Boys' name · since 1914
Sye
Sye has 118 recorded births since 1914 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2007 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #16,341 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,102 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 118
- born since 1914
- 2000s
- peak decade
Sye currently ranks #12102 among boys' names in America, with 118 babies recorded since 1914.
Sye has 118 recorded births among boys since 1914, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #12102 as of the latest data, more common than 13% 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 1914 to 2025.
- #16,341 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #12,102 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 118 born since 1914
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Sye ranks #16,341 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,102 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 118 born since 1914, peaking in the 2000s.
- #16,341 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,102 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 118
- born since 1914
- 2000s
- peak decade
Sye's 118 recorded births place it above 64.05% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Sye compares
118 29th 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
Sye's all-time total is 68% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Sye | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 118 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 13 | 34 | 22,252 |
Sye's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Sye's full recorded timeline at 2007, 53% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 47% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1998, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2007 peak of 13 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Sye popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1914–2025
- Peak year (2007)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 112 years of records
Sye by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (46 births, 39% of the file).
2000s was Sye's strongest decade.
46 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 39% of all-time use.
Sye births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 8
1910s
8 births
- 1930s 8
1930s
8 births
- 1990s 14
1990s
14 births
- 2000s
2000s
46 births
- 2010s
2010s
27 births
- 2020s 15
2020s
15 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 46 births (39% of all-time use).
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- Sye's decade-level peak was the 2000s (46 total births); usage has since declined to 15 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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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Sye: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2007)
Similar record span (~111 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, 1914–2025 (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 Sye 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.