Sailesh

Boys' name

Literal meaning not recorded

Sailesh has been given to 20 babies in the U.S. since 1999. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1999, with 5 recorded.

Babies named Sailesh, 2012

1 in 732,000

Sailesh over time, 1880–2025

Boys

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Sailesh: meaning, origin, and history

Literal meaning not recorded

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Sailesh means

Sailesh is a given name.

Origin, language, and formation

Sailesh is used in English.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 20 boys were recorded with the name Sailesh between 1999 and 2012. Its highest annual count was 5 in 1999; its best national rank was #11,283 in 1999.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

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How common is Sailesh?

Sailesh had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2012, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2012: 1 in 732,000; 5 of 3,657,590 births
Among boys only: 1 in 379,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 2012: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 507,051 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Sailesh sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2012 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 507,051 children born in 2012 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Sailesh. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Saileshs were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Sailesh was born before 2002 — so the typical Sailesh is around 23 today.

Median birth year: 2002; About 23 years old
Biggest decade: 2010s; 50.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 20; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2010s — 50.0% of all recorded uses (10).

Is Sailesh rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1999 (5)
Years since peak: 26; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Very steady; 0% average annual change
Best rank ever: #11,283; 1999

Spellings of Sailesh

Sailesh is not the most common spelling — Saleh is, with 64.7% against Sailesh's 0.73%.

Saleh64.7%1,777
Stiles34.6%949
Sailesh0.73%20

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Sailesh by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #11,283; 1999
Peak year: 1999; 5 that year
First recorded: 1999
Last recorded: 2012
All-time count: 20
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Sailesh

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Saiveon Saiden Saikou Saidou Saiansh Saimon Saivion Sailas Sairam Saiyon Avneesh Saiah Saimir Saied Taneesh Saiyan Kalpesh Animesh Haneesh Shivesh Saire Saifuddin Saiquan Brijesh

Sibling names for Sailesh

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Tatianna Caleigh Chyna Kaylah Calista Destini Carson Kayley

For a brother

Jaren Marshal Maximillian Reyes Devyn Garrison Tyrese Josef

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