Sid
Last seen for girls in 1921 at #5,099 · #9,714 for boys in 2025, 7 births
Given to boys 99.8% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1884 · 19 births
- Debut · boys
- 7 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 3,007since 1880
Sid over time
Rank among boys' names. Sid has never cracked the top 400 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #9,714 | 7 | |
| 2024 | — | #4,571 | 22 | |
| 2023 | — | #5,666 | 16 | |
| 2022 | — | #5,874 | 15 | |
| 2021 | — | #4,780 | 20 | |
| 2020 | — | #5,980 | 14 | |
| 2019 | — | #4,639 | 21 | |
| 2018 | — | #4,476 | 22 | |
| 2017 | — | #6,060 | 14 | |
| 2016 | — | #5,555 | 16 | |
| 2015 | — | #5,058 | 18 | |
| 2014 | — | #4,014 | 25 | |
| 2013 | — | #3,864 | 26 | |
| 2012 | — | #4,862 | 19 | |
| 2011 | — | #3,994 | 25 | |
| 2010 | — | #4,241 | 23 | |
| 2009 | — | #3,721 | 28 | |
| 2008 | — | #3,646 | 29 | |
| 2007 | — | #3,687 | 28 | |
| 2006 | — | #3,686 | 27 | |
| 2005 | — | #7,096 | 10 | |
| 2004 | — | #5,007 | 16 | |
| 2003 | — | #4,276 | 19 | |
| 2002 | — | #5,131 | 14 | |
| 2001 | — | #5,667 | 12 | |
| 2000 | — | #5,040 | 14 | |
| 1999 | — | #6,530 | 9 | |
| 1998 | — | #5,466 | 11 | |
| 1997 | — | #5,642 | 10 | |
| 1996 | — | #6,496 | 8 | |
| 1995 | — | #6,992 | 7 | |
| 1994 | — | #6,968 | 7 | |
| 1993 | — | #5,002 | 11 | |
| 1992 | — | #5,660 | 9 | |
| 1991 | — | — | ||
| 1990 | — | #5,823 | 8 | |
| 1989 | — | #5,615 | 8 | |
| 1988 | — | #4,786 | 9 | |
| 1987 | — | #3,339 | 14 | |
| 1986 | — | #4,457 | 9 | |
| 1985 | — | #5,785 | 6 | |
| 1984 | — | #4,552 | 8 | |
| 1983 | — | #3,230 | 13 | |
| 1982 | — | #3,692 | 11 | |
| 1981 | — | #5,468 | 6 | |
| 1980 | — | #3,615 | 11 | |
| 1979 | — | #4,068 | 9 | |
| 1978 | — | #3,070 | 13 | |
| 1977 | — | #3,836 | 9 | |
| 1976 | — | #2,826 | 14 | |
| 1975 | — | #2,540 | 16 | |
| 1974 | — | #2,946 | 12 | |
| 1973 | — | #2,405 | 16 | |
| 1972 | — | #1,871 | 23 | |
| 1971 | — | #2,558 | 14 | |
| 1970 | — | #1,939 | 21 | |
| 1969 | — | #1,642 | 25 | |
| 1968 | — | #1,650 | 23 | |
| 1967 | — | #1,609 | 23 | |
| 1966 | — | #1,450 | 28 | |
| 1965 | — | #1,625 | 23 | |
| 1964 | — | #1,189 | 42 | |
| 1963 | — | #1,215 | 41 | |
| 1962 | — | #1,259 | 38 | |
| 1961 | — | #967 | 63 | |
| 1960 | — | #927 | 66 | |
| 1959 | — | #950 | 65 | |
| 1958 | — | #1,114 | 47 | |
| 1957 | — | #1,075 | 50 | |
| 1956 | — | #1,335 | 33 | |
| 1955 | — | #1,682 | 21 | |
| 1954 | — | #1,466 | 27 | |
| 1953 | — | #1,836 | 18 | |
| 1952 | — | #1,582 | 23 | |
| 1951 | — | #2,055 | 14 | |
| 1950 | — | #1,395 | 27 | |
| 1949 | — | #1,163 | 37 | |
| 1948 | — | #1,127 | 40 | |
| 1947 | — | #1,136 | 41 | |
| 1946 | — | #1,076 | 41 | |
| 1945 | — | #1,378 | 23 | |
| 1944 | — | #1,235 | 29 | |
| 1943 | — | #1,280 | 29 | |
| 1942 | — | #1,119 | 37 | |
| 1941 | — | #1,169 | 32 | |
| 1940 | — | #1,311 | 26 | |
| 1939 | — | #1,194 | 30 | |
| 1938 | — | #1,310 | 26 | |
| 1937 | — | #982 | 41 | |
| 1936 | — | #1,095 | 35 | |
| 1935 | — | #1,494 | 21 | |
| 1934 | — | #1,189 | 31 | |
| 1933 | — | #1,144 | 33 | |
| 1932 | — | #1,236 | 30 | |
| 1931 | — | #1,253 | 30 | |
| 1930 | — | #1,299 | 30 | |
| 1929 | — | #1,237 | 32 | |
| 1928 | — | #1,323 | 30 | |
| 1927 | — | #1,163 | 38 | |
| 1926 | — | #1,278 | 32 | |
| 1925 | — | #1,304 | 31 | |
| 1924 | — | #1,380 | 29 | |
| 1923 | — | #1,300 | 31 | |
