Sidney

#1,872 for girls in 2025, 105 births · #1,323 for boys in 2025, 146 births
Given to boys 77.3% of the time

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Peak · boys
#80
1912 · 1,003 births
Debut · boys
1880
142 births
In top 100 · boys
17 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · boys
84,202
since 1880

Sidney over time

girlsboys

Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201925peak #258, 1999peak #80, 1912girlsboys
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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#1,872105#1,323146
2024#1,732117#1,371137
2023#1,627128#1,230160
2022#1,387165#1,200166
2021#1,347164#1,383132
2020#1,510141#1,160166
2019#1,287179#1,112177
2018#1,135215#1,141168
2017#1,120225#1,100177
2016#1,018260#1,022196
2015#997270#1,086180
2014#916295#1,137167
2013#906282#948210
2012#831323#916226
2011#680413#893231
2010#670432#827259
2009#529571#843254
2008#524583#812270
2007#486668#839254
2006#426745#801255
2005#378834#834222
2004#374836#717267
2003#330951#680285
2002#326939#676274
2001#2961,053#612315
2000#2651,221#593333
1999#2581,218#565353
1998#2711,140#535374
1997#2851,009#523383
1996#337828#528375
1995#315883#503412
1994#445568#509393
1993#566420#513401
1992#618366#516386
1991#666325#506383
1990#921207#514369
1989#1,009170#517345
1988#1,217123#494342
1987#1,39896#496322
1986#1,58875#495311
1985#1,48383#459351
1984#1,70364#475311
1983#1,99351#459330
1982#2,08249#463333
1981#2,37541#451335
1980#3,00229#440353
1979#2,79531#451322
1978#2,43136#469296
1977#2,25740#425345
1976#3,09523#418344
1975#2,09741#418347
1974#2,55629#408366
1973#2,75325#399381
1972#2,22234#364462
1971#2,54229#380445
1970#2,08139#361509
1969#2,25432#331549
1968#1,97537#317572
1967#1,53753#302593
1966#1,33566#300615
1965#1,52853#297638
1964#1,49757#289731
1963#1,37265#299672
1962#1,44459#276782
1961#1,48157#271844
1960#1,13192#275848
1959#1,26272#277825
1958#1,08194#269827
1957#1,13586#260844
1956#1,15181#237954
1955#1,05092#2251,024
1954#1,01194#2161,024
1953#1,01889#2131,014
1952#884109#2081,018
1951#93897#2021,026
1950#1,03478#1951,076
1949#94888#208946
1948#1,03173#199991
1947#810116#1891,099
1946#87490#1831,010
1945#79989#185828
1944#82785#180901
1943#650137#1731,016
1942#689116#1691,000
1941#79083#172891
1940#82774#169926
1939#88263#173861
1938#72489#168876
1937#87063#163905
1936#73981#156952
1935#69393#153973
1934#75678#158932
1933#75177#152948
1932#93357#158960
1931#1,01048#158937
1930#1,05948#1501,076
1929#96855#1491,058
1928#96260#1421,206
1927#1,04254#1271,381
1926#89369#1291,350
1925#1,16044#1311,345
1924#99958#1191,502
1923#92862#1151,543
1922#1,05951#1101,618
1921#94661#1101,588
1920#1,00554#1071,610
1919#90960#961,715
1918#92160#941,879
1917#93355#951,727
1916#92854#951,659
1915#82463#941,615
1914#94239#891,337
1913#80343#891,073
1912#1,00326#801,003
1911#87524#92432
1910#1,20714#93353
1909#1,21912#119233
1908#79124#101253
1907#84020#119200
1906#91716#101209
1905#90017#109196
1904#77321#106201
1903#78919#122162
1902#62328#109175
1901#79517#123134
1900#76023#107218
1899#93512#115144
1898#79018#109171
1897#66022#115149
1896#75418#105176
1895#74618#105178
1894#95011#107168
1893#71317#107163
1892#70617#106174
1891#55922#122113
1890#69315#100176
1889#65715#110144
1888#83710#101168
1887#8608#101144
1886#73110#100155
1885#69510#88170
1884#64011#107142
1883#6519#86165
1882#6349#99146
1881#41816#97129
1880#42116#95142
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Sidney was already there! It came in at #95, and was given to 142 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 1891, when fewer than 120 boys a year got the name.

