Syed
Last seen for girls in 2004 at #16,099 · #1,217 for boys in 2025, 166 births
Given to boys 99.8% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 2000 · 224 births
- Debut · boys
- 7 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 6,032since 1965
Syed over time
Rank among boys' names. Syed has never cracked the top 700 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #1,217 | 166 | |
| 2024 | — | #1,620 | 105 | |
| 2023 | — | #1,315 | 145 | |
| 2022 | — | #1,330 | 141 | |
| 2021 | — | #1,431 | 127 | |
| 2020 | — | #1,335 | 134 | |
| 2019 | — | #1,401 | 126 | |
| 2018 | — | #1,324 | 137 | |
| 2017 | — | #1,236 | 148 | |
| 2016 | — | #1,203 | 157 | |
| 2015 | — | #1,162 | 160 | |
| 2014 | — | #1,276 | 139 | |
| 2013 | — | #1,155 | 156 | |
| 2012 | — | #1,258 | 140 | |
| 2011 | — | #1,309 | 130 | |
| 2010 | — | #1,209 | 147 | |
| 2009 | — | #1,278 | 137 | |
| 2008 | — | #1,161 | 156 | |
| 2007 | — | #1,144 | 156 | |
| 2006 | — | #1,190 | 141 | |
| 2005 | — | #1,182 | 135 | |
| 2004 | #16,099 | 5 | #1,124 | 141 |
| 2003 | — | #924 | 178 | |
| 2002 | — | #954 | 168 | |
| 2001 | — | #926 | 167 | |
| 2000 | — | #753 | 224 | |
| 1999 | — | #931 | 157 | |
| 1998 | — | #981 | 140 | |
| 1997 | — | #893 | 155 | |
| 1996 | — | #962 | 133 | |
| 1995 | — | #862 | 157 | |
| 1994 | #11,778 | 6 | #958 | 132 |
| 1993 | — | #975 | 123 | |
| 1992 | — | #1,010 | 116 | |
| 1991 | — | #1,014 | 113 | |
| 1990 | — | #1,135 | 90 | |
| 1989 | — | #1,130 | 88 | |
| 1988 | — | #1,099 | 82 | |
| 1987 | — | #1,161 | 68 | |
| 1986 | — | #1,102 | 72 | |
| 1985 | — | #1,190 | 62 | |
| 1984 | — | #1,556 | 39 | |
| 1983 | — | #1,265 | 53 | |
| 1982 | — | #1,342 | 49 | |
| 1981 | — | #1,294 | 51 | |
| 1980 | — | #1,432 | 44 | |
| 1979 | — | #1,435 | 42 | |
| 1978 | — | #1,474 | 40 | |
| 1977 | — | #1,823 | 28 | |
| 1976 | — | #1,677 | 31 | |
| 1975 | — | #2,450 | 17 | |
| 1974 | — | #1,832 | 25 | |
| 1973 | — | #2,857 | 12 | |
| 1972 | — | #3,344 | 9 | |
| 1971 | — | #3,370 | 9 | |
| 1970 | — | #3,282 | 9 | |
| 1969 | — | #3,595 | 7 | |
| 1968 | — | #3,673 | 6 | |
| 1967 | — | #3,966 | 5 | |
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| 1965 | — | #3,244 | 7 | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Syed! It came in at #3,244, and was given to 7 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1966–1967, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Syed is popular in 2008
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Maryland#405 · 1 in 2,492
- Connecticut#453 · 1 in 3,231
- Illinois#501 · 1 in 3,398
- Virginia#513 · 1 in 3,581
- New Jersey#528 · 1 in 3,799
Best ever in a state: #312 in New York, 2000.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Maryland | #405 | 12 | 1 in 2,492 |
| Connecticut | #453 | 5 | 1 in 3,231 |
| Illinois | #501 | 22 | 1 in 3,398 |
| Virginia | #513 | 12 | 1 in 3,581 |
| New Jersey | #528 | 12 | 1 in 3,799 |
| New York | #586 | 25 | 1 in 4,365 |
| Michigan | #668 | 10 | 1 in 5,140 |
| Texas | #992 | 18 | 1 in 10,511 |
| Georgia | #1,119 | 6 | 1 in 10,198 |
| Florida | #1,318 | 7 | 1 in 14,358 |
| California | #1,725 | 9 | 1 in 28,241 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Syed
- 403 spots since 2024 (#1,620 → #1,217)
- 118 spots since 2020 (#1,335 → #1,217)
- 55 spots since 2015 (#1,162 → #1,217)
- Biggest jump: 178 spots in 2000 (#931 → #753)
- Biggest drop: 200 spots in 2004 (#924 → #1,124)
- Debuted 1965
- Peaked 2000 at #753 (224 births)
- Births halved by 2024, 24 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 11 yrs · run 1993–2003
- Highest: 1 in 8,768 boys born in 2000 were named Syed (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 10,290 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
- 26.6% of all boys named Syed (1,603) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 25 | #3,244 (1965) | #3,620 |
| 1970s | 222 | #1,435 (1979) | #2,354 |
| 1980s | 608 | #1,099 (1988) | #1,257 |
| 1990s | 1,316 | #862 (1995) | #972 |
| 2000s | 1,603 | #753 (2000) | #1,064 |
| 2010s | 1,440 | #1,155 (2013) | #1,253 |
| 2020s | 818 | #1,217 (2025) | #1,375 |
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.
Syed in 2008
Top boys' names in 2008
More about 2008
boys
2,040,150 boys got a published name in 2008; 1 in 13,078 of them was named Syed, which outranked 92.1% of the 14,625 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).