Sailor*
#2,725 most common girls' name of all time · #4,652 across all names · 16% male / 84% female · used 1997–2025 · notable crossover
Rank among girls
#2,725
Rank overall
#4,652 of 105,966
First appeared
1997
Years on the list
29 of 146
All-time
4,290
Since 2016
2,494
Peak year
2016 #1,067
Best rank
#1,057 2017
Girls
Boys
peak 294/yr
Sailor first appears in 1997. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 206 | 40 | 246 | #1,134 |
| 2024 | 170 | 48 | 218 | #1,347 |
| 2023 | 230 | 30 | 260 | #1,080 |
| 2022 | 182 | 50 | 232 | #1,302 |
| 2021 | 213 | 39 | 252 | #1,151 |
| 2020 | 225 | 37 | 262 | #1,086 |
| 2019 | 208 | 45 | 253 | #1,157 |
| 2018 | 158 | 36 | 194 | #1,421 |
| 2017 | 243 | 40 | 283 | #1,057 |
| 2016 | 245 | 49 | 294 | #1,067 |
| 2015 | 237 | 44 | 281 | #1,094 |
| 2014 | 200 | 23 | 223 | #1,226 |
| 2013 | 135 | 25 | 160 | #1,595 |
| 2012 | 103 | 19 | 122 | #1,928 |
| 2011 | 111 | 14 | 125 | #1,828 |
| 2010 | 90 | 12 | 102 | #2,183 |
| 2009 | 85 | 12 | 97 | #2,313 |
| 2008 | 77 | 23 | 100 | #2,480 |
| 2007 | 74 | 13 | 87 | #2,538 |
| 2006 | 64 | 15 | 79 | #2,777 |
| 2005 | 42 | 7 | 49 | #3,578 |
| 2004 | 45 | 13 | 58 | #3,389 |
| 2003 | 55 | 10 | 65 | #2,839 |
| 2002 | 51 | 14 | 65 | #2,932 |
| 2001 | 52 | 9 | 61 | #2,842 |
| 2000 | 43 | — | 43 | #3,215 |
| 1999 | 49 | 9 | 58 | #2,810 |
| 1998 | 10 | 6 | 16 | #9,244 |
| 1997 | — | 5 | 5 | — |