Masculine dossier · first seen 1965

Syed

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Syed
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

2000

Peak rank proxy

224

Current vitality

Fragile

Generation

Gen Z

1965Peak 20002024

Peak year

2000

Decline from peak

53.6%

2024

104

All-time

5,864

Syed has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 2000, when 224 boys were named Syed.

In 2024, only 104 boys were given the name.

Down 53.6% from its peak.

All told, about 5,864 Americans have been named Syed and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1965.

Rarity scoreVery uncommon

AssociationGen Z

StabilityModerate cultural durability

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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