# Syed (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/syed/  
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 | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 6,043 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 6,032 / 11 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 9,476, 1996 to 2025 |

## 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, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1994 | 6 | 13,238 |
| 2004 | 5 | 18,487 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 130 | 1,316 |
| 2012 | 140 | 1,264 |
| 2013 | 156 | 1,160 |
| 2014 | 139 | 1,284 |
| 2015 | 160 | 1,166 |
| 2016 | 157 | 1,207 |
| 2017 | 148 | 1,244 |
| 2018 | 137 | 1,327 |
| 2019 | 126 | 1,406 |
| 2020 | 134 | 1,339 |
| 2021 | 127 | 1,432 |
| 2022 | 141 | 1,339 |
| 2023 | 145 | 1,321 |
| 2024 | 105 | 1,629 |
| 2025 | 166 | 1,221 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 4 | 3,126 |
| 1998 | 5 | 2,701 |
| 2001 | 6 | 2,466 |
| 2002 | 5 | 2,868 |
| 2005 | 4 | 3,970 |
| 2010 | 6 | 3,533 |
| 2012 | 4 | 4,838 |
| 2019 | 3 | 5,591 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 349 | 165 |
| 2012 | 414 | 142 |
| 2013 | 370 | 156 |
| 2014 | 375 | 148 |
| 2015 | 372 | 156 |
| 2016 | 294 | 191 |
| 2017 | 333 | 166 |
| 2018 | 321 | 171 |
| 2019 | 318 | 170 |
| 2020 | 308 | 171 |
| 2021 | 279 | 195 |
| 2022 | 308 | 166 |
| 2023 | 316 | 164 |
| 2024 | 391 | 136 |
| 2025 | 389 | 126 |

## People named Syed

- Syed Nazrul Islam, Bangladeshi politician (1925–1975)
- Syed Kamall, British politician (born 1967)
- Syed Modi, badminton player (1962–1988)
- Syed Waliullah, Bengali novelist, short-story writer and playwright
- Syed Mustafa Kamal, former Mayor of Karachi
- Syed Nasim Ahmad Zaidi, 20th Chief Election commissioner of India
- Syed Mustafa Siraj, Bangali Writer (1930–2012)
- Syed Manzoorul Islam, Bangladeshi literary critic (1951–2025)
- Skai Jackson, American actress

## 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.