Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Shyam

#5,693 most common boys' name of all time · #14,179 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1971–2025

Rank among boys
#5,693
Rank overall
#14,179 of 105,966
First appeared
1971
Years on the list
50 of 146
All-time
754
Since 2016
85
Peak year
2005 #3,059
Best rank
#2,748 1993
Girls Boys peak 34/yr
198020002020

Shyam first appears in 1971. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 — 7 7 #9,932
2024 — 7 7 #10,141
2022 — 9 9 #8,485
2021 — 10 10 #7,744
2020 — 10 10 #7,660
2019 — 7 7 #9,988
2018 — 14 14 #6,137
2017 — 11 11 #7,230
2016 — 10 10 #7,760
2015 — 8 8 #8,981
2014 — 17 17 #5,332
2013 — 16 16 #5,488
2012 — 6 6 #11,115
2011 — 17 17 #5,294
2010 — 19 19 #4,927
2009 — 18 18 #5,184
2008 — 21 21 #4,601
2007 — 19 19 #4,866
2006 — 22 22 #4,296
2005 — 34 34 #3,059
2004 — 24 24 #3,788
2003 — 29 29 #3,233
2002 — 21 21 #3,977
2001 — 26 26 #3,364
2000 — 27 27 #3,188
1999 — 20 20 #3,757
1998 — 30 30 #2,758
1997 — 23 23 #3,214
1996 — 19 19 #3,614
1995 — 24 24 #2,984
1994 — 15 15 #4,196
1993 — 26 26 #2,748
1992 — 21 21 #3,180
1991 — 14 14 #4,133
1990 — 12 12 #4,566
1989 — 10 10 #5,000
1988 — 9 9 #5,017
1987 — 13 13 #3,655
1986 — 19 19 #2,762
1985 — 18 18 #2,807
1984 — 8 8 #4,817
1983 — 9 9 #4,403
1982 — 10 10 #4,167
1981 — 5 5 #6,812
1980 — 7 7 #5,318
1979 — 6 6 #5,798
1978 — 9 9 #4,093
1973 — 7 7 #4,443
1972 — 6 6 #4,912
1971 — 5 5 #5,628