Recorded 2005–2015 Girls' name Peak 2006 312 births

Syriana — girls' name

312 babies named Syriana in U.S. Social Security records since 2005, with the highest year being 2006. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

2000s2392010s73
2000s
Peak decade

77% of everyone ever named Syriana was born in this single decade.

2006
Single peak year

119 babies were named Syriana in 2006 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Syriana

The Social Security Administration has registered 312 babies named Syriana between 2005 and 2015, spanning 11 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Syriana currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2015. The name reached its historical peak in 2006, when 119 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Syriana performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 239 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Syriana shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 35 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Syriana in 8 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Syriana 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 312 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.

Syriana at a glance

Last recorded 2015

Total births

312

Since 2005

11 years of records

Peak year

2006

119 births that year

Strongest decade: 2000s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2015

Active since

2005

Recorded for 11 years

Last year on file: 2015

Syriana popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2015–2005

Last recorded 2015
Peak year (2006)
119
Annual births at peak — across 11 years of records
050100150 20152014201320122011201020092008200720062005 16

Syriana by decade

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

Peak: 2000s
Peak decade
2000s
239 births that decade — 77% of Syriana's all-time total
2000s2392010s73

Syriana by state

Where Syriana concentrates geographically — total births since 2005

Geographically diffuse
Top 8 states by recorded births for the name Syriana
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 Texas
35 11.2%
#2 California
15 4.8%
#3 New York
15 4.8%
#4 Florida
12 3.8%
#5 Illinois
11 3.5%
#6 Washington
7 2.2%
#7 Georgia
5 1.6%
#8 New Jersey
5 1.6%
Texas share of Syriana's total US births 11.2%
Even split

35 of 312 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 8 reporting states.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Syriana?
312 babies have been named Syriana since 2005. It was last recorded in 2015. The peak year was 2006 with 119 births.
When was Syriana most popular?
Syriana was most popular in the 2000s decade with 239 total births. The single peak year was 2006.
Where is Syriana most popular?
The top states for the name Syriana are Texas (35 births), California (15 births), New York (15 births).
How long has the name Syriana been used?
Syriana has been recorded in Social Security data since 2005, spanning 11 years of data through 2015.
What names are similar to Syriana?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Syreeta, Syriah, Syrena, Syria, 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, 2005–2015 (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.