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.

Sy

#4,895 most common boys' name of all time · #12,095 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1917–2025

Rank among boys
#4,895
Rank overall
#12,095 of 105,966
First appeared
1917
Years on the list
74 of 146
All-time
972
Since 2016
108
Peak year
2003 #2,941
Best rank
#2,304 1982
Girls Boys peak 33/yr
192019401960198020002020

Sy first appears in 1917. 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 10 10 #7,748
2024 11 11 #7,313
2023 11 11 #7,347
2022 8 8 #9,087
2021 12 12 #6,744
2020 6 6 #10,758
2019 14 14 #6,153
2018 11 11 #7,198
2017 10 10 #7,626
2016 15 15 #5,831
2015 10 10 #7,575
2014 8 8 #8,891
2013 30 30 #3,515
2012 21 21 #4,555
2011 20 20 #4,685
2010 18 18 #5,078
2009 20 20 #4,770
2008 29 29 #3,664
2007 22 22 #4,401
2006 26 26 #3,807
2005 32 32 #3,182
2004 23 23 #3,882
2003 33 33 #2,941
2002 23 23 #3,691
2001 20 20 #4,000
2000 21 21 #3,797
1999 24 24 #3,305
1998 20 20 #3,626
1997 16 16 #4,091
1996 8 8 #6,604
1995 14 14 #4,336
1994 14 14 #4,341
1993 15 15 #4,061
1992 13 13 #4,375
1991 18 18 #3,365
1990 7 7 #6,559
1989 11 11 #4,593
1988 8 8 #5,334
1987 13 13 #3,580
1986 18 18 #2,813
1985 18 18 #2,762
1984 12 12 #3,539
1983 9 9 #4,261
1982 22 22 #2,304
1981 18 18 #2,611
1980 18 18 #2,665
1979 9 9 #4,172
1978 14 14 #2,985
1977 11 11 #3,479
1976 10 10 #3,542
1975 10 10 #3,524
1974 15 15 #2,601
1973 12 12 #2,928
1972 9 9 #3,462
1971 8 8 #3,776
1970 5 5 #4,989
1965 5 5 #4,146
1964 6 6 #3,831
1962 8 8 #3,192
1961 8 8 #3,246
1960 5 5 #4,328
1959 7 7 #3,481
1958 6 6 #3,784
1957 6 6 #3,809
1955 6 6 #3,734
1951 7 7 #3,275
1945 5 5 #3,653
1934 5 5 #4,027
1932 6 6 #3,677
1926 6 6 #4,067
1925 5 5 #4,623
1923 6 6 #4,137
1918 5 5 #4,591
1917 7 7 #3,542