| 1922 | — | #1,196 | 36 | |
| 1921 | #5,099 | 5 | #1,252 | 34 |
| 1920 | — | #1,225 | 35 | |
| 1919 | — | #1,408 | 26 | |
| 1918 | — | #1,596 | 22 | |
| 1917 | — | #1,238 | 30 | |
| 1916 | — | #1,335 | 26 | |
| 1915 | — | #1,100 | 34 | |
| 1914 | — | #1,221 | 23 | |
| 1913 | — | #995 | 25 | |
| 1912 | — | #935 | 23 | |
| 1911 | — | #1,387 | 7 | |
| 1910 | — | #782 | 15 | |
| 1909 | — | #1,020 | 9 | |
| 1908 | — | #877 | 10 | |
| 1907 | — | #1,094 | 7 | |
| 1906 | — | #1,111 | 6 | |
| 1905 | — | #699 | 12 | |
| 1904 | — | #810 | 9 | |
| 1903 | — | #846 | 8 | |
| 1902 | — | #794 | 9 | |
| 1901 | — | #858 | 7 | |
| 1900 | — | #1,310 | 5 | |
| 1899 | — | #714 | 9 | |
| 1898 | — | #635 | 12 | |
| 1897 | — | #852 | 7 | |
| 1896 | — | #826 | 8 | |
| 1895 | — | #795 | 8 | |
| 1894 | — | #543 | 14 | |
| 1893 | — | #509 | 14 | |
| 1892 | — | #572 | 13 | |
| 1891 | — | #597 | 10 | |
| 1890 | — | #566 | 12 | |
| 1889 | — | #722 | 8 | |
| 1888 | — | #704 | 9 | |
| 1887 | — | #583 | 10 | |
| 1886 | — | #491 | 14 | |
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | #416 | 19 | |
| 1883 | — | #597 | 10 | |
| 1882 | — | #576 | 11 | |
| 1881 | — | #563 | 10 | |
| 1880 | — | #745 | 7 | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Sid was already there! It came in at #745, and was given to 7 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1885, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Sid is popular in 1912
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- New York#382 · 1 in 7,110
Best ever in a state: #301 in Mississippi, 1928.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York | #382 | 6 | 1 in 7,110 |
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| Wyoming | — | — | — |
Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Sid
- 5,143 spots since 2024 (#4,571 → #9,714)
- 3,734 spots since 2020 (#5,980 → #9,714)
- 4,656 spots since 2015 (#5,058 → #9,714)
- Biggest jump: 452 spots in 1901 (#1,310 → #858)
- Biggest drop: 605 spots in 1911 (#782 → #1,387)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1884 at #416 (19 births)
- Births halved by 1885, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 32 yrs · run 1886–1899
- Highest: 1 in 6,023 boys born in 1884 were named Sid (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 244,011 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 12.4% of all boys named Sid (372) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 98 | #416 (1884) | #600 |
| 1890s | 107 | #509 (1893) | #661 |
| 1900s | 82 | #699 (1905) | #942 |
| 1910s | 231 | #782 (1910) | #1,200 |
| 1920s | 328 | #1,163 (1927) | #1,266 |
| 1930s | 307 | #982 (1937) | #1,220 |
| 1940s | 335 | #1,076 (1946) | #1,199 |
| 1950s | 325 | #950 (1959) | #1,449 |
| 1960s | 372 | #927 (1960) | #1,353 |
| 1970s | 147 | #1,871 (1972) | #2,806 |
| 1980s | 95 | #3,230 (1983) | #4,454 |
| 1990s | 80 | #5,002 (1993) | #6,064 |
| 2000s | 197 | #3,646 (2008) | #4,696 |
| 2010s | 209 | #3,864 (2013) | #4,676 |
| 2020s | 94 | #4,571 (2024) | #6,098 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Sid in 1912
Top boys' names in 1912
More about 1912
boys
429,942 boys got a published name in 1912; 1 in 18,693 of them was named Sid, which outranked 67.8% of the 2,905 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).