Girls' name · since 2004
Syah
Since 2004, U.S. Social Security records show 64 babies named Syah, peaking in 2016. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #32,205 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 64
- born since 2004
- 2010s
- peak decade
Syah sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 64 recorded since 2004.
Syah has 64 recorded births among girls since 2004, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2004 to 2024.
- #32,205 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 64 born since 2004
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Syah ranks #32,205 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 64 born since 2004, peaking in the 2010s.
- #32,205 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 64
- born since 2004
- 2010s
- peak decade
Syah's 64 recorded births place it above 55.45% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Syah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Syah's full recorded timeline at 2013, 61% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 39% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 2004, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2016 peak of 9 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Syah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2004–2024
- Peak year (2016)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 21 years of records
Syah by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (37 births, 58% of the file).
2010s was Syah's strongest decade.
37 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 58% of all-time use.
Syah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
15 births
- 2010s
2010s
37 births
- 2020s 12
2020s
12 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 37 births (58% of all-time use).
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- Syah's decade-level peak was the 2010s (37 total births); usage has since declined to 12 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Syah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2016)
Similar record span (~20 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, 2004–2024 (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 Syah 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.