Sy
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Sy is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “he has heard”. In 2025 it ranked 7,675th for boys in the US (10 babies).
What does Sy mean?
Hebrew: usually short for Simon; also for Silas, Cyrus or Seymour
“he has heard”
A traditional short form used for several names, most often Simon, but also Silas, Cyrus and Seymour.
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Is Sy a girl's or a boy's name?
Sy is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 10 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Sy in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,675among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 10about 1 in 170,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 10 boys in the US were named Sy, making it the 7,675th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 10,599th. Its busiest year was 2003, with 33 boys. It first appears in the records in 1917.
Half of all the boys named Sy in the US since 1880 were born between 1981 and 2008, the years shaded on the chart below.
Sy in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #7,675 |
| 2024 | 11 | #7,252 |
| 2023 | 11 | #7,284 |
| 2022 | 8 | #8,983 |
| 2021 | 12 | #6,693 |
| 2020 | 6 | #10,599 |
| 2019 | 14 | #6,099 |
| 2018 | 11 | #7,132 |
| 2017 | 10 | #7,542 |
| 2016 | 15 | #5,785 |
| 2015 | 10 | #7,486 |
| 2014 | 8 | #8,775 |
| 2013 | 30 | #3,495 |
| 2012 | 21 | #4,530 |
| 2011 | 20 | #4,657 |
| 2010 | 18 | #5,044 |
| 2009 | 20 | #4,746 |
| 2008 | 29 | #3,643 |
| 2007 | 22 | #4,373 |
| 2006 | 26 | #3,780 |
| 2005 | 32 | #3,168 |
| 2004 | 23 | #3,855 |
| 2003 | 33 | #2,918 |
| 2002 | 23 | #3,665 |
| 2001 | 20 | #3,968 |
| 2000 | 21 | #3,758 |
| 1999 | 24 | #3,275 |
| 1998 | 20 | #3,593 |
| 1997 | 16 | #4,054 |
| 1996 | 8 | #6,489 |
| 1995 | 14 | #4,274 |
| 1994 | 14 | #4,284 |
| 1993 | 15 | #4,013 |
| 1992 | 13 | #4,319 |
| 1991 | 18 | #3,319 |
| 1990 | 7 | #6,408 |
| 1989 | 11 | #4,521 |
| 1988 | 8 | #5,194 |
| 1987 | 13 | #3,516 |
| 1986 | 18 | #2,776 |
| 1985 | 18 | #2,708 |
| 1984 | 12 | #3,457 |
| 1983 | 9 | #4,139 |
| 1982 | 22 | #2,268 |
| 1981 | 18 | #2,568 |
| 1980 | 18 | #2,616 |
| 1979 | 9 | #4,066 |
| 1978 | 14 | #2,928 |
| 1977 | 11 | #3,384 |
| 1976 | 10 | #3,469 |
| 1975 | 10 | #3,426 |
| 1974 | 15 | #2,547 |
| 1973 | 12 | #2,855 |
| 1972 | 9 | #3,342 |
| 1971 | 8 | #3,656 |
| 1970 | 5 | #4,722 |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 5 | #3,928 |
| 1964 | 6 | #3,600 |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 8 | #3,039 |
| 1961 | 8 | #3,095 |
| 1960 | 5 | #4,036 |
| 1959 | 7 | #3,289 |
| 1958 | 6 | #3,557 |
| 1957 | 6 | #3,550 |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 6 | #3,503 |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 7 | #3,064 |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 5 | #3,337 |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 5 | #3,677 |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 6 | #3,360 |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 6 | #3,706 |
| 1925 | 5 | #4,195 |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 6 | #3,819 |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 5 | #4,178 |
| 1917 | 7 | #3,216 |
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