first name
SYED
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 20,064 people named Syed, 93.9% reported their origin as Asian or Pacific Islander, 2.5% as two or more races and 2.2% as White. 99.1% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Syed peaked in 2000, when 224 babies got the name.
At least 6,043 babies have been given the name since 1965. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Syed by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1990s, when it ranked #2,242. The largest share of babies named Syed, 41%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Syed is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Syed has been most common in New York (3.6×), Illinois (3.5×), and Virginia (2.5×), and least common in Georgia (0.5×).
4,660 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Syed
Spelled almost the same
3 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Syed, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Syed ranks #2,513 of 156,621, with 13,973 people. See Syed as a last name
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