Syrus
Boy · SY-rus · Persian
Syrus is a boys' name of Persian origin. In 2025 it ranked 4,301st for boys in the UK (4 babies) and 1,808th for boys in the US (88 babies).
What does Syrus mean?
Persian: spelling of Cyrus
Cyrus the Great founded the Persian Achaemenid Empire in the 6th century BC.
- Say it
- SY-rus
Is Syrus a girl's or a boy's name?
Syrus is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 boys in the UK and 88 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Syrus in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,301among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 4about 1 in 75,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 9% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 4 boys in the UK were named Syrus, making it the 4,301st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,819th. Its busiest year was 2011, with 8 boys.
Half of all the boys named Syrus in the UK since 1996 were born between 2007 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 104 boys in the UK were given Syrus or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #433, up from #4,301 for this spelling alone.
- Cyrus 100
- Syrus 4
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,212th in England and Wales.
Syrus in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,301 |
| 2024 | 6 | #3,335 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 6 | #3,219 |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,188 |
| 2020 | 7 | #2,819 |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,126 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 5 | #3,608 |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,214 |
| 2015 | 3 | #4,955 |
| 2014 | 5 | #3,529 |
| 2013 | 6 | #3,096 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 8 | #2,503 |
| 2010 | 7 | #2,775 |
| 2009 | 7 | #2,679 |
| 2008 | 5 | #3,305 |
| 2007 | 7 | #2,554 |
| 2006 | 6 | #2,645 |
| 2005 | 4 | #3,330 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 4 | #2,751 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 4 | #2,513 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 5 | #2,109 |
How popular is Syrus in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,808among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 88about 1 in 19,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 13% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 88 boys in the US were named Syrus, making it the 1,808th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,634th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 122 boys. It first appears in the records in 1982.
2025 had fewer boys named Syrus than any year since 2018.
Half of all the boys named Syrus in the US since 1880 were born between 2007 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 1,422 boys in the US were given Syrus or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #264, up from #1,808 for this spelling alone.
Syrus in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 88 | #1,808 |
| 2024 | 98 | #1,701 |
| 2023 | 122 | #1,473 |
| 2022 | 122 | #1,479 |
| 2021 | 101 | #1,645 |
| 2020 | 98 | #1,634 |
| 2019 | 90 | #1,737 |
| 2018 | 84 | #1,808 |
| 2017 | 74 | #1,935 |
| 2016 | 70 | #2,028 |
| 2015 | 74 | #1,955 |
| 2014 | 69 | #2,043 |
| 2013 | 90 | #1,669 |
| 2012 | 68 | #2,035 |
| 2011 | 55 | #2,316 |
| 2010 | 69 | #1,985 |
| 2009 | 63 | #2,142 |
| 2008 | 73 | #1,948 |
| 2007 | 67 | #2,051 |
| 2006 | 66 | #2,009 |
| 2005 | 44 | #2,524 |
| 2004 | 52 | #2,204 |
| 2003 | 61 | #1,903 |
| 2002 | 39 | #2,500 |
| 2001 | 45 | #2,245 |
| 2000 | 41 | #2,326 |
| 1999 | 27 | #3,027 |
| 1998 | 38 | #2,309 |
| 1997 | 24 | #3,059 |
| 1996 | 9 | #5,975 |
| 1995 | 7 | #6,985 |
| 1994 | 8 | #6,366 |
| 1993 | 8 | #6,221 |
| 1992 | 10 | #5,228 |
| 1991 | 6 | #7,263 |
| 1990 | 6 | #7,171 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 5 | #6,715 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 8 | #4,591 |
Names like Syrus
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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