Sayyid — #12848 US boys' name
152 babies named Sayyid in U.S. Social Security records since 1990, with the highest year being 2005. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 10% of names given to boys today.
34% of everyone ever named Sayyid was born in this single decade.
9 babies were named Sayyid in 2005 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Sayyid
The Social Security Administration has registered 152 babies named Sayyid between 1990 and 2024, spanning 35 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Sayyid currently holds the #12848 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2005, when 9 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Sayyid performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 51 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Sayyid shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Sayyid in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 152 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Sayyid at a glance
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Current rank
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Sayyid popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1990
- Peak year (2005)
- 9
- Annual births at peak — across 35 years of records
Currently ranks #12848 among boys.
152 total births across 35 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2005 with 9 births in a single year.
Sayyid by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 51 births that decade — 34% of Sayyid's all-time total
Sayyid decade highlights
- Peak decade 51 births
- Runner-up 43 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Sayyid's strongest decade
51 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 34% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1990–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.