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Symir vs Symone

American parents have registered 4,376 Symones since 1880, against 527 Symirs. But in 2025 it was Symir that was commoner, 60 babies to 34.

Babies given each name, 1880–2025

Births per year: Symir against Symone, 1880 to 2025 0 80 160 240 320 1880 1900 1920 1940 1960 1980 2000 2020

Symir Symone

Each line is every baby given the name that year, girls and boys added together — the only count that means the same thing for both names. A line breaks where the name fell below five babies in a year — the point at which the SSA stops publishing it — rather than being drawn through a figure nobody published. A single published year in a gap shows as a dot.

Who was ahead

Of the 55 years in which either name was published, Symone for 52 years and Symir for 3 years. The lead changed hands once.

Side by side

  Symir Symone
Total US births 5274,376
Most in one year 60271
Babies in 2025 6034
Estimated living today 5204,300
Median age today 625
Peak year 20251991
Best rank 2,304th boys759th girls
Rank in 2025 2,304th4,172nd
First recorded 20011963
Girls / boys 0 / 5274,376 / 0

A rank is a position within one sex’s list for one year, so the two rank rows are not subtracted from one another and the winning column is not marked on them. The living figure is a life-table estimate, not a count.

Which name is older

Half of the Symones alive today are over 25; half the Symirs are over 6. That is 19 years between them: two names in use at the same time, worn by two different generations.

Where each one is strongest

How much commoner the name is in that state than it is nationally, from births recorded since 1910.

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Social Security Administration birth records, 1880–2025, public domain. Full histories: Symir and Symone.