Given name
Sayuri
Sayuri is a feminine given name from Japanese. It is used in English and French.
Original Japanese沙由梨
Meaning & origin
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1979. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Sayuri through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,424
- 0 boys · 1,424 girls
- Most popular year
- 2007
- 106 babies
- 2025
- 76
- #2,380 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +22%
- Rising
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 76 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 2,380 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 22.4% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 106 in 2007. In 2025, New York and Texas shared the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (9 each). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,678 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Sayuri’s family of names
In Japanese usage, Sayuri is a Roman-alphabet rendering of 小百合. In Japanese usage, Sayuri is a Roman-alphabet rendering of 早百合. In Japanese usage, Sayuri is a Roman-alphabet rendering of 沙由梨.
The ring: spellings.
Spellings & scripts 8
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Sayuri
- SayuriJapanese musician (1996–2024)
- Sayuri YoshinagaJapanese actressborn 1945
- Sayuri OsugaJapanese speed skater and cyclistborn 1980
- Sayuri YoshiiJapanese speed skaterborn 1984
- Sayuri YahagiJapanese voice actressborn 1986
- Sayuri IshikawaJapanese singer and actressborn 1958
- Sayuri MatsumuraJapanese female talent, fashion model, actress, YouTuberborn 1992
- Sayuri IwataJapanese singerborn 1990
- Sayuri SugimotoJapanese rhythmic gymnastborn 1996
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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