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How popular is the name Syed?
Births per year, rank history and how many Syeds are alive today.
Syed (male) sits just outside the top 100 boys' names in England and Wales, ranked 126th in 2025 with 389 babies given the name. The name peaked in 2012, when 414 babies were given the name, the 142nd most popular that year. It was almost as popular in 2024, with 391 babies given the name that year. Numbers have been rising in recent years. At least 9,400 babies have been named Syed in England and Wales since 1996.
The Syed you are most likely to meet is around 13 years old. Half of all Syeds born in England and Wales are between 9 and 26, and there are at least 10,000 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's roughly a 3.2% chance that at least one of them will be called Syed.
How many babies are named Syed each year?
Where does Syed rank among boys' names?
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.
Common questions
When was the name Syed most popular?
Syed peaked in 2012, when 414 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Syed?
At least 10,000 people named Syed born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Syed?
Most living Syeds are between 9 and 26; the most common age is about 13.
Is Syed becoming more or less popular?
Rising: numbers have been climbing in recent years.