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How popular is the name Sy?

Births per year, rank history and how many Sies are alive today.

Sy (male), a spelling of Sai, last appeared in the England and Wales name records in 2007 (ranked 3589th); fewer than three babies a year have been given the name since.

Across all spellings of the name, the Sai you are most likely to meet is around 2 years old. Half of all Sais born in England and Wales are between 8 and 24, and there are at least 720 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Sai - on average, only one in every 421 such rooms contains a Sai.

How many babies are named Sy each year?

Includes all spellings: Sy, Cy, Sai. Figures before 1996 are estimates.

02040200020201996: 131997: 111998: 151999: 112000: 152001: 132002: 192003: 132004: 212005: 192006: 242007: 292008: 182009: 242010: 172011: 282012: 282013: 182014: 292015: 222016: 302017: 272018: 182019: 212020: 152021: 192022: 202023: 282024: 412025: 27actual

Where does the Sy spelling rank?

1101001,0005,0002007: ranked 3,589

Where does the Cy spelling rank?

1101001,00010,000200020201996: ranked 1,3371997: ranked 2,8591998: ranked 1,3671999: ranked 2,0972000: ranked 1,3302001: ranked 1,4672002: ranked 2,2542003: ranked 2,8572004: ranked 2,0702005: ranked 2,7542006: ranked 2,5382007: ranked 2,2112008: ranked 3,6872009: ranked 3,2272010: ranked 4,6782011: ranked 4,6472014: ranked 4,6322024: ranked 5,120

Where does the Sai spelling rank?

1101001,0005,000200020201996: ranked 2,3571997: ranked 1,4541998: ranked 1,8211999: ranked 1,8502000: ranked 2,1422001: ranked 2,5872002: ranked 1,1282003: ranked 1,6292004: ranked 1,2802005: ranked 1,3772006: ranked 1,1682007: ranked 1,3062008: ranked 1,5112009: ranked 1,2652010: ranked 1,6202011: ranked 1,0452012: ranked 9982013: ranked 1,3392014: ranked 1,0612015: ranked 1,1862016: ranked 9742017: ranked 1,0682018: ranked 1,3822019: ranked 1,2172020: ranked 1,5482021: ranked 1,3292022: ranked 1,3142023: ranked 1,0422024: ranked 8472025: ranked 1,093

Where this data comes from

Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.

One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.

Chart: babies named Sy per year in England and Wales, 1996 to 2025, peaking at about 41 in 2024
Sy: births per year in England and Wales, 1996-2025. Free to share with a link back.

Common questions

When was the name Sy most popular?

The most popular form of the name, Sai, peaked in 2024, when 41 babies in England and Wales were given the name. The Sy spelling itself peaked in 2007, with 4 babies.

How many people are called Sy?

At least 720 people named Sy in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.

How old is the typical Sy?

Most living Sies are between 8 and 24; the most common age is about 2.

Is Sy becoming more or less popular?

It has faded from the rankings.






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