Syed

maleStatistical record

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

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

Syed: Recorded since 1945, it reached #136 in 1999, and it stood at #346 in 2025.

4registrars recorded it
131times a registrar ranked it
81years from first to last
#136highest recorded position
22groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2019

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#3126
1998	#2701
2001	#2466
2002	#2868
2005	#3970
2010	#3533
2012	#4838
2019	#5591

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 · Girls

Recorded in official data among boys in Norway in 63 of the 81 years from 1945 to 2025.

In 2025: #346 among boys in Norway, #829 among boys in Republic of Ireland.

Official data from 4 national registrars across 4 regions, 1945–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1945
First recorded at #311 among boys in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #136 among boys in England and Wales, in 1999 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #346 among boys in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Boys

Syed appears in 4 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Norway · Boys, which has ranked it in 63 years beginning in 1945, and has registered 554 births with the name.

Syed across 4 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.

Syed'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	#311 (1945)	#252 (2021)	#346 (2025)	63 of 81	554 (1945–2025)	16 (1985)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#299 (1994)	#261 (1997)	#829 (2025)	30 of 32	171 (1994–2025)	12 (2012)
England and Wales · Boys	#148 (1996)	#136 (1999)	#136 (2024)	29 of 29	9,050 (1996–2024)	414 (2012)
England and Wales · Girls	#3126 (1996)	#2466 (2001)	#5591 (2019)	8 of 24	37 (1996–2019)	6 (2001)

Syed by decade in Norway · 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 Syed in Norway · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1940s	18	3 of 10	6
1950s	18	4 of 10	5
1960s	32	5 of 10	6
1970s	66	8 of 10	8
1980sbusiest	126	10 of 10	13
1990s	99	10 of 10	10
2000s	55	7 of 10	8
2010s	79	10 of 10	8
2020s	61	6 of 10	10

Across Norway · Boys, the 1980s were its busiest decade, averaging 13 births a year.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Syed 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 4 regions, from 1945 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #136 in England and Wales in 2024.

Syed'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	#136	391	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#164	316	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#166	308	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#195	279	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#171	308	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#5591	3	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#170	318	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#171	321	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#166	333	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#191	294	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#156	372	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#148	375	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#156	370	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#4838	4	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#142	414	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#165	349	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#3533	6	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#175	317	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#163	342	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#145	383	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#158	337	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#147	341	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#3970	4	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#163	284	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#150	308	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#149	305	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#2868	5	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#151	267	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#2466	6	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#152	253	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#156	232	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#136	252	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#2701	5	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#146	242	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#168	205	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#3126	4	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#148	234	High	Verified
2025	Norway	male	#346	10	High	Verified
2024	Norway	male	#313	12	High	Verified
2023	Norway	male	#306	13	High	Verified
2022	Norway	male	#427	6	High	Verified
2021	Norway	male	#252	16	High	Verified
2020	Norway	male	#477	4	High	Verified
2019	Norway	male	#415	7	High	Verified
2018	Norway	male	#467	6	High	Verified
2017	Norway	male	#437	7	High	Verified
2016	Norway	male	#319	14	High	Verified
2015	Norway	male	#444	7	High	Verified
2014	Norway	male	#401	9	High	Verified
2013	Norway	male	#365	11	High	Verified
2012	Norway	male	#563	4	High	Verified
2011	Norway	male	#521	5	High	Verified
2010	Norway	male	#400	9	High	Verified
2009	Norway	male	#416	9	High	Verified
2006	Norway	male	#477	6	High	Verified
2005	Norway	male	#378	9	High	Verified
2004	Norway	male	#363	9	High	Verified
2003	Norway	male	#388	9	High	Verified
2002	Norway	male	#455	6	High	Verified
2001	Norway	male	#434	7	High	Verified
1999	Norway	male	#423	8	High	Verified
1998	Norway	male	#445	7	High	Verified
1997	Norway	male	#539	5	High	Verified
1996	Norway	male	#376	10	High	Verified
1995	Norway	male	#512	6	High	Verified
1994	Norway	male	#354	11	High	Verified
1993	Norway	male	#348	12	High	Verified
1992	Norway	male	#345	13	High	Verified
1991	Norway	male	#377	11	High	Verified
1990	Norway	male	#312	16	High	Verified
1989	Norway	male	#380	12	High	Verified
1988	Norway	male	#388	12	High	Verified
1987	Norway	male	#351	13	High	Verified
1986	Norway	male	#321	15	High	Verified
1985	Norway	male	#304	16	High	Verified
1984	Norway	male	#326	15	High	Verified
1983	Norway	male	#370	12	High	Verified
1982	Norway	male	#377	12	High	Verified
1981	Norway	male	#567	6	High	Verified
1980	Norway	male	#349	13	High	Verified
1979	Norway	male	#444	9	High	Verified
1978	Norway	male	#500	7	High	Verified
1977	Norway	male	#384	11	High	Verified
1976	Norway	male	#383	11	High	Verified
1975	Norway	male	#407	10	High	Verified
1974	Norway	male	#636	4	High	Verified
1973	Norway	male	#610	4	High	Verified
1971	Norway	male	#404	10	High	Verified
1968	Norway	male	#328	12	High	Verified
1967	Norway	male	#509	5	High	Verified
1966	Norway	male	#513	5	High	Verified
1964	Norway	male	#469	6	High	Verified
1960	Norway	male	#492	4	High	Verified
1959	Norway	male	#447	5	High	Verified
1957	Norway	male	#447	4	High	Verified
1956	Norway	male	#412	5	High	Verified
1955	Norway	male	#436	4	High	Verified
1949	Norway	male	#362	5	High	Verified
1947	Norway	male	#344	6	High	Verified
1945	Norway	male	#311	7	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	male	#829	3	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	male	#394	9	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	male	#472	7	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	male	#572	5	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	male	#454	7	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	male	#741	3	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	male	#438	8	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	male	#520	6	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	male	#443	7	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	male	#601	4	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	male	#699	3	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	male	#609	4	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	male	#448	7	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	male	#336	12	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#730	3	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	male	#373	10	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#386	9	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	male	#412	8	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	male	#473	5	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	male	#423	5	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	male	#370	6	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	male	#390	5	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	male	#423	4	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	male	#292	7	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	male	#347	4	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	male	#390	3	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	male	#369	3	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	male	#261	7	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	male	#334	3	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	male	#299	4	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	male	#268	15	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Norway hub — collected by Statistics Norway (SSB)
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 4 registrars between 1945 and 2025, ranked in 66 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #136, first reached in 1999.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 414 births, registered in England and Wales in 2012.

