Cyd

Where Cyd comes from

Often short for Cydney, a variant of Sydney/Sidney.
— Wiktionary's entry for Cyd
Along the way
  1. 1947
    First appearance
    #4,007 among girls, 8 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1954
    Peak, #1,505
    45 babies named Cyd — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1959
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #2,517.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name
  • A female given name
Namesakes

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Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.