Unisex name · since 1991
Symba
Symba has 35 recorded births since 1991 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1991 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #39,301 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 35
- born since 1991
- 1990s
- peak decade
Symba is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 35 have been recorded since 1991.
Symba has 35 recorded births among girls since 1991, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1991 to 1992.
- #39,301 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 35 born since 1991
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Symba ranks #39,301 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 35 born since 1991, peaking in the 1990s.
- #39,301 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 35
- born since 1991
- 1990s
- peak decade
Symba's 35 recorded births place it above 45.6% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Symba's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Symba splits its recorded history at 1992: 14% of all births land in the more recent half, 86% in the earlier half, leaning more toward its earlier era than today's. The single quietest year was 1992 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1991 peak of 30 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Symba popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1991–1992
- Peak year (1991)
- 30
- Annual births at peak, across 2 years of records
Symba popularity over time - boys
12 total births recorded since 2024 (Symba as boys' name)
Symba by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (35 births, 100% of the file).
1990s was Symba's strongest decade.
35 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.
Symba births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
35 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 35 births (100% of all-time use).
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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Symba: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1991)
Similar record span (~1 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, 1991–1992 (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 Symba 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.