1 registrar publishes it in more than one category list, holding a place in each for at least five years — an observation about those lists rather than about the name.

Its record falls into 9 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 5 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1994, and 79 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.

Sydney-Rose · #2706, 11y
Sydnie · #1160, 28y
Syeda · #199, 30y
Sylas · #2076, 10y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 4 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.

Edwin · #135, 63y
Tim · #135, 67y
Ailish · #138, 62y
Wojciech · #131, 64y

Also first recorded in the 1940s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1940 and 1949.

Erika · #136, 66y
Sigrunn · #136, 33y
Åsmund · #137, 81y
Brith · #135, 25y

Syed was ranked #136 in England and Wales · Boys in 1999. 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.

Syed 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 Syed without appearing here.

Syed moved ahead of

Finlay Compare
In 2009 they stood at #3970 and #2438 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2010 that had become #3533 and #5707.
Martine Compare
In 2009 they stood at #3970 and #2084 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2010 that had become #3533 and #5707.
Lynette Compare
In 2011 they stood at #3970 and #2682 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #4838 and #5876.
Vicki Compare
In 2011 they stood at #3970 and #3970 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #4838 and #5876.

Moved ahead of Syed

Liv Compare
In 2001 they stood at #3126 and #3795 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2002 that had become #2868 and #2105.
Finlay Compare
In 2024 they stood at #394 and #520 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2025 that had become #829 and #372.
Selma Compare
In 2000 they stood at #3126 and #3795 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2001 that had become #2466 and #2023.
Mathias Compare
In 2024 they stood at #394 and #520 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2025 that had become #829 and #432.

Moved the opposite way to Syed

Alex Compare
Between 1994 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Syed went from #299 to #829 while Alex went from #108 to #37.
Arthur Compare
Between 1994 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Syed went from #299 to #829 while Arthur went from #180 to #57.
Ben Compare
Between 1994 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Syed went from #299 to #829 while Ben went from #99 to #40.
Callum Compare
Between 1994 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Syed went from #299 to #829 while Callum went from #225 to #49.

Moved the same way as Syed

Stein Compare
Between 1945 and 2015 in Norway · Boys, Syed went from #311 to #444 and Stein from #42 to #503.
Ronny Compare
Between 1945 and 2011 in Norway · Boys, Syed went from #311 to #521 and Ronny from #250 to #515.
Raymond Compare
Between 1945 and 2006 in Norway · Boys, Syed went from #311 to #477 and Raymond from #265 to #560.
Kasper Compare
Between 1973 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Syed went from #610 to #346 and Kasper from #549 to #23.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

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 4 regions, from 1945 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #136 in England and Wales in 2024. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Syed

Syed at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Syed across 4 official records

Syed by decade in Norway · Boys

Syed appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1940s

Names published alongside Syed

Syed and the names beside it

Syed moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Syed

Moved the opposite way to Syed

Moved the same way as Syed

Syed at a glance

Syed across 4 official records

Syed by decade in Norway · Boys

Syed appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1940s

Names published alongside Syed

Syed and the names beside it

Syed moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Syed

Moved the opposite way to Syed

Moved the same way as Syed