Syed — #1630 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Syed

The Social Security Administration has registered 5,864 babies named Syed between 1965 and 2024, spanning 60 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Syed currently holds the #1630 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2000, when 224 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Syed performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 1,603 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Syed shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 1,271 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Syed in 15 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Syed 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 5,864 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.