Sy
- #7,679 for boys in 2025, 10 births
- Peak · boys
- 1982 · 22 births
- Debut · boys
- 7 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 972since 1917
Sy over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Sy has never cracked the top 2,000 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #7,679 | 10 |
| 2024 | #7,257 | 11 |
| 2023 | #7,289 | 11 |
| 2022 | #8,990 | 8 |
| 2021 | #6,698 | 12 |
| 2020 | #10,605 | 6 |
| 2019 | #6,104 | 14 |
| 2018 | #7,136 | 11 |
| 2017 | #7,546 | 10 |
| 2016 | #5,789 | 15 |
| 2015 | #7,491 | 10 |
| 2014 | #8,781 | 8 |
| 2013 | #3,497 | 30 |
| 2012 | #4,533 | 21 |
| 2011 | #4,659 | 20 |
| 2010 | #5,047 | 18 |
| 2009 | #4,748 | 20 |
| 2008 | #3,646 | 29 |
| 2007 | #4,375 | 22 |
| 2006 | #3,782 | 26 |
| 2005 | #3,172 | 32 |
| 2004 | #3,860 | 23 |
| 2003 | #2,922 | 33 |
| 2002 | #3,670 | 23 |
| 2001 | #3,974 | 20 |
| 2000 | #3,764 | 21 |
| 1999 | #3,279 | 24 |
| 1998 | #3,597 | 20 |
| 1997 | #4,059 | 16 |
| 1996 | #6,496 | 8 |
| 1995 | #4,280 | 14 |
| 1994 | #4,290 | 14 |
| 1993 | #4,020 | 15 |
| 1992 | #4,327 | 13 |
| 1991 | #3,325 | 18 |
| 1990 | #6,415 | 7 |
| 1989 | #4,527 | 11 |
| 1988 | #5,200 | 8 |
| 1987 | #3,521 | 13 |
| 1986 | #2,779 | 18 |
| 1985 | #2,710 | 18 |
| 1984 | #3,459 | 12 |
| 1983 | #4,141 | 9 |
| 1982 | #2,269 | 22 |
| 1981 | #2,569 | 18 |
| 1980 | #2,617 | 18 |
| 1979 | #4,068 | 9 |
| 1978 | #2,929 | 14 |
| 1977 | #3,386 | 11 |
| 1976 | #3,471 | 10 |
| 1975 | #3,428 | 10 |
| 1974 | #2,549 | 15 |
| 1973 | #2,857 | 12 |
| 1972 | #3,344 | 9 |
| 1971 | #3,658 | 8 |
| 1970 | #4,724 | 5 |
| 1969 | — | |
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| 1967 | — | |
| 1966 | — | |
| 1965 | #3,930 | 5 |
| 1964 | #3,601 | 6 |
| 1963 | — | |
| 1962 | #3,041 | 8 |
| 1961 | #3,097 | 8 |
| 1960 | #4,038 | 5 |
| 1959 | #3,290 | 7 |
| 1958 | #3,559 | 6 |
| 1957 | #3,552 | 6 |
| 1956 | — | |
| 1955 | #3,505 | 6 |
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| 1951 | #3,066 | 7 |
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| 1945 | #3,338 | 5 |
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| 1934 | #3,679 | 5 |
| 1933 | — | |
| 1932 | #3,361 | 6 |
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| 1926 | #3,708 | 6 |
| 1925 | #4,197 | 5 |
| 1924 | — | |
| 1923 | #3,822 | 6 |
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| 1918 | #4,179 | 5 |
| 1917 | #3,217 | 7 |
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First appearance
1917
The first year at least five boys were named Sy! It came in at #3,217, and was given to 7 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1918–1922, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Sy is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Sy in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Sy
Momentum · boys
Rising
- 422 spots since 2024 (#7,257 → #7,679)
- 2,926 spots since 2020 (#10,605 → #7,679)
- 188 spots since 2015 (#7,491 → #7,679)
Rise & fade · boys
65 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1917
- Peaked 1982 at #2,269 (22 births)
- Births halved by 1983, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 59,859
- Highest: 1 in 59,859 boys born in 2003 were named Sy (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 170,808 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #2,269 in 1982, was only 1 in 82,475 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2000s
- 25.6% of all boys named Sy (249) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 12 | #3,217 (1917) | #3,698 |
| 1920s | 17 | #3,708 (1926) | #3,909 |
| 1930s | 11 | #3,361 (1932) | #3,520 |
| 1940s | 5 | #3,338 (1945) | #3,338 |
| 1950s | 32 | #3,066 (1951) | #3,394 |
| 1960s | 32 | #3,041 (1962) | #3,541 |
| 1970s | 103 | #2,549 (1974) | #3,441 |
| 1980s | 147 | #2,269 (1982) | #3,379 |
| 1990s | 149 | #3,279 (1999) | #4,409 |
| 2000s | 249 | #2,922 (2003) | #3,791 |
| 2010s | 157 | #3,497 (2013) | #6,058 |
| 2020s | 58 | #6,698 (2021) | #8,086 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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