it the 3,211th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2023, with 125 girls. It first appears in the records in 2021.
Half of all the girls named Sayori in the US since 1880 were born between 2023 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
Sayori in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 49 | #3,211 |
| 2024 | 77 | #2,362 |
| 2023 | 125 | #1,656 |
| 2022 | 43 | #3,593 |
| 2021 | 37 | #3,933 |
Names like Sayori
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Miyori, Kyomi, Saori, Kiyomi, Yumi, Rumi, Suki, Sayuri, Xuri, Namiko, Mayumi, Zhuri
Names related to Sayori
More Japanese names
Kobe, Kaizen, Raiden, Ren, Akari, Kenzo, Ronin, Akira, Yuna, Emi, Kairi, Miya, Kenji, Reo, Jiraiya, Aizen
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, “Sayori: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/sayori, updated 20 October 2026.