Recorded 1970–2006 Girls' name Peak 1980 1,960 births

Syreeta — girls' name

1,960 babies named Syreeta in U.S. Social Security records since 1970, with the highest year being 1980. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

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1980s
Peak decade

55% of everyone ever named Syreeta was born in this single decade.

1980
Single peak year

326 babies were named Syreeta in 1980 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Syreeta

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,960 babies named Syreeta between 1970 and 2006, spanning 37 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Syreeta currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2006. The name reached its historical peak in 1980, when 326 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Syreeta performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 1,084 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Syreeta shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Pennsylvania, which accounts for 315 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and California. In total, SSA state-level files list Syreeta in 23 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Syreeta 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 1,960 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.

Syreeta at a glance

Last recorded 2006

Total births

1,960

Since 1970

37 years of records

Peak year

1980

326 births that year

Strongest decade: 1980s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2006

Active since

1970

Recorded for 37 years

Last year on file: 2006

Syreeta popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2006–1970

Last recorded 2006
Peak year (1980)
326
Annual births at peak — across 37 years of records
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Syreeta by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 1980s
Peak decade
1980s
1,084 births that decade — 55% of Syreeta's all-time total
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Syreeta by state

Where Syreeta concentrates geographically — total births since 1970

Geographically diffuse
Top 8 states by recorded births for the name Syreeta
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 Pennsylvania
315 16.1%
#2 New York
146 7.4%
#3 California
108 5.5%
#4 Illinois
93 4.7%
#5 New Jersey
86 4.4%
#6 Georgia
73 3.7%
#7 Texas
68 3.5%
#8 North Carolina
61 3.1%
Pennsylvania share of Syreeta's total US births 16.1%
Even split

315 of 1,960 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 23 reporting states.

Syreeta appears in 23 states. Explore state details →

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Syreeta?
1,960 babies have been named Syreeta since 1970. It was last recorded in 2006. The peak year was 1980 with 326 births.
When was Syreeta most popular?
Syreeta was most popular in the 1980s decade with 1,084 total births. The single peak year was 1980.
Where is Syreeta most popular?
The top states for the name Syreeta are Pennsylvania (315 births), New York (146 births), California (108 births).
How long has the name Syreeta been used?
Syreeta has been recorded in Social Security data since 1970, spanning 37 years of data through 2006.
What names are similar to Syreeta?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Syriah, Syrena, Syria, Syra, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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, 1970–2006 (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.