# Seyed (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/seyed/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | Persian |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /seɪˈjɛd/, 1 syllable |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 122 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 122 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 257, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Iranian Persian سید (seyyed), from Classical Persian سَیِّد (sayyid), from Arabic سَيِّد (sayyid).

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 7 | 5,422 |
| 1981 | 7 | 5,399 |
| 1982 | 12 | 3,648 |
| 1983 | 9 | 4,438 |
| 1984 | 10 | 4,155 |
| 1985 | 6 | 6,401 |
| 1987 | 6 | 6,808 |
| 1988 | 5 | 8,309 |
| 1989 | 6 | 7,743 |
| 1990 | 7 | 7,050 |
| 1991 | 12 | 4,711 |
| 1992 | 7 | 7,272 |
| 1993 | 11 | 5,291 |
| 1999 | 5 | 11,328 |
| 2001 | 7 | 9,069 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 11 | 1,909 |
| 2012 | 10 | 2,117 |
| 2013 | 10 | 2,055 |
| 2014 | 9 | 2,248 |
| 2015 | 6 | 3,004 |
| 2016 | 15 | 1,627 |
| 2017 | 7 | 2,734 |
| 2018 | 6 | 3,011 |
| 2019 | 8 | 2,488 |
| 2020 | 10 | 2,076 |
| 2021 | 6 | 3,017 |
| 2022 | 8 | 2,529 |
| 2023 | 6 | 3,112 |
| 2024 | 14 | 1,758 |
| 2025 | 10 | 2,269 |

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.