Feminine dossier · first seen 1998

Sailor

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Sailor
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

2016

Peak rank proxy

245

Current vitality

Fragile

Generation

Gen Alpha

1998Peak 20162024

Peak year

2016

Decline from peak

30.6%

2024

170

All-time

3,396

Sailor has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 2016, when 245 girls were named Sailor.

In 2024, only 170 girls were given the name.

Down 30.6% from its peak.

All told, about 3,396 Americans have been named Sailor and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1998.

Rarity scoreVery uncommon

AssociationGen Alpha

StabilityHigh cross-era durability

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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