Symere
Masculine
Symere joins a Sy- front to the -mere ending, and it entered wider notice through a Philadelphia rapper born with the name in 1997.
How old is the name Symere?
Symere first appears in US birth records in 2002 — 23 years ago. Symere is overwhelmingly a brand-new baby name right now — most Symeres are still in diapers. About 400 people named Symere are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Symere most popular?
Symere peaked in 2025, reaching #1837 nationally. Today it ranks #1837, exactly where it peaked. See the whole 2025 chart.
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Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
Our story of Symere
Our story of Symere is a story of parts already in the air. Jamere, Damere and Tymere were in the American registers by the 1990s, and the Sy- front had its own circulation. Symere appears among them. It reached wider attention through a Philadelphia performer born with the name in 1997, whose stage name is something else entirely — so the given name and the fame arrived in that order, which is worth noting.
Meaningnot established
Not established
No established etymology. The -mere and -mir endings circulate in American naming from Jamere and Damere; the Sy- front is a free-standing sound. Occasional attributions to French mère or to Slavic mir are not documented. Honest sources record it as a modern coinage.
Pronouncing Symere
sy-MEER
Two syllables, stress on the second. Some bearers say SY-meer with the stress at the front.
Nicknames for Symere
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 2002
- Most boys named
- 202586 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1837reached in 2025
- Change vs 2024
- +26.5%86 in 2025, from 68
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Symere in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Symir in English — spelling variant
- Jamere in English — related form
- Simere in English — spelling variant
Strongest US states over the last decade: North Carolina, Georgia, Texas.
Symeres among us
people named Symere are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 19,861 born in 2025 was named Symere
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Spellings of Symere
- #1837
- Symere on the 2025 chart
- #832
- counting every spelling
The SSA counts spellings, not names. Symere went to 86 boys in 2025, but Cymere and Simere are the same name said out loud. Together the 3 spellings went to 96, which makes it the 832nd most-given boys’ name of the year — 1,005 places above the chart.
- Symere86
- Cymere5
- Simere5
About 1 boy in 17,792 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 19,861 for Symere itself.
Spellings are grouped by a fixed rule that folds interchangeable English spellings of one sound (ck/k, ph/f, x/ks, a non-initial y for i) and keeps vowels apart, so Sean and Shawn stay separate names. It errs towards splitting: a family here is never larger than the truth. SSA national data, 2025. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Elpidio test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Symere's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Elpidio climbed just as high around 1935, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Elpidio's path sketches the road Symere is walking now.
Symere is climbing fast right now. Steep climbs tend to come with steep descents — the quicker a name arrives, the more firmly it belongs to its moment.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Symere is headed
Symere is on a steep climb — if the curve holds, 2030 could see around 120% more babies given the name than today. Its history is short or jumpy, though, so read this as a sketch rather than a promise.
Low confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Symere beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Symere in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- Sy is available as a short form with a real American record.
- The end stress gives it a strong rhythm against a front-stressed surname.
- It belongs to a documented period of American name-building.
- There is no inherited meaning, and honest sources say so.
- The stress placement splits between two readings.
- It will need spelling out every time.
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Frequently asked
- How many Symeres are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 400 people named Symere are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How do you spell Symere?
- Symere is the most-used spelling in US records — 86 of the 96 babies given the name in 2025. The others recorded are Cymere and Simere.
- How popular is the name Symere in 2025?
- Symere ranks #1837 among US boy names in 2025, with 86 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Symere?
- About 1 in every 19,861 US boys born in 2025 was named Symere — 86 in all.
- Will my child share the name Symere with classmates?
- Symere will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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