Syrena vs Syria
American parents have registered 693 Syrenas since 1880, against 567 Syrias. Syrena is still ahead, with 16 babies in 2025.
Babies given each name, 1880–2025
Syrena Syria
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 59 years in which either name was published, Syrena for 41 years and Syria for 18 years. The lead changed hands 15 times.
8 shorter spells of a year or two are folded into the spans above rather than listed separately.
Side by side
| Syrena | Syria | |
|---|---|---|
| Total US births | 693 | 567 |
| Most in one year | 26 | 41 |
| Babies in 2025 | 16 | under 5 |
| Estimated living today | 680 | 560 |
| Median age today | 21 | 19 |
| Peak year | 2012 | 2004 |
| Best rank | 5,253rd girls | 3,566th girls |
| Rank in 2025 | 6,838th | unranked |
| First recorded | 1960 | 1948 |
| Girls / boys | 693 / 0 | 567 / 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 Syrenas alive today are over 21; half the Syrias are over 19. That is 2 years between them: two names in use at the same time, worn by two different generations.
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Social Security Administration birth records, 1880–2025, public domain. Full histories: Syrena and Syria.