Syrus

Peak · boys
2023 · 122 births
Debut · boys
8 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
2,079
since 1982

Syrus over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Syrus has never cracked the top 1,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank19801990200020102020peak #1,473, 2023boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yearboys
rankbirths
2025#1,80888
2024#1,70198
2023#1,473122
2022#1,479122
2021#1,645101
2020#1,63498
2019#1,73790
2018#1,80984
2017#1,93574
2016#2,02870
2015#1,95574
2014#2,04469
2013#1,67090
2012#2,03668
2011#2,31755
2010#1,98669
2009#2,14363
2008#1,94873
2007#2,05167
2006#2,01066
2005#2,52844
2004#2,20852
2003#1,90661
2002#2,50439
2001#2,24945
2000#2,33041
1999#3,03127
1998#2,31238
1997#3,06424
1996#5,9829
1995#6,9927
1994#6,3728
1993#6,2288
1992#5,23610
1991#7,2716
1990#7,1786
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First appearance
1982

The first year at least five boys were named Syrus! It came in at #4,593, and was given to 8 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1983–1989, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Syrus is popular in 2025

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Syrus, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Syrus, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Syrus, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Syrus, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Syrus, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Syrus, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Syrus, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Syrus, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Syrus, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Syrus, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Syrus, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Syrus, so not publishedMINew York: #1,760 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 16,885 boysNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Syrus, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Syrus, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Syrus, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Syrus, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Syrus, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Syrus, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Syrus, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Syrus, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Syrus, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Syrus, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Syrus, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Syrus, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #1,687 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 19,497 boysCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Syrus, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Syrus, so not publishedCONebraska: #432 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 1,764 boysNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Syrus, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Syrus, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Syrus, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Syrus, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Syrus, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Syrus, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Syrus, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Syrus, so not publishedNMKansas: #590 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 2,809 boysKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Syrus, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Syrus, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Syrus, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Syrus, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Syrus, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Syrus, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Syrus, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Syrus, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Syrus, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Syrus, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Syrus, so not publishedHITexas: #2,080 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 25,007 boysTXFlorida: #1,478 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 13,648 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Nebraska#432 · 1 in 1,764
  2. Kansas#590 · 1 in 2,809
  3. Florida#1,478 · 1 in 13,648
  4. California#1,687 · 1 in 19,497
  5. New York#1,760 · 1 in 16,885

Best ever in a state: #430 in Nevada, 2022.

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Nebraska#43251 in 1,764
Kansas#59051 in 2,809
Florida#1,47871 in 13,648
California#1,68791 in 19,497
New York#1,76051 in 16,885
Texas#2,08071 in 25,007
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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.

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See more about Syrus
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 174 spots since 2020 (#1,634 → #1,808)
  • 147 spots since 2015 (#1,955 → #1,808)
Rise & fade · boys
41 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1982
  • Peaked 2023 at #1,473 (122 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
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 14,021
  • Highest: 1 in 14,021 boys born in 2023 were named Syrus (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 19,410 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · boys
The 2010s
  • 35.7% of all boys named Syrus (743) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1980s13#4,593 (1982)#5,657
1990s143#2,312 (1998)#5,367
2000s551#1,906 (2003)#2,188
2010s743#1,670 (2013)#1,952
2020s629#1,473 (2023)#1,623

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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