girls:
218 births since 2007
#5498 (4th percentile)
boys:
46 births since 2015
#4540 (1st percentile)
overall:
264 births since 2007
#7475 (3rd percentile)
The name Siyah is the #7,475 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 264 recorded births since 2007. This represents the 3.4% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 3.4% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,498 (3.8% percentile) for all time with 218 births since 2007. For boys, it ranks #4,540 (0.9% percentile) for all time with 46 births since 2015.
Siyah first appeared in U.S. birth records in 2007 (2007 for girls and 2015 for boys). Birth data for Siyah is available in 15 out of the 17 years between 2007 and 2023 (15 years for girls and 7 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Siyah has been given predominantly to girls, with 82.6% of all recorded births being female. In 2023, 61.1% of babies named Siyah were girls.
For girls, Siyah reached its peak popularity in 2016, achieving the 2.2% percentile (ranked #936) with 13 births per million. The name was most common in 2016, with 13 births per million (ranked 2.2% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2019, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Siyah ranks #941 for girls (0.6% percentile) with 6 births per million, which is 46.8% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Siyah reached its peak popularity in 2015, achieving the 0.2% percentile (ranked #903) with 3 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 4 births per million (ranked 0.2% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2021, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Siyah is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #909 (0.2% percentile) with 4 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Siyah".
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Our model has identified 4 different pronunciations for the name Siyah. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 51.4% confident that Siyah is pronounced as SEE-uh, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is SAI-uh, at 35.1% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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