Sy is a rare boys' name that peaked in 2003 and has grown less common since.
Sy is a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #8,166 for boy births in the United States (and #17,025 across all names), given to 10 babies. Sy first appears in 1917 and peaked in 2003 (33 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | 10 | #8,166 |
| 2024 | 11 | 11 | #7,696 |
| 2023 | 11 | 11 | #7,669 |
| 2022 | 8 | 8 | #9,724 |
| 2021 | 12 | 12 | #7,041 |
| 2020 | 6 | 6 | #11,848 |
| 2019 | 14 | 14 | #6,367 |
| 2018 | 11 | 11 | #7,554 |
| 2017 | 10 | 10 | #8,067 |
| 2016 | 15 | 15 | #6,019 |
| 2015 | 10 | 10 | #7,965 |
| 2014 | 8 | 8 | #9,518 |
| 2013 | 30 | 30 | #3,569 |
| 2012 | 21 | 21 | #4,659 |
| 2011 | 20 | 20 | #4,800 |
| 2010 | 18 | 18 | #5,220 |
| 2009 | 20 | 20 | #4,900 |
| 2008 | 29 | 29 | #3,729 |
| 2007 | 22 | 22 | #4,478 |
| 2006 | 26 | 26 | #3,872 |
| 2005 | 32 | 32 | #3,230 |
| 2004 | 23 | 23 | #3,985 |
| 2003 | 33 | 33 | #2,986 |
| 2002 | 23 | 23 | #3,772 |
| 2001 | 20 | 20 | #4,101 |
| 2000 | 21 | 21 | #3,897 |
| 1999 | 24 | 24 | #3,358 |
| 1998 | 20 | 20 | #3,688 |
| 1997 | 16 | — | #4,211 |
| 1996 | 8 | — | #7,038 |
| 1995 | 14 | — | #4,478 |
| 1994 | 14 | — | #4,504 |
| 1993 | 15 | — | #4,191 |
| 1992 | 13 | — | #4,541 |
| 1991 | 18 | — | #3,438 |
| 1990 | 7 | — | #7,079 |
| 1989 | 11 | — | #4,771 |
| 1988 | 8 | — | #5,674 |
| 1987 | 13 | — | #3,698 |
| 1986 | 18 | — | #2,874 |
| 1985 | 18 | — | #2,816 |
| 1984 | 12 | — | #3,661 |
| 1983 | 9 | — | #4,449 |
| 1982 | 22 | — | #2,332 |
| 1981 | 18 | — | #2,668 |
| 1980 | 18 | — | #2,717 |
| 1979 | 9 | — | #4,360 |
| 1978 | 14 | — | #3,053 |
| 1977 | 11 | — | #3,579 |
| 1976 | 10 | — | #3,689 |
| 1975 | 10 | — | #3,633 |
| 1974 | 15 | — | #2,657 |
| 1973 | 12 | — | #2,999 |
| 1972 | 9 | — | #3,581 |
| 1971 | 8 | — | #3,927 |
| 1970 | 5 | — | #5,353 |
| 1965 | 5 | — | #4,366 |
| 1964 | 6 | — | #3,986 |
| 1962 | 8 | — | #3,279 |
| 1961 | 8 | — | #3,326 |
| 1960 | 5 | — | #4,541 |
| 1959 | 7 | — | #3,579 |
| 1958 | 6 | — | #3,892 |
| 1957 | 6 | — | #3,946 |
| 1955 | 6 | — | #3,839 |
| 1951 | 7 | — | #3,326 |
| 1945 | 5 | — | #3,723 |
| 1934 | 5 | — | #4,144 |
| 1932 | 6 | — | #3,733 |
| 1926 | 6 | — | #4,137 |
| 1925 | 5 | — | #4,801 |
| 1923 | 6 | — | #4,187 |
| 1918 | 5 | — | #4,728 |
| 1917 | 7 | — | #3,510 |