Top Baby Names

Origin and Meaning of First Names.

Syed

Gender

Male

Origin

Arabic
Fortunate, blissful, lucky

Pronunciation

s-yed

Popularity in the USA

  • Boys: peak in 2000 (rank #754, 223 births); most recent 2025 (rank #1217, 166 births)
  • Girls: peak in 1994 (rank #11772, 6 births); most recent 2004 (rank #16080, 5 births)
Births by year in the USA
YearBoysGirls
2025166–
2024104–
2023144–
2022141–
2021127–
2020134–
2019126–
2018137–
2017148–
2016157–

Top girl names · Top boy names in the USA (2025)

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA), national baby names data (public domain). This site is not affiliated with or endorsed by the SSA. Data years: 1880 to 2025. Original data

Popularity in England and Wales

  • Boys: peak in 2012 (rank #142, 414 births); most recent 2025 (rank #126, 389 births)
  • Girls: peak in 2010 (rank #3531, 6 births); most recent 2019 (rank #5588, 3 births)
Births by year in England and Wales
YearBoysGirls
2025389–
2024391–
2023316–
2022308–
2021279–
2020308–
20193183
2018321–
2017333–
2016294–

Top girl names · Top boy names in England and Wales (2025)

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Baby names in England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1996 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in France

  • Boys: peak in 2022 (rank #2672, 9 births); most recent 2023 (rank #3645, 5 births)
Births by year in France
YearBoys
20235
20229
2021–
2020–
20195
20184
20174
2016–
20153
20147

Top girl names · Top boy names in France (2023)

Source: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (last updated 8 July 2024), used under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0. Changes: names are shown in title case, and spellings that differ only by accents are counted together. Data years: 1900 to 2023. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Ireland

  • Boys: peak in 2012 (rank #336, 12 births); most recent 2025 (rank #787, 3 births)
Births by year in Ireland
YearBoys
20253
20249
20237
20225
20217
20203
20198
20186
20177
20164

Top girl names · Top boy names in Ireland (2025)

Source: Central Statistics Office (CSO), Ireland, Irish Babies' Names (tables VSA50 and VSA60), licensed under CC BY 4.0. Changes: spellings that differ only by accents (for example Rian and Rían) are counted together. Data years: 1964 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Scotland

  • Boys: peak in 2024 (rank #268, 15 births); most recent 2025 (rank #400, 8 births)
Births by year in Scotland
YearBoys
20258
202415
20239
20226
20219
20207
20198
20187
20177
20168

Top girl names · Top boy names in Scotland (2025)

Source: National Records of Scotland (NRS), Babies' First Names. © Crown copyright. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1974 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in British Columbia (Canada)

  • Boys: peak in 2023 (rank #354, 9 births)
Births by year in British Columbia (Canada)
YearBoys
20239
20225
2021–
2020–
2019–
2018–
2017–
2016–
2015–
2014–

Top girl names · Top boy names in British Columbia (Canada) (2023)

Source: British Columbia Vital Statistics Agency, Most popular baby names for the past 100 years. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia. Changes: names are shown in title case. Data years: 1924 to 2023. Original data · Licence