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Syed

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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, its highest recorded position is #126, reached in 2025.

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2019

England and Wales · Girls rank from 1996 to 2019, ranging from #2466 to #5591.1998200220102019#2466#5591
How to read this chart#1#500no figure publishedUp means a stronger rankBottom is this name's lowest,not zero
  • A rank is a position in one registrar's list for one year.
  • Ranks from different countries are separate scales, so compare shapes, not numbers.
  • A rise in rank can be a small change in births, especially far down a list.
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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
YearRank
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: #126 among boys in England and Wales, #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

Year-by-year storyFirst recorded, most recent, each country and each decade

Popularity journey

  1. 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

  2. Highest recorded1996–2025

    Highest recorded position: #126 among boys in England and Wales, in 2025 (recorded 1996–2025).

    England and Wales · Boys

  3. Most recent2025

    Most recently recorded at #126 among boys in England and Wales, in 2025.

    England and Wales · Boys

Full data tableEvery published rank and count

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 4 regions, from 1945 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #126 in England and Wales in 2025.

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.
YearRegionCategoryRankBirths registeredConfidenceStatus
2025England and Walesmale#126389HighVerified
2024England and Walesmale#136391HighVerified
2023England and Walesmale#164316HighVerified
2022England and Walesmale#166308HighVerified
2021England and Walesmale#195279HighVerified
2020England and Walesmale#171308HighVerified
2019England and Walesfemale#55913HighVerified
2019England and Walesmale#170318HighVerified
2018England and Walesmale#171321HighVerified
2017England and Walesmale#166333HighVerified
2016England and Walesmale#191294HighVerified
2015England and Walesmale#156372HighVerified
2014England and Walesmale#148375HighVerified
2013England and Walesmale#156370HighVerified
2012England and Walesfemale#48384HighVerified
2012England and Walesmale#142414HighVerified
2011England and Walesmale#165349HighVerified
2010England and Walesfemale#35336HighVerified
2010England and Walesmale#175317HighVerified
2009England and Walesmale#163342HighVerified
2008England and Walesmale#145383HighVerified
2007England and Walesmale#158337HighVerified
2006England and Walesmale#147341HighVerified
2005England and Walesfemale#39704HighVerified
2005England and Walesmale#163284HighVerified
2004England and Walesmale#150308HighVerified
2003England and Walesmale#149305HighVerified
2002England and Walesfemale#28685HighVerified
2002England and Walesmale#151267HighVerified
2001England and Walesfemale#24666HighVerified
2001England and Walesmale#152253HighVerified
2000England and Walesmale#156232HighVerified
1999England and Walesmale#136252HighVerified
1998England and Walesfemale#27015HighVerified
1998England and Walesmale#146242HighVerified
1997England and Walesmale#168205HighVerified
1996England and Walesfemale#31264HighVerified
1996England and Walesmale#148234HighVerified
2025Norwaymale#34610HighVerified
2024Norwaymale#31312HighVerified
2023Norwaymale#30613HighVerified
2022Norwaymale#4276HighVerified
2021Norwaymale#25216HighVerified
2020Norwaymale#4774HighVerified
2019Norwaymale#4157HighVerified
2018Norwaymale#4676HighVerified
2017Norwaymale#4377HighVerified
2016Norwaymale#31914HighVerified
2015Norwaymale#4447HighVerified
2014Norwaymale#4019HighVerified
2013Norwaymale#36511HighVerified
2012Norwaymale#5634HighVerified
2011Norwaymale#5215HighVerified
2010Norwaymale#4009HighVerified
2009Norwaymale#4169HighVerified
2006Norwaymale#4776HighVerified
2005Norwaymale#3789HighVerified
2004Norwaymale#3639HighVerified
2003Norwaymale#3889HighVerified
2002Norwaymale#4556HighVerified
2001Norwaymale#4347HighVerified
1999Norwaymale#4238HighVerified
1998Norwaymale#4457HighVerified
1997Norwaymale#5395HighVerified
1996Norwaymale#37610HighVerified
1995Norwaymale#5126HighVerified
1994Norwaymale#35411HighVerified
1993Norwaymale#34812HighVerified
1992Norwaymale#34513HighVerified
1991Norwaymale#37711HighVerified
1990Norwaymale#31216HighVerified
1989Norwaymale#38012HighVerified
1988Norwaymale#38812HighVerified
1987Norwaymale#35113HighVerified
1986Norwaymale#32115HighVerified
1985Norwaymale#30416HighVerified
1984Norwaymale#32615HighVerified
1983Norwaymale#37012HighVerified
1982Norwaymale#37712HighVerified
1981Norwaymale#5676HighVerified
1980Norwaymale#34913HighVerified
1979Norwaymale#4449HighVerified
1978Norwaymale#5007HighVerified
1977Norwaymale#38411HighVerified
1976Norwaymale#38311HighVerified
1975Norwaymale#40710HighVerified
1974Norwaymale#6364HighVerified
1973Norwaymale#6104HighVerified
1971Norwaymale#40410HighVerified
1968Norwaymale#32812HighVerified
1967Norwaymale#5095HighVerified
1966Norwaymale#5135HighVerified
1964Norwaymale#4696HighVerified
1960Norwaymale#4924HighVerified
1959Norwaymale#4475HighVerified
1957Norwaymale#4474HighVerified
1956Norwaymale#4125HighVerified
1955Norwaymale#4364HighVerified
1949Norwaymale#3625HighVerified
1947Norwaymale#3446HighVerified
1945Norwaymale#3117HighVerified
2025Republic of Irelandmale#8293HighVerified
2024Republic of Irelandmale#3949HighVerified
2023Republic of Irelandmale#4727HighVerified
2022Republic of Irelandmale#5725HighVerified
2021Republic of Irelandmale#4547HighVerified
2020Republic of Irelandmale#7413HighVerified
2019Republic of Irelandmale#4388HighVerified
2018Republic of Irelandmale#5206HighVerified
2017Republic of Irelandmale#4437HighVerified
2016Republic of Irelandmale#6014HighVerified
2015Republic of Irelandmale#6993HighVerified
2014Republic of Irelandmale#6094HighVerified
2013Republic of Irelandmale#4487HighVerified
2012Republic of Irelandmale#33612HighVerified
2011Republic of Irelandmale#7303HighVerified
2010Republic of Irelandmale#37310HighVerified
2009Republic of Irelandmale#3869HighVerified
2008Republic of Irelandmale#4128HighVerified
2007Republic of Irelandmale#4735HighVerified
2006Republic of Irelandmale#4235HighVerified
2005Republic of Irelandmale#3706HighVerified
2004Republic of Irelandmale#3905HighVerified
2003Republic of Irelandmale#4234HighVerified
2002Republic of Irelandmale#2927HighVerified
2001Republic of Irelandmale#3474HighVerified
2000Republic of Irelandmale#3903HighVerified
1998Republic of Irelandmale#3693HighVerified
1997Republic of Irelandmale#2617HighVerified
1995Republic of Irelandmale#3343HighVerified
1994Republic of Irelandmale#2994HighVerified
2024Scotlandmale#26815HighVerified

