# Syeda (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/syeda/  
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 | girls |
| Origin | Arabic |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Sayyida |
| US babies named this | 1,859 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 1,859 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 5,048, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic سَيِّدَة (sayyida). * (female given name): From Urdu سیدہ, from Arabic سَيِّدَة (sayyida)

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 55 | 3,085 |
| 2012 | 50 | 3,311 |
| 2013 | 46 | 3,456 |
| 2014 | 63 | 2,778 |
| 2015 | 54 | 3,124 |
| 2016 | 61 | 2,824 |
| 2017 | 59 | 2,868 |
| 2018 | 56 | 2,960 |
| 2019 | 52 | 3,126 |
| 2020 | 49 | 3,218 |
| 2021 | 42 | 3,668 |
| 2022 | 62 | 2,786 |
| 2023 | 50 | 3,264 |
| 2024 | 76 | 2,411 |
| 2025 | 70 | 2,537 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 207 | 244 |
| 2012 | 192 | 255 |
| 2013 | 176 | 269 |
| 2014 | 173 | 277 |
| 2015 | 169 | 286 |
| 2016 | 197 | 256 |
| 2017 | 193 | 257 |
| 2018 | 182 | 266 |
| 2019 | 152 | 314 |
| 2020 | 160 | 291 |
| 2021 | 164 | 289 |
| 2022 | 162 | 282 |
| 2023 | 181 | 252 |
| 2024 | 247 | 199 |
| 2025 | 255 | 197 |

## In other languages

- Arabic: سَيِّدَة
- Hindi: सैयदा

## 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.