Sayuri
- Gender
- Girl
- Origin
- Japanese
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,935 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #2,368 for girls
Sayuri is a girls' name of Japanese origin. In 2025 it ranked 4,935th for girls in the UK (4 babies) and 2,368th for girls in the US (76 babies).
What does Sayuri mean?
Japanese
A female given name from Japanese.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Sayuri a girl's or a boy's name?
Sayuri is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 girls in the UK and 76 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Sayuri in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,935th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 4 about 1 in 70,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 100% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 4 girls in the UK were named Sayuri, making it the 4,935th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,110th. Its busiest year was 2013, with 9 girls.
Half of all the girls named Sayuri in the UK since 1996 were born between 2010 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,866th in England and Wales.
Sayuri in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,935 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,966 |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,929 |
| 2022 | 6 | #3,728 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 5 | #4,110 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,951 |
| 2014 | 1 | #7,592 |
| 2013 | 9 | #2,796 |
| 2012 | 3 | #6,108 |
| 2011 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,931 |
| 2009 | 4 | #4,795 |
| 2008 | 5 | #4,065 |
| 2007 | 1 | #7,017 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 1 | #6,340 |
How popular is Sayuri in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,368th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 76 about 1 in 21,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 49% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 76 girls in the US were named Sayuri, making it the 2,368th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,167th. Its busiest year was 2007, with 106 girls. It first appears in the records in 1979.
2025 had more girls named Sayuri than any year since 2011.
Half of all the girls named Sayuri in the US since 1880 were born between 2007 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Sayuri in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 76 | #2,368 |
| 2024 | 41 | #3,695 |
| 2023 | 45 | #3,475 |
| 2022 | 36 | #4,039 |
| 2021 | 48 | #3,296 |
| 2020 | 33 | #4,167 |
| 2019 | 32 | #4,342 |
| 2018 | 44 | #3,496 |
| 2017 | 41 | #3,696 |
| 2016 | 51 | #3,182 |
| 2015 | 55 | #3,059 |
| 2014 | 68 | #2,580 |
| 2013 | 57 | #2,935 |
| 2012 | 64 | #2,734 |
| 2011 | 84 | #2,238 |
| 2010 | 86 | #2,237 |
| 2009 | 84 | #2,316 |
| 2008 | 98 | #2,078 |
| 2007 | 106 | #1,940 |
| 2006 | 73 | #2,512 |
| 2005 | 20 | #5,994 |
| 2004 | 25 | #5,058 |
| 2003 | 18 | #6,294 |
| 2002 | 13 | #7,810 |
| 2001 | 10 | #9,344 |
| 2000 | 13 | #7,574 |
| 1999 | 11 | #8,216 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 7 | #10,831 |
| 1996 | 5 | #13,511 |
| 1995 | 10 | #8,074 |
| 1994 | 9 | #8,798 |
| 1993 | 10 | #8,045 |
| 1992 | 11 | #7,504 |
| 1991 | 6 | #11,501 |
| 1990 | 9 | #8,495 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 8 | #7,982 |
| 1986 | 7 | #8,518 |
| 1985 | 5 | #10,672 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 5 | #10,208 |
Names like Sayuri
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Suki, Kiki, Dakota, Rumi, Kiyomi, Yuna, Kyomi, Yumna, Minha, Miri, Remi, Mika
Names related to Sayuri
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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, “Sayuri: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/sayuri, updated 20 October 2026.