Syed

Boy · recorded 1965–2025

  • #1,217in 2025
  • 1 in 10,289boys in 2025
  • +16%last ten years
  • 3.9×in New York

Most popular in 2000.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1965

05711419651980199520102025

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 60 recorded years as a table
Syed, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19654
19673
19683
19694
19705
19715
19726
19738
197416
197511
197620
197717
197824
197924
198025
198128
198227
198330
198422
198534
198639
198736
198843
198944
199044
199156
199258
199363
199468
199582
199670
199782
199873
199982
2000114
200186
200287
200390
200471
200568
200669
200775
200876
200969
201077
201168
201274
201382
201472
201583
201683
201780
201875
201970
202078
202173
202281
202385
202461
202597

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Compared with the country as a whole, pooled over 2023–2025.

  1. New York 3.9×
  2. Illinois 3.6×
  3. Virginia 3.3×
  4. New Jersey 2.6×
  5. Texas 2.1×

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More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025
166
Rank in 2025
#1,217
How rare
1 in 10,289 boys
Since 1965
6,032

Most popular in 2000, at 114 per million boys born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has risen by 16% per million boys born.

Top 5 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
StateTimes the national rateBirths pooled
New York3.9×80
Illinois3.6×44
Virginia3.3×30
New Jersey2.6×25
Texas2.1×89

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.