Total births
11
Recorded 2016–2018 Girls' name Peak 2016 11 births
Syiah — girls' name
11 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.
2010s
Peak decade
100% of everyone ever named Syiah was born in this single decade.
2016
Single peak year
6 babies were named Syiah in 2016 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Syiah
The Social Security Administration has registered 11 babies named Syiah between 2016 and 2018, spanning 3 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Syiah currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2018. The name reached its historical peak in 2016, when 6 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Syiah performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 11 births during that ten-year window.
No etymological entry is currently available for Syiah 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 11 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.
Syiah at a glance
Last recorded 2018Peak year
2016
Current rank
Unranked
Active since
2016
Syiah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2018–2016
- Peak year (2016)
- 6
- Annual births at peak — across 3 years of records
Syiah by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 11 births that decade — 100% of Syiah's all-time total
Frequently Asked Questions
How popular is the name Syiah? ▼
11 babies have been named Syiah since 2016. It was last recorded in 2018. The peak year was 2016 with 6 births.
When was Syiah most popular? ▼
Syiah was most popular in the 2010s decade with 11 total births. The single peak year was 2016.
How long has the name Syiah been used? ▼
Syiah has been recorded in Social Security data since 2016, spanning 3 years of data through 2018.
What names are similar to Syiah? ▼
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Syia, Syian. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 2016–2018 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.