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

Where Syed is officially recorded

4 official registrars have recorded Syed, between 1945 and 2025, in 66 of those 81 years. Each registrar publishes for its own population on its own methodology, so the positions below are each one country's own ranking and are not comparable with one another.

NorwayNorway: recorded in 1945Norway: recorded in 1947Norway: recorded in 1949Norway: recorded in 1955Norway: recorded in 1956Norway: recorded in 1957Norway: recorded in 1959Norway: recorded in 1960Norway: recorded in 1964Norway: recorded in 1966Norway: recorded in 1967Norway: recorded in 1968Norway: recorded in 1971Norway: recorded in 1973Norway: recorded in 1974Norway: recorded in 1975Norway: recorded in 1976Norway: recorded in 1977Norway: recorded in 1978Norway: recorded in 1979Norway: recorded in 1980Norway: recorded in 1981Norway: recorded in 1982Norway: recorded in 1983Norway: recorded in 1984Norway: recorded in 1985Norway: recorded in 1986Norway: recorded in 1987Norway: recorded in 1988Norway: recorded in 1989Norway: recorded in 1990Norway: recorded in 1991Norway: recorded in 1992Norway: recorded in 1993Norway: recorded in 1994Norway: recorded in 1995Norway: recorded in 1996Norway: recorded in 1997Norway: recorded in 1998Norway: recorded in 1999Norway: recorded in 2001Norway: recorded in 2002Norway: recorded in 2003Norway: recorded in 2004Norway: recorded in 2005Norway: recorded in 2006Norway: recorded in 2009Norway: recorded in 2010Norway: recorded in 2011Norway: recorded in 2012Norway: recorded in 2013Norway: recorded in 2014Norway: recorded in 2015Norway: recorded in 2016Norway: recorded in 2017Norway: recorded in 2018Norway: recorded in 2019Norway: recorded in 2020Norway: recorded in 2021Norway: recorded in 2022Norway: recorded in 2023Norway: recorded in 2024Norway: recorded in 2025Norway: highest position in 2021Republic of IrelandRepublic of Ireland: recorded in 1994Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1995Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1997Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1998Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2000Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2001Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2002Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2003Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2004Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2005Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2006Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2007Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2008Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2009Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2010Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2011Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2012Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2013Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2014Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2015Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2016Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2017Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2018Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2019Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2020Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2021Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2022Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2023Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2024Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2025Republic of Ireland: highest position in 1997England and WalesEngland and Wales: recorded in 1996England and Wales: recorded in 1998England and Wales: recorded in 2001England and Wales: recorded in 2002England and Wales: recorded in 2005England and Wales: recorded in 2010England and Wales: recorded in 2012England and Wales: recorded in 2019England and Wales: recorded in 1997England and Wales: recorded in 1999England and Wales: recorded in 2000England and Wales: recorded in 2003England and Wales: recorded in 2004England and Wales: recorded in 2006England and Wales: recorded in 2007England and Wales: recorded in 2008England and Wales: recorded in 2009England and Wales: recorded in 2011England and Wales: recorded in 2013England and Wales: recorded in 2014England and Wales: recorded in 2015England and Wales: recorded in 2016England and Wales: recorded in 2017England and Wales: recorded in 2018England and Wales: recorded in 2020England and Wales: recorded in 2021England and Wales: recorded in 2022England and Wales: recorded in 2023England and Wales: recorded in 2024England and Wales: recorded in 2025England and Wales: highest position in 2025ScotlandScotland: recorded in 2024Scotland: highest position in 202419452025
Each mark is a year the registrar recorded the name; the diamond is that registrar's highest position. Gaps can mean a year was not published, not that the name went unused.
RegistrarRecordedYearsIts own highest position
Norway1945–202563#252 in 2021
Republic of Ireland1994–202530#261 in 1997
England and Wales1996–202530#126 in 2025
Scotland20241#268 in 2024

Its high point came 28 years earlier in Republic of Ireland (1997) than in England and Wales (2025).

No registrar recorded it for 5 years after 1949; it appears again in 1955.

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What is known about Syed

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How often it is registered
Official record
4 official registrars, 1945–2025.
Meaning
Not established
Not researched yet.
Origin
Not established
Not researched yet.
Pronunciation
Not established
Not recorded yet.

A claim marked not established does not mean the name lacks a meaning or is not widely used — only that Namewise has not 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: #126 in England and Wales in 2025. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.