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

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Peak · boys
#416
1884 · 19 births
Debut · boys
1880
7 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
3,007
since 1880

Sid over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Sid has never cracked the top 400 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201954peak #416, 1884boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025—#9,7147
2024—#4,57122
2023—#5,66616
2022—#5,87415
2021—#4,78020
2020—#5,98014
2019—#4,63921
2018—#4,47622
2017—#6,06014
2016—#5,55516
2015—#5,05818
2014—#4,01425
2013—#3,86426
2012—#4,86219
2011—#3,99425
2010—#4,24123
2009—#3,72128
2008—#3,64629
2007—#3,68728
2006—#3,68627
2005—#7,09610
2004—#5,00716
2003—#4,27619
2002—#5,13114
2001—#5,66712
2000—#5,04014
1999—#6,5309
1998—#5,46611
1997—#5,64210
1996—#6,4968
1995—#6,9927
1994—#6,9687
1993—#5,00211
1992—#5,6609
1991——
1990—#5,8238
1989—#5,6158
1988—#4,7869
1987—#3,33914
1986—#4,4579
1985—#5,7856
1984—#4,5528
1983—#3,23013
1982—#3,69211
1981—#5,4686
1980—#3,61511
1979—#4,0689
1978—#3,07013
1977—#3,8369
1976—#2,82614
1975—#2,54016
1974—#2,94612
1973—#2,40516
1972—#1,87123
1971—#2,55814
1970—#1,93921
1969—#1,64225
1968—#1,65023
1967—#1,60923
1966—#1,45028
1965—#1,62523
1964—#1,18942
1963—#1,21541
1962—#1,25938
1961—#96763
1960—#92766
1959—#95065
1958—#1,11447
1957—#1,07550
1956—#1,33533
1955—#1,68221
1954—#1,46627
1953—#1,83618
1952—#1,58223
1951—#2,05514
1950—#1,39527
1949—#1,16337
1948—#1,12740
1947—#1,13641
1946—#1,07641
1945—#1,37823
1944—#1,23529
1943—#1,28029
1942—#1,11937
1941—#1,16932
1940—#1,31126
1939—#1,19430
1938—#1,31026
1937—#98241
1936—#1,09535
1935—#1,49421
1934—#1,18931
1933—#1,14433
1932—#1,23630
1931—#1,25330
1930—#1,29930
1929—#1,23732
1928—#1,32330
1927—#1,16338
1926—#1,27832
1925—#1,30431
1924—#1,38029
1923—#1,30031
1922—#1,19636
1921#5,0995#1,25234
1920—#1,22535
1919—#1,40826
1918—#1,59622
1917—#1,23830
1916—#1,33526
1915—#1,10034
1914—#1,22123
1913—#99525
1912—#93523
1911—#1,3877
1910—#78215
1909—#1,0209
1908—#87710
1907—#1,0947
1906—#1,1116
1905—#69912
1904—#8109
1903—#8468
1902—#7949
1901—#8587
1900—#1,3105
1899—#7149
1898—#63512
1897—#8527
1896—#8268
1895—#7958
1894—#54314
1893—#50914
1892—#57213
1891—#59710
1890—#56612
1889—#7228
1888—#7049
1887—#58310
1886—#49114
1885——
1884—#41619
1883—#59710
1882—#57611
1881—#56310
1880—#7457
First appearance
1880

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 1954

No state had 5 or more boys named Sid in 1954, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.

See more about Sid
Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 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)
Rise & fade · boys
4 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1884 at #416 (19 births)
  • Births halved by 1885, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 32 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 32 yrs · run 1886–1899
Share of babies · boys
1 in 6,023
  • 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%)
Era · boys
The 1960s
  • 12.4% of all boys named Sid (372) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s98#416 (1884)#600
1890s107#509 (1893)#661
1900s82#699 (1905)#942
1910s231#782 (1910)#1,200
1920s328#1,163 (1927)#1,266
1930s307#982 (1937)#1,220
1940s335#1,076 (1946)#1,199
1950s325#950 (1959)#1,449
1960s372#927 (1960)#1,353
1970s147#1,871 (1972)#2,806
1980s95#3,230 (1983)#4,454
1990s80#5,002 (1993)#6,064
2000s197#3,646 (2008)#4,696
2010s209#3,864 (2013)#4,676
2020s94#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 1954

boys
#1,466
27 births · 1 in 75,509 boys

Top boys' names in 1954

  1. #1Michael88,568
  2. #2Robert86,331
  3. #3James86,311
  4. #4John81,168
  5. #5David79,556
  6. #6William61,426
  7. #7Richard57,042
  8. #8Thomas47,159
  9. #9Gary37,920
  10. #10Charles37,463
  11. #1,466Sid27
More about 1954

boys

2,038,751 boys got a published name in 1954; 1 in 75,509 of them was named Sid, which outranked 66.4% of the 4,360 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Sid
  1. #1,435Theophilus28
  2. #1,435Verlyn28
  3. #1,435Vivian28
  4. #1,466Sid27
  5. #1,466Ardell27
  6. #1,466Arvid27
  7. #1,466Barrie27
  8. #1,496Alphonzo26
  9. #1,496Andra26
  10. #1,496Andrea26

Tied with 29 names at #1,466; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1953
Risers
  1. ↑ 592Ricci#1,331 → #739
  2. ↑ 470Demetrius#1,357 → #887
  3. ↑ 382Crawford#1,378 → #996
  4. ↑ 310Gavin#1,139 → #829
  5. ↑ 296Dino#1,058 → #762
Fallers
  1. ↓ 504Arlin#878 → #1,382
  2. ↓ 347Adan#895 → #1,242
  3. ↓ 345Dayton#966 → #1,311
  4. ↓ 302Garey#966 → #1,268
  5. ↓ 293Bartholomew#975 → #1,268

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1954 →