Girls' name · since 1890
Synthia
2,428 babies named Synthia in U.S. Social Security records since 1890, with the highest year being 1965. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #4,125 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #11,978 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,428
- born since 1890
- 1960s
- peak decade
Yes -- Synthia is the #11978 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 2,428 recorded since 1890.
Social Security Administration records show Synthia recorded 2,428 times among girls since 1890, holding rank #11978 nationally today, ahead of 31% of girls, peaking in the 1960s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1890 to 2025.
- #4,125 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #11,978 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 2,428 born since 1890
- 1960s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Synthia ranks #4,125 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #11,978 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 2,428 born since 1890, peaking in the 1960s.
- #4,125 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #11,978 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,428
- born since 1890
- 1960s
- peak decade
Synthia's 2,428 recorded births place it above 94.29% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
8 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Synthia compares
2,428 Top 20% higher than 80% of 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
Synthia's all-time total is 6x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Synthia | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 2,428 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 67 | 21 | 19,840 |
Synthia's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Synthia splits its recorded history at 1982: 45% of all births land in the more recent half, 55% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1930 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1965 peak of 67 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Synthia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1890–2025
- Peak year (1965)
- 67
- Annual births at peak, across 136 years of records
Synthia by decade
1960s is the heaviest window (511 births, 21% of the file).
1960s was Synthia's strongest decade.
511 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 21% of all-time use.
Synthia births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1890s 6
1890s
6 births
- 1930s 10
1930s
10 births
- 1940s 120
1940s
120 births
- 1950s
1950s
343 births
- 1960s
1960s
511 births
- 1970s
1970s
296 births
- 1980s
1980s
284 births
- 1990s
1990s
423 births
- 2000s
2000s
248 births
- 2010s 143
2010s
143 births
- 2020s 44
2020s
44 births
What this shows Peak: 1960s at 511 births (21% of all-time use).
How Synthia compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Synthia's total volume
Synthia by state
Where Synthia concentrates geographically, total births since 1890
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 292 | 12.0% |
| #2 | Texas | | 133 | 5.5% |
| #3 | New York | | 25 | 1.0% |
| #4 | Florida | | 22 | 0.9% |
| #5 | Alabama | | 11 | 0.5% |
| #6 | Georgia | | 11 | 0.5% |
| #7 | Ohio | | 11 | 0.5% |
| #8 | Illinois | | 5 | 0.2% |
292 of 2,428 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 8 reporting states.
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What to do with Synthia's data
- Synthia's decade-level peak was the 1960s (511 total births); usage has since declined to 44 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Synthias (292 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
Names with a similar popularity rank to Synthia
Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Synthia: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1965)
Similar record span (~135 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, 1890–2025 (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 Synthia 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.