Boys' name · since 1990
Sayyid
Since 1990, U.S. Social Security records show 166 babies named Sayyid, peaking in 2025. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #14,111 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #6,277 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 166
- born since 1990
- 2000s
- peak decade
166 babies have been named Sayyid since 1990, making it today's #6277 boys' name.
Sayyid has 166 recorded births among boys since 1990, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #6277 as of the latest data, more common than 55% of boys, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1990 to 2025.
- #14,111 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #6,277 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 166 born since 1990
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Sayyid ranks #14,111 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #6,277 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 166 born since 1990, peaking in the 2000s.
- #14,111 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #6,277 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 166
- born since 1990
- 2000s
- peak decade
Sayyid's 166 recorded births place it above 68.95% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Sayyid compares
166 35th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Sayyid's all-time total is 55% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Sayyid | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 166 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 14 | 34 | 22,252 |
Sayyid's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Sayyid splits its recorded history at 2006: 54% of all births land in the more recent half, 46% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1995 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2025 peak of 14 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Sayyid popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1990–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 36 years of records
Sayyid by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (51 births, 31% of the file).
2000s was Sayyid's strongest decade.
51 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 31% of all-time use.
Sayyid births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
43 births
- 2000s
2000s
51 births
- 2010s
2010s
41 births
- 2020s
2020s
31 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 51 births (31% of all-time use).
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- Sayyid's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (51 total births) through the 2020s (31) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~35 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1990–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Sayyid draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.