How popular is the name Syed?

Syed ranks 1,398th among boys' names in US records, with 5,880 births since 1965. Over the past decade it accounts for 1,378.

Is Syed a unisex name?

No. Syed is recorded almost entirely as a boys' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.

2000, when 224 children were given the name. It has been in use for 60 years and is still recorded as of 2024.

Seid. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.

Boy name#1,398 of boy names

Pronounced S AY1 D (ARPABET)

Syed is a boys' name, and first appears in 1965. It has been given to 5,880 children — the 1,398th most common boys' name on record.

Its use has been broadly flat across the past two decades. Its best single year was 2000, when 224 children were given it.

Seid is counted with it here, since the two are pronounced identically.

2000Boys: 224Girls: 0

These spellings sound identical to Syed and are counted together with it, which is why the totals here are higher than a single-spelling count.

Phonetic detail

Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.

Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.

Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.

How popular is the name Syed?: Syed ranks 1,398th among boys' names in US records, with 5,880 births since 1965. Over the past decade it accounts for 1,378.
Is Syed a unisex name?: No. Syed is recorded almost entirely as a boys' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
When was Syed most popular?: 2000, when 224 children were given the name. It has been in use for 60 years and is still recorded as of 2024.
How else is Syed spelled?: Seid. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.