Girls' name · since 1997

Syenna

Since 1997, U.S. Social Security records show 177 babies named Syenna, peaking in 2008. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.

#21,093 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#15,776 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
177
born since 1997
2000s
peak decade

Yes -- Syenna is the #15776 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 177 recorded since 1997.

Social Security Administration records show Syenna recorded 177 times among girls since 1997, holding rank #15776 nationally today, ahead of 9% of girls, peaking in the 2000s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1997 to 2025.

  • #21,093 of 72,339 all-time among girls
  • #15,776 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
  • 177 born since 1997
  • 2000s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Syenna ranks #21,093 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #15,776 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 177 born since 1997, peaking in the 2000s.

#21,093 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#15,776 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
177
born since 1997
2000s
peak decade
0%100%Median name50%8.7%
Syenna vs. every other girls name in current SSA rankings
Below the archive median
All-time archive position

Syenna's 177 recorded births place it above 70.83% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.

National only
State-record footprint

No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.

How Syenna compares

177 34th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls

Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls 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

Syenna's all-time total is 53% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.

Metric Syenna Median girls name (Kyann) #1 girls name (Olivia)
All-time total births 177 376 567,345
Peak-year births 14 21 19,840

Syenna's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Divide Syenna's SSA record in two at 2012 and the more recent half accounts for 42% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 58%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1997, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2008 peak of 14, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.

Syenna popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1997–2025

Outside the top 1,000
Peak year (2008)
14
Annual births at peak, across 29 years of records
46810121416 19972003200720102013201620202025 5

Syenna by decade

2000s is the heaviest window (73 births, 41% of the file).

2000s was Syenna's strongest decade.

73 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 41% of all-time use.

Syenna births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 2000s at 73 births (41% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Syenna?
Syenna has been given to 177 babies in the U.S. since 1997, according to SSA data. Its archive ordinal is #21,093 of 72,339 among girls' names (total births, highest first). Among girls in 2025, it is #15,776 of 17,297. 14 babies were born in 2008, its single highest year.
Where does Syenna sit in the SSA name archive?
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Syenna ranks #21,093 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #15,776 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the 2025 SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Syenna most popular?
Syenna was most popular in the 2000s decade with 73 total births. The single peak year was 2008.
How long has the name Syenna been used?
Records for Syenna go back to 1997, giving 29 years of history through 2025.
What names are similar to Syenna?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Syeda, Syerra, Syesha, Syera, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

What to do with Syenna's data

  • Syenna's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (73 total births) through the 2020s (25) -- 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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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span

Two nationwide peer axes for Syenna: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

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, 1997–2025 (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 Syenna 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.