Where Sidney is popular in 1925

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Sidney, so not publishedAKMaine: #123 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 586 boysMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Sidney, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Sidney, so not publishedNHWashington: #210 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 1,968 boysWAIdaho: #147 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 692 boysIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Sidney, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: #119 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 559 boysNDMinnesota: #154 for boys · 21 births · 1 in 1,019 boysMNIllinois: #153 for boys · 51 births · 1 in 1,158 boysILWisconsin: #167 for boys · 19 births · 1 in 1,251 boysWIMichigan: #158 for boys · 35 births · 1 in 1,126 boysMINew York: #66 for boys · 293 births · 1 in 327 boysNYMassachusetts: #88 for boys · 52 births · 1 in 658 boysMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Sidney, so not publishedRIOregon: #132 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 746 boysORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Sidney, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Sidney, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: #165 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 977 boysSDIowa: #294 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 3,420 boysIAIndiana: #209 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 1,980 boysINOhio: #193 for boys · 28 births · 1 in 1,895 boysOHPennsylvania: #109 for boys · 100 births · 1 in 883 boysPANew Jersey: #132 for boys · 25 births · 1 in 1,189 boysNJConnecticut: #101 for boys · 15 births · 1 in 810 boysCTCalifornia: #183 for boys · 30 births · 1 in 1,219 boysCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Sidney, so not publishedUTColorado: #141 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 788 boysCONebraska: #171 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 1,186 boysNEMissouri: #149 for boys · 29 births · 1 in 1,022 boysMOKentucky: #147 for boys · 28 births · 1 in 925 boysKYWest Virginia: #123 for boys · 24 births · 1 in 734 boysWVVirginia: #97 for boys · 42 births · 1 in 555 boysVAMaryland: #99 for boys · 18 births · 1 in 738 boysMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Sidney, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Sidney, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Sidney, so not publishedNMKansas: #266 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 2,633 boysKSArkansas: #163 for boys · 20 births · 1 in 905 boysARTennessee: #120 for boys · 33 births · 1 in 737 boysTNNorth Carolina: #133 for boys · 47 births · 1 in 725 boysNCSouth Carolina: #159 for boys · 19 births · 1 in 1,012 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #65 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 378 boysDCOklahoma: #162 for boys · 25 births · 1 in 918 boysOKLouisiana: #61 for boys · 73 births · 1 in 265 boysLAMississippi: #115 for boys · 33 births · 1 in 579 boysMSAlabama: #114 for boys · 44 births · 1 in 604 boysALGeorgia: #147 for boys · 30 births · 1 in 945 boysGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Sidney, so not publishedHITexas: #185 for boys · 59 births · 1 in 937 boysTXFlorida: #100 for boys · 25 births · 1 in 528 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Louisiana#61 · 1 in 265
  2. District of Columbia#65 · 1 in 378
  3. New York#66 · 1 in 327
  4. Massachusetts#88 · 1 in 658
  5. Virginia#97 · 1 in 555

Best ever in a state: #30 in Louisiana, 1910.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Louisiana#61731 in 265
District of Columbia#6591 in 378
New York#662931 in 327
Massachusetts#88521 in 658
Virginia#97421 in 555
Maryland#99181 in 738
Florida#100251 in 528
Connecticut#101151 in 810
Pennsylvania#1091001 in 883
Alabama#114441 in 604
Mississippi#115331 in 579
North Dakota#119111 in 559
Tennessee#120331 in 737
Maine#123111 in 586
West Virginia#123241 in 734
New Jersey#132251 in 1,189
Oregon#13281 in 746
North Carolina#133471 in 725
Colorado#141111 in 788
Georgia#147301 in 945
Idaho#14751 in 692
Kentucky#147281 in 925
Missouri#149291 in 1,022
Illinois#153511 in 1,158
Minnesota#154211 in 1,019
Michigan#158351 in 1,126
South Carolina#159191 in 1,012
Oklahoma#162251 in 918
Arkansas#163201 in 905
South Dakota#16561 in 977
Wisconsin#167191 in 1,251
Nebraska#171101 in 1,186
California#183301 in 1,219
Texas#185591 in 937
Ohio#193281 in 1,895
Indiana#209131 in 1,980
Washington#21051 in 1,968
Kansas#26661 in 2,633
Iowa#29461 in 3,420
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Delaware———
Hawaii———
Montana———
Nevada———
New Hampshire———
New Mexico———
Rhode Island———
Utah———
Vermont———
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 Sidney
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 48 spots since 2024 (#1,371 → #1,323)
  • 163 spots since 2020 (#1,160 → #1,323)
  • 237 spots since 2015 (#1,086 → #1,323)
  • Biggest jump: 33 spots in 2006 (#834 → #801)
  • Biggest drop: 189 spots in 2014 (#948 → #1,137)
Rise & fade · boys
32 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1912 at #80 (1,003 births)
  • Births halved by 1971, 59 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 100 for 17 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 17 yrs · run 1910–1919
  • Top 1,000: 134 yrs · run 1880–2013
Share of babies · boys
1 in 429
  • Highest: 1 in 429 boys born in 1912 were named Sidney (0.23%)
  • Latest: 1 in 11,699 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 16.9% of all boys named Sidney (14,201) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 2022
  • Mostly girls until 2021, mostly boys since
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s1,505#86 (1883)#98
1890s1,612#100 (1890)#109
1900s1,981#101 (1908)#112
1910s12,793#80 (1912)#92
1920s14,201#107 (1920)#124
1930s9,420#150 (1930)#159
1940s9,608#169 (1942)#183
1950s9,632#195 (1950)#230
1960s6,844#271 (1961)#296
1970s3,817#361 (1970)#409
1980s3,333#440 (1980)#475
1990s3,829#503 (1995)#521
2000s2,729#593 (2000)#741
2010s1,991#827 (2010)#1,018
2020s907#1,160 (2020)#1,278

