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
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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |