Syed
#1,549 most common boys' name of all time · #3,757 across all names · >99% male / <1% female · used 1965–2025
Rank among boys
#1,549
Rank overall
#3,757 of 105,966
First appeared
1965
Years on the list
60 of 146
All-time
6,043
Since 2016
1,386
Peak year
2000 #754
Best rank
#754 2000
Girls
Boys
peak 224/yr
Syed first appears in 1965. 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 | — | 166 | 166 | #1,219 |
| 2024 | — | 105 | 105 | #1,626 |
| 2023 | — | 145 | 145 | #1,319 |
| 2022 | — | 141 | 141 | #1,336 |
| 2021 | — | 127 | 127 | #1,431 |
| 2020 | — | 134 | 134 | #1,337 |
| 2019 | — | 126 | 126 | #1,404 |
| 2018 | — | 137 | 137 | #1,325 |
| 2017 | — | 148 | 148 | #1,240 |
| 2016 | — | 157 | 157 | #1,204 |
| 2015 | — | 160 | 160 | #1,165 |
| 2014 | — | 139 | 139 | #1,280 |
| 2013 | — | 156 | 156 | #1,159 |
| 2012 | — | 140 | 140 | #1,262 |
| 2011 | — | 130 | 130 | #1,315 |
| 2010 | — | 147 | 147 | #1,211 |
| 2009 | — | 137 | 137 | #1,285 |
| 2008 | — | 156 | 156 | #1,161 |
| 2007 | — | 156 | 156 | #1,146 |
| 2006 | — | 141 | 141 | #1,193 |
| 2005 | — | 135 | 135 | #1,187 |
| 2004 | 5 | 141 | 146 | #1,126 |
| 2003 | — | 178 | 178 | #924 |
| 2002 | — | 168 | 168 | #957 |
| 2001 | — | 167 | 167 | #935 |
| 2000 | — | 224 | 224 | #754 |
| 1999 | — | 157 | 157 | #935 |
| 1998 | — | 140 | 140 | #986 |
| 1997 | — | 155 | 155 | #896 |
| 1996 | — | 133 | 133 | #965 |
| 1995 | — | 157 | 157 | #871 |
| 1994 | 6 | 132 | 138 | #961 |
| 1993 | — | 123 | 123 | #978 |
| 1992 | — | 116 | 116 | #1,016 |
| 1991 | — | 113 | 113 | #1,016 |
| 1990 | — | 90 | 90 | #1,146 |
| 1989 | — | 88 | 88 | #1,137 |
| 1988 | — | 82 | 82 | #1,106 |
| 1987 | — | 68 | 68 | #1,174 |
| 1986 | — | 72 | 72 | #1,113 |
| 1985 | — | 62 | 62 | #1,207 |
| 1984 | — | 39 | 39 | #1,578 |
| 1983 | — | 53 | 53 | #1,274 |
| 1982 | — | 49 | 49 | #1,357 |
| 1981 | — | 51 | 51 | #1,307 |
| 1980 | — | 44 | 44 | #1,448 |
| 1979 | — | 42 | 42 | #1,459 |
| 1978 | — | 40 | 40 | #1,484 |
| 1977 | — | 28 | 28 | #1,852 |
| 1976 | — | 31 | 31 | #1,705 |
| 1975 | — | 17 | 17 | #2,528 |
| 1974 | — | 25 | 25 | #1,878 |
| 1973 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,987 |
| 1972 | — | 9 | 9 | #3,574 |
| 1971 | — | 9 | 9 | #3,598 |
| 1970 | — | 9 | 9 | #3,480 |
| 1969 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,892 |
| 1968 | — | 6 | 6 | #4,077 |
| 1967 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,470 |
| 1965 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,535 |