Girls' name · since 1994
Synclaire
Synclaire has 40 recorded births since 1994 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1994 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #37,693 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,662 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 40
- born since 1994
- 1990s
- peak decade
Synclaire currently ranks #15662 among girls' names in America, with 40 babies recorded since 1994.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Synclaire has been recorded 40 times among girls since 1994, currently ranked #15662 nationally and more common than 9% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 1990s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1994 to 2025.
- #37,693 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #15,662 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 40 born since 1994
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Synclaire ranks #37,693 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #15,662 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 40 born since 1994, peaking in the 1990s.
- #37,693 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,662 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 40
- born since 1994
- 1990s
- peak decade
Synclaire's 40 recorded births place it above 47.83% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Synclaire compares
40 13th 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
Synclaire's all-time total is 89% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Synclaire | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 40 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 9 | 21 | 19,840 |
Synclaire's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Synclaire splits its recorded history at 1998: 43% of all births land in the more recent half, 57% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2025 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1994 peak of 9 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Synclaire popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1994–2025
- Peak year (1994)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 32 years of records
Synclaire by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (29 births, 73% of the file).
1990s was Synclaire's strongest decade.
29 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 73% of all-time use.
Synclaire births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
29 births
- 2010s 6
2010s
6 births
- 2020s 5
2020s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 29 births (73% of all-time use).
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- Synclaire's decade-level peak was the 1990s (29 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Synclaire: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1994)
Similar record span (~31 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, 1994–2025 (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 Synclaire 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.