Girls' name · since 2016
Syiah
16 babies named Syiah in U.S. Social Security records since 2016, with the highest year being 2016. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #49,237 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #16,603 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 16
- born since 2016
- 2010s
- peak decade
16 babies have been named Syiah since 2016, making it today's #16603 girls' name.
Social Security Administration records show Syiah recorded 16 times among girls since 2016, holding rank #16603 nationally today, ahead of 4% of girls, peaking in the 2010s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2016 to 2025.
- #49,237 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #16,603 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 16 born since 2016
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Syiah ranks #49,237 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #16,603 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 16 born since 2016, peaking in the 2010s.
- #49,237 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #16,603 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 16
- born since 2016
- 2010s
- peak decade
Syiah's 16 recorded births place it above 31.73% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Syiah compares
16 6th 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
Syiah's all-time total is 96% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Syiah | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 16 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 6 | 21 | 19,840 |
Syiah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Syiah's SSA record in two at 2018 and the more recent half accounts for 63% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 37%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 2018, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2016 peak of 6, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Syiah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2016–2025
- Peak year (2016)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 10 years of records
Syiah by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (11 births, 69% of the file).
2010s was Syiah's strongest decade.
11 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 69% of all-time use.
Syiah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s
2010s
11 births
- 2020s
2020s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 11 births (69% of all-time use).
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What to do with Syiah's data
- Syiah's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (11 total births) through the 2020s (5) -- 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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Two nationwide peer axes for Syiah: 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 (~9 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, 2016–2025 (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 Syiah 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.