Syed is an uncommon boys' name that peaked in 2000 and remains in steady use.
Syed is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #1,221 for boy births in the United States (and #2,518 across all names), given to 166 babies. Syed first appears in 1965 and peaked in 2000 (224 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 166 | 166 | — | #1,221 |
| 2024 | 105 | 105 | — | #1,629 |
| 2023 | 145 | 145 | — | #1,321 |
| 2022 | 141 | 141 | — | #1,339 |
| 2021 | 127 | 127 | — | #1,432 |
| 2020 | 134 | 134 | — | #1,339 |
| 2019 | 126 | 126 | — | #1,406 |
| 2018 | 137 | 137 | — | #1,327 |
| 2017 | 148 | 148 | — | #1,244 |
| 2016 | 157 | 157 | — | #1,207 |
| 2015 | 160 | 160 | — | #1,166 |
| 2014 | 139 | 139 | — | #1,284 |
| 2013 | 156 | 156 | — | #1,160 |
| 2012 | 140 | 140 | — | #1,264 |
| 2011 | 130 | 130 | — | #1,316 |
| 2010 | 147 | 147 | — | #1,213 |
| 2009 | 137 | 137 | — | #1,288 |
| 2008 | 156 | 156 | — | #1,164 |
| 2007 | 156 | 156 | — | #1,147 |
| 2006 | 141 | 141 | — | #1,193 |
| 2005 | 135 | 135 | — | #1,190 |
| 2004 | 146 | 146 | #18,487 | #1,127 |
| 2003 | 178 | 178 | — | #925 |
| 2002 | 168 | 168 | — | #958 |
| 2001 | 167 | 167 | — | #935 |
| 2000 | 224 | 224 | — | #754 |
| 1999 | 157 | 157 | — | #935 |
| 1998 | 140 | 140 | — | #988 |
| 1997 | 155 | — | — | #896 |
| 1996 | 133 | — | — | #967 |
| 1995 | 157 | — | — | #871 |
| 1994 | 138 | — | #13,238 | #962 |
| 1993 | 123 | — | — | #978 |
| 1992 | 116 | — | — | #1,015 |
| 1991 | 113 | — | — | #1,016 |
| 1990 | 90 | — | — | #1,148 |
| 1989 | 88 | — | — | #1,139 |
| 1988 | 82 | — | — | #1,107 |
| 1987 | 68 | — | — | #1,173 |
| 1986 | 72 | — | — | #1,112 |
| 1985 | 62 | — | — | #1,209 |
| 1984 | 39 | — | — | #1,578 |
| 1983 | 53 | — | — | #1,272 |
| 1982 | 49 | — | — | #1,360 |
| 1981 | 51 | — | — | #1,307 |
| 1980 | 44 | — | — | #1,446 |
| 1979 | 42 | — | — | #1,462 |
| 1978 | 40 | — | — | #1,486 |
| 1977 | 28 | — | — | #1,850 |
| 1976 | 31 | — | — | #1,705 |
| 1975 | 17 | — | — | #2,527 |
| 1974 | 25 | — | — | #1,879 |
| 1973 | 12 | — | — | #3,000 |
| 1972 | 9 | — | — | #3,582 |
| 1971 | 9 | — | — | #3,623 |
| 1970 | 9 | — | — | #3,489 |
| 1969 | 7 | — | — | #3,900 |
| 1968 | 6 | — | — | #4,094 |
| 1967 | 5 | — | — | #4,470 |
| 1965 | 7 | — | — | #3,508 |