Syrus
#1,808 for boys in 2025, 88 births
- Peak · boys
- 2023 · 122 births
- Debut · boys
- 8 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 2,079since 1982
Syrus over time
Rank among boys' names. Syrus has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
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| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #1,808 | 88 |
| 2024 | #1,701 | 98 |
| 2023 | #1,473 | 122 |
| 2022 | #1,479 | 122 |
| 2021 | #1,645 | 101 |
| 2020 | #1,634 | 98 |
| 2019 | #1,737 | 90 |
| 2018 | #1,809 | 84 |
| 2017 | #1,935 | 74 |
| 2016 | #2,028 | 70 |
| 2015 | #1,955 | 74 |
| 2014 | #2,044 | 69 |
| 2013 | #1,670 | 90 |
| 2012 | #2,036 | 68 |
| 2011 | #2,317 | 55 |
| 2010 | #1,986 | 69 |
| 2009 | #2,143 | 63 |
| 2008 | #1,948 | 73 |
| 2007 | #2,051 | 67 |
| 2006 | #2,010 | 66 |
| 2005 | #2,528 | 44 |
| 2004 | #2,208 | 52 |
| 2003 | #1,906 | 61 |
| 2002 | #2,504 | 39 |
| 2001 | #2,249 | 45 |
| 2000 | #2,330 | 41 |
| 1999 | #3,031 | 27 |
| 1998 | #2,312 | 38 |
| 1997 | #3,064 | 24 |
| 1996 | #5,982 | 9 |
| 1995 | #6,992 | 7 |
| 1994 | #6,372 | 8 |
| 1993 | #6,228 | 8 |
| 1992 | #5,236 | 10 |
| 1991 | #7,271 | 6 |
| 1990 | #7,178 | 6 |
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| 1986 | #6,721 | 5 |
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| 1982 | #4,593 | 8 |
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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 2019
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Ohio#1,107 · 1 in 9,429
- Illinois#1,317 · 1 in 11,503
- Texas#1,476 · 1 in 15,867
- California#1,529 · 1 in 18,468
Best ever in a state: #430 in Nevada, 2022.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Ohio | #1,107 | 6 | 1 in 9,429 |
| Illinois | #1,317 | 5 | 1 in 11,503 |
| Texas | #1,476 | 11 | 1 in 15,867 |
| California | #1,529 | 11 | 1 in 18,468 |
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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 Syrus
- 107 spots since 2024 (#1,701 → #1,808)
- 174 spots since 2020 (#1,634 → #1,808)
- 147 spots since 2015 (#1,955 → #1,808)
- Debuted 1982
- Peaked 2023 at #1,473 (122 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- 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%)
- 35.7% of all boys named Syrus (743) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 13 | #4,593 (1982) | #5,657 |
| 1990s | 143 | #2,312 (1998) | #5,367 |
| 2000s | 551 | #1,906 (2003) | #2,188 |
| 2010s | 743 | #1,670 (2013) | #1,952 |
| 2020s | 629 | #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.
Syrus in 2019
Top boys' names in 2019
More about 2019
boys
1,794,216 boys got a published name in 2019; 1 in 19,936 of them was named Syrus, which outranked 87.7% of the 14,133 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,723Reyan91
- #1,723Virgil91
- #1,723Witten91
- #1,737Syrus90
- #1,737Antwan90
- #1,737Hampton90
- #1,737Jayse90
- #1,755Ansh89
- #1,755Aris89
- #1,755Kahlil89
Tied with 17 names at #1,737; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.