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.

Sidney in 1925

girls
#1,160
44 births · 1 in 27,668 girls
boys
#131
1,345 births · 1 in 830 boys

Top girls' names in 1925

  1. #1Mary70,586
  2. #2Dorothy38,570
  3. #3Betty32,812
  4. #4Helen29,173
  5. #5Margaret24,463
  6. #6Ruth22,247
  7. #7Virginia17,490
  8. #8Doris16,075
  9. #9Mildred14,453
  10. #10Elizabeth13,936
  11. #1,160Sidney44

Top boys' names in 1925

  1. #1Robert60,895
  2. #2John57,195
  3. #3William53,310
  4. #4James52,680
  5. #5Charles29,580
  6. #6George26,560
  7. #7Joseph24,613
  8. #8Richard23,269
  9. #9Edward20,090
  10. #10Donald19,193
  11. #131Sidney1,345
More about 1925

girls

1,217,384 girls got a published name in 1925; 1 in 27,668 of them was named Sidney, which outranked 79.9% of the 5,771 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Sidney
  1. #1,150Roselle45
  2. #1,150Valda45
  3. #1,150Vinnie45
  4. #1,160Sidney44
  5. #1,160Antonetta44
  6. #1,160Audie44
  7. #1,160Carma44
  8. #1,176Arletta43
  9. #1,176Azalee43
  10. #1,176Buelah43

Tied with 15 names at #1,160; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1924
Risers
  1. ↑ 605Nanette#1,475 → #870
  2. ↑ 417Paulina#1,258 → #841
  3. ↑ 353Estela#1,258 → #905
  4. ↑ 323Delois#1,123 → #800
  5. ↑ 313Veola#1,301 → #988
Fallers
  1. ↓ 610Kathlyn#999 → #1,609
  2. ↓ 396Izetta#951 → #1,347
  3. ↓ 355Loma#941 → #1,296
  4. ↓ 345Phylis#880 → #1,225
  5. ↓ 309Eris#728 → #1,037

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

boys

1,115,919 boys got a published name in 1925; 1 in 830 of them was named Sidney, which outranked 97.3% of the 4,867 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Sidney
  1. #128Max1,385
  2. #129Bob1,369
  3. #130Bruce1,354
  4. #131Sidney1,345
  5. #132Luther1,333
  6. #133Nicholas1,332
  7. #134Franklin1,294
Biggest movers since 1924
Risers
  1. ↑ 548Okey#1,532 → #984
  2. ↑ 494Eddy#1,492 → #998
  3. ↑ 422Terrence#1,223 → #801
  4. ↑ 371Hughie#1,355 → #984
  5. ↑ 363Rexford#1,287 → #924
Fallers
  1. ↓ 444Baxter#916 → #1,360
  2. ↓ 429Adelbert#817 → #1,246
  3. ↓ 407Jonnie#925 → #1,332
  4. ↓ 406Faustino#984 → #1,390
  5. ↓ 387Deward#859 → #1,246

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

See the top 100 for 1925 →