Symba — unisex name
35 babies named Symba in U.S. Social Security records since 1991, with the highest year being 1991. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
100% of everyone ever named Symba was born in this single decade.
30 babies were named Symba in 1991 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Symba
The Social Security Administration has registered 35 babies named Symba between 1991 and 1992, spanning 2 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Symba currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1992. The name reached its historical peak in 1991, when 30 babies received it in a single year. Symba is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 7 additional births since 2024.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Symba performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 35 births during that ten-year window.
No etymological entry is currently available for Symba 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 35 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.
Symba at a glance
Last recorded 1992Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Symba popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1992–1991
- Peak year (1991)
- 30
- Annual births at peak — across 2 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1992.
35 total births across 2 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1991 with 30 births in a single year.
Symba popularity over time — boys
7 total births recorded since 2024 (Symba as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Symba accounts for 17% of total recorded use across both genders.
Symba by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 35 births that decade — 100% of Symba's all-time total
Symba decade highlights
- Peak decade 35 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Symba's strongest decade
35 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 100% of all-time use.
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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, 1991–1992 (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.