Given name
Sayori
“born at night”
Sayori is a variant of Sayo. One Japanese interpretation is “born at night.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Sayori is a variant of Sayo. One Japanese interpretation is “born at night.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Sayori is a variant of Sayo. An origin associated with Sayo is Japanese.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2021. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Sayori through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 331
- 0 boys · 331 girls
- Most popular year
- 2023
- 125 babies
- 2025
- 49
- #3,244 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +100%
- Rising fast
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 49 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 3,244 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. In 2025, Georgia and South Carolina shared the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (6 each).
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Sayori’s family of names
Sayori has a related form in Sayo. In Japanese usage, Sayori is a Roman-alphabet rendering of 咲世里. In Japanese usage, Sayori is a Roman-alphabet rendering of 小夜里.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Sayori
Characters named Sayori: Sayori (Doki Doki Literature Club!).
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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