Sayre
- Gender
- Mostly girls
- Say it
- SAIR
- Origin
- English
Sayre is a name of English origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Sayre mean?
English: English surname Sayer, of several possible sources
Zelda Fitzgerald, the writer and wife of F. Scott Fitzgerald, was born Zelda Sayre in Montgomery, Alabama.
Is Sayre a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Sayre has been given to girls and boys, mostly girls.
How popular is Sayre in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2018, with 9 girls. It first appears in the records in 1988.
Half of all the girls named Sayre in the US since 1880 were born between 1994 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Sayre in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 5 | #15,288 |
| 2023 | 6 | #13,456 |
| 2022 | 6 | #13,586 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 5 | #15,083 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 9 | #10,540 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 8 | #12,574 |
| 2007 | 7 | #13,918 |
| 2006 | 5 | #17,163 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 6 | #14,172 |
| 2003 | 5 | #15,777 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 6 | #12,681 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 5 | #13,423 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 5 | #13,308 |
| 1991 | 5 | #13,139 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 5 | #12,356 |
| 1988 | 5 | #11,792 |
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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, “Sayre: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/sayre, updated 20 October 2026.