Unisex name · since 1997
Syan
Since 1997, U.S. Social Security records show 103 babies named Syan, peaking in 1999. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #26,829 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 103
- born since 1997
- 2000s
- peak decade
Syan sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 103 recorded since 1997.
Syan has 103 recorded births among girls since 1997, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, 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 1997 to 2011.
- #26,829 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 103 born since 1997
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Syan ranks #26,829 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 103 born since 1997, peaking in the 2000s.
- #26,829 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 103
- born since 1997
- 2000s
- peak decade
Syan's 103 recorded births place it above 62.88% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Syan's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Syan splits its recorded history at 2005: 45% of all births land in the more recent half, 55% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1997 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1999 peak of 16 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Syan popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1997–2011
- Peak year (1999)
- 16
- Annual births at peak, across 15 years of records
Syan popularity over time - boys
57 total births recorded since 2005 (Syan as boys' name)
Syan by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (71 births, 69% of the file).
2000s was Syan's strongest decade.
71 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 69% of all-time use.
Syan births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 21
1990s
21 births
- 2000s
2000s
71 births
- 2010s 11
2010s
11 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 71 births (69% of all-time use).
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- Syan's decade-level peak was the 2000s (71 total births); usage has since declined to 11 in the 2010s -- 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 Syan: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1999)
Similar record span (~14 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, 1997–2011 (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 Syan 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.