Seyed

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Seyed: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Seyed: Recorded since 1955, it reached #395 in 1958, and it stood at #1,758 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
53times a registrar ranked it
70years from first to last
#395highest recorded position
13groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1337
1997	#1578
1998	#1642
1999	#1664
2000	#1889
2001	#1135
2002	#2254
2003	#2189
2004	#1347
2005	#2174
2006	#1892
2007	#2741
2008	#1596
2009	#2544
2010	#2941
2011	#1909
2012	#2117
2013	#2055
2014	#2248
2015	#3004
2016	#1627
2017	#2734
2018	#3011
2019	#2488
2020	#2076
2021	#3017
2022	#2529
2023	#3112
2024	#1758

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in Norway in 24 of the 53 years from 1955 to 2007.

In 2007: #497 among boys in Norway, #2741 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1955–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1955
First recorded at #400 among boys in Norway in 1955 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1955–2007
Highest recorded position: #395 among boys in Norway, in 1958 (recorded 1955–2007).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1758 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Seyed appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, with 29 ranked years and 247 births registered; the earliest is Norway · Boys, from 1955.

Seyed across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Seyed's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Norway · Boys	#400 (1955)	#395 (1958)	#497 (2007)	24 of 53	136 (1955–2007)	9 (1977)
England and Wales · Boys	#1337 (1996)	#1135 (2001)	#1758 (2024)	29 of 29	247 (1996–2024)	15 (2016)

Seyed by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Seyed in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	30	4 of 10	8
2000sbusiest	85	10 of 10	9
2010s	88	10 of 10	9
2020s	44	5 of 10	9

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 9 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Seyed appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1955 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #395 in Norway in 1958.

Seyed's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#1758	14	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#3112	6	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#2529	8	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#3017	6	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#2076	10	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#2488	8	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#3011	6	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#2734	7	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#1627	15	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#3004	6	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#2248	9	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#2055	10	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#2117	10	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#1909	11	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#2941	6	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#2544	7	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#1596	13	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#2741	6	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#1892	9	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#2174	7	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#1347	13	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#2189	6	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#2254	5	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#1135	13	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#1889	6	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#1664	7	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#1642	7	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#1578	7	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#1337	9	High	Verified
2007	Norway	male	#497	6	High	Verified
2000	Norway	male	#435	7	High	Verified
1998	Norway	male	#528	5	High	Verified
1997	Norway	male	#593	4	High	Verified
1994	Norway	male	#499	6	High	Verified
1993	Norway	male	#408	9	High	Verified
1992	Norway	male	#512	6	High	Verified
1991	Norway	male	#501	7	High	Verified
1989	Norway	male	#643	4	High	Verified
1988	Norway	male	#607	5	High	Verified
1986	Norway	male	#594	5	High	Verified
1983	Norway	male	#453	9	High	Verified
1982	Norway	male	#511	7	High	Verified
1980	Norway	male	#657	4	High	Verified
1978	Norway	male	#634	4	High	Verified
1977	Norway	male	#429	9	High	Verified
1971	Norway	male	#606	4	High	Verified
1966	Norway	male	#547	4	High	Verified
1965	Norway	male	#501	5	High	Verified
1963	Norway	male	#497	5	High	Verified
1962	Norway	male	#507	4	High	Verified
1961	Norway	male	#410	6	High	Verified
1958	Norway	male	#395	6	High	Verified
1955	Norway	male	#400	5	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Norway hub — collected by Statistics Norway (SSB)

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1955 and 2024, ranked in 49 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #395, first reached in 1958.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 15 births, registered in England and Wales in 2016.

Its record falls into 12 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 5 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 41 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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Shaan · #577, 29y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Rina · #391, 50y
Rona · #389, 44y
Omid · #383, 47y
Sahar · #378, 49y

Also first recorded in the 1950s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1950 and 1959.

Eilin · #395, 24y
Rina · #391, 50y
Ole-Petter · #388, 29y
Haavard · #386, 21y

Seyed was ranked #395 in Norway · Boys in 1958. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Seyed and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Seyed without appearing here.

Seyed moved ahead of

Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3112 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #1758 and #5119.
Grant Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3112 and #2813 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #1758 and #4270.
Kelly Compare
In 2018 they stood at #3011 and #3011 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2019 that had become #2488 and #4702.
Keith Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3112 and #2325 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #1758 and #3688.

Moved ahead of Seyed

Isak Compare
In 2022 they stood at #2529 and #3449 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #3112 and #1461.
Arlo Compare
In 2001 they stood at #1135 and #1949 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2002 that had become #2254 and #848.
Hunter Compare
In 2004 they stood at #1347 and #1878 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2005 that had become #2174 and #1135.
Leif Compare
In 2016 they stood at #1627 and #1704 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2017 that had become #2734 and #1703.

Moved the same way as Seyed

Harry Compare
Between 1955 and 1997 in Norway · Boys, Seyed went from #400 to #593 and Harry from #107 to #410.
Garry Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Seyed went from #1337 to #3112 and Garry from #573 to #4991.
Graeme Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Seyed went from #1337 to #3112 and Graeme from #755 to #4107.
Nicola Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Seyed went from #1337 to #3112 and Nicola from #2863 to #4107.

What's not yet available

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1955 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #395 in Norway in 1958. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Seyed

Seyed at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Seyed across 2 official records

Seyed by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Seyed appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Seyed at a glance

Seyed across 2 official records

Seyed by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Seyed appears in

What the record shows

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Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1950s

Names published alongside Seyed

Seyed and the names beside it

Seyed moved ahead of

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