Boys' name · since 2019
Syles
Syles has 12 recorded births since 2019 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2019 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #32,979 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #13,389 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 12
- born since 2019
- 2010s
- peak decade
12 babies have been named Syles since 2019, making it today's #13389 boys' name.
Syles has 12 recorded births among boys since 2019, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #13389 as of the latest data, more common than 4% of boys, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2019 to 2025.
- #32,979 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #13,389 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 12 born since 2019
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Syles ranks #32,979 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #13,389 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 12 born since 2019, peaking in the 2010s.
- #32,979 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #13,389 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 12
- born since 2019
- 2010s
- peak decade
Syles's 12 recorded births place it above 27.23% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Syles compares
12 5th 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
Syles's all-time total is 97% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Syles | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 12 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 7 | 34 | 22,252 |
Syles's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Syles's SSA record in two at 2025 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 2025, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2019 peak of 7, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Syles popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2019–2025
- Peak year (2019)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 7 years of records
Syles by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (7 births, 58% of the file).
2010s was Syles's strongest decade.
7 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 58% of all-time use.
Syles births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s
2010s
7 births
- 2020s
2020s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 7 births (58% of all-time use).
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What to do with Syles's data
- Syles's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (7 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 Syles: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2019)
Similar record span (~6 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, 2019–2025 (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 Syles 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.