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Sye

#13,650 in 2025Boys' name

Literal meaning not recorded

Sye has been given to 118 babies in the U.S. since 1914. In 2025 it ranked #13,650 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2007, with 13 recorded.

Babies named Sye, 2025

1 in 663,000

Sye over time, 1880–2025

Boys
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Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Sye: meaning, origin, and history

Literal meaning not recorded

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Sye means

Sye is a given name.

Origin, language, and formation

Sye is used in English.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 118 boys were recorded with the name Sye between 1914 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 13 in 2007; its best national rank was #2,621 in 1914.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Sye?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 663,000
5 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 342,000
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#13,650
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
459,581 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Sye sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 459,581 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Sye. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Syes were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Sye was born before 2007 — so the typical Sye is around 18 today.

Median birth year
2007
About 18 years old
Biggest decade
2000s
39.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
74.6%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
102
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Choose a decade

2000s — 39.0% of all recorded uses (46).

Is Sye rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
−5,413
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
New entry
Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago
—
Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago
—
Not published both years
Share of its own peak
38.5%
Peak was 2007 (13)
Years since peak
18
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
36.1% average annual change
Best rank ever
#2,621
1914

Sye around the world

Where Sye ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • South Australia
    1990–1990
    #484
    in 1990

Popularity data from Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Sye by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#13,650
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
New entry
Best rank ever
#2,621
1914
Peak year
2007
13 that year
First recorded
1914
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
118
Count in 2025
5

Names similar to Sye

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Sibling names for Sye

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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