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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201954peak #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 1954

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #117 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 597 boysAKMaine: #213 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 2,059 boysMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Sidney, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Sidney, so not publishedNHWashington: #194 for boys · 18 births · 1 in 1,719 boysWAIdaho: #141 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 741 boysIDMontana: #201 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 1,499 boysMTNorth Dakota: #182 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 1,287 boysNDMinnesota: #195 for boys · 16 births · 1 in 2,433 boysMNIllinois: #229 for boys · 43 births · 1 in 2,469 boysILWisconsin: #291 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 6,317 boysWIMichigan: #231 for boys · 33 births · 1 in 2,834 boysMINew York: #246 for boys · 58 births · 1 in 2,932 boysNYMassachusetts: #203 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 4,446 boysMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Sidney, so not publishedRIOregon: #168 for boys · 15 births · 1 in 1,206 boysORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Sidney, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Sidney, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Sidney, so not publishedSDIowa: #251 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 3,421 boysIAIndiana: #245 for boys · 17 births · 1 in 3,087 boysINOhio: #221 for boys · 38 births · 1 in 2,875 boysOHPennsylvania: #184 for boys · 54 births · 1 in 2,232 boysPANew Jersey: #256 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 4,680 boysNJConnecticut: #242 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 4,743 boysCTCalifornia: #276 for boys · 51 births · 1 in 3,012 boysCAUtah: #162 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 947 boysUTColorado: #285 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 3,159 boysCONebraska: #209 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 1,926 boysNEMissouri: #235 for boys · 19 births · 1 in 2,463 boysMOKentucky: #191 for boys · 23 births · 1 in 1,604 boysKYWest Virginia: #207 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 1,882 boysWVVirginia: #177 for boys · 37 births · 1 in 1,184 boysVAMaryland: #230 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 2,739 boysMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Sidney, so not publishedDEArizona: #201 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 1,177 boysAZNew Mexico: #237 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 1,660 boysNMKansas: #242 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 2,429 boysKSArkansas: #148 for boys · 23 births · 1 in 912 boysARTennessee: #223 for boys · 20 births · 1 in 2,081 boysTNNorth Carolina: #218 for boys · 33 births · 1 in 1,671 boysNCSouth Carolina: #181 for boys · 27 births · 1 in 1,162 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #222 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 2,088 boysDCOklahoma: #214 for boys · 15 births · 1 in 1,651 boysOKLouisiana: #123 for boys · 72 births · 1 in 560 boysLAMississippi: #129 for boys · 42 births · 1 in 699 boysMSAlabama: #181 for boys · 32 births · 1 in 1,212 boysALGeorgia: #156 for boys · 50 births · 1 in 971 boysGAHawaii: #192 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 984 boysHITexas: #234 for boys · 80 births · 1 in 1,515 boysTXFlorida: #196 for boys · 28 births · 1 in 1,462 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Alaska#117 · 1 in 597
  2. Louisiana#123 · 1 in 560
  3. Mississippi#129 · 1 in 699
  4. Idaho#141 · 1 in 741
  5. Arkansas#148 · 1 in 912

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Alaska#11751 in 597
Louisiana#123721 in 560
Mississippi#129421 in 699
Idaho#141101 in 741
Arkansas#148231 in 912
Georgia#156501 in 971
Utah#162121 in 947
Oregon#168151 in 1,206
Virginia#177371 in 1,184
Alabama#181321 in 1,212
South Carolina#181271 in 1,162
North Dakota#18261 in 1,287
Pennsylvania#184541 in 2,232
Kentucky#191231 in 1,604
Hawaii#19271 in 984
Washington#194181 in 1,719
Minnesota#195161 in 2,433
Florida#196281 in 1,462
Arizona#201111 in 1,177
Montana#20151 in 1,499
Massachusetts#203121 in 4,446
West Virginia#207121 in 1,882
Nebraska#20981 in 1,926
Maine#21351 in 2,059
Oklahoma#214151 in 1,651
North Carolina#218331 in 1,671
Ohio#221381 in 2,875
District of Columbia#22271 in 2,088
Tennessee#223201 in 2,081
Illinois#229431 in 2,469
Maryland#230111 in 2,739
Michigan#231331 in 2,834
Texas#234801 in 1,515
Missouri#235191 in 2,463
New Mexico#23771 in 1,660
Connecticut#24251 in 4,743
Kansas#242101 in 2,429
Indiana#245171 in 3,087
New York#246581 in 2,932
Iowa#25191 in 3,421
New Jersey#256121 in 4,680
California#276511 in 3,012
Colorado#28561 in 3,159
Wisconsin#29171 in 6,317
Delaware———
Nevada———
New Hampshire———
Rhode Island———
South Dakota———
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 1954

girls
#1,011
94 births · 1 in 20,659 girls
boys
#216
1,024 births · 1 in 1,991 boys

Top girls' names in 1954

  1. #1Mary68,019
  2. #2Linda55,371
  3. #3Deborah54,674
  4. #4Patricia49,149
  5. #5Susan47,162
  6. #6Debra45,896
  7. #7Barbara36,368
  8. #8Karen32,456
  9. #9Nancy30,270
  10. #10Cynthia27,615
  11. #1,011Sidney94

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. #216Sidney1,024
More about 1954

girls

1,941,915 girls got a published name in 1954; 1 in 20,659 of them was named Sidney, which outranked 84.7% of the 6,625 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. #1,000Paige95
  2. #1,000Sherree95
  3. #1,000Wilhelmina95
  4. #1,011Sidney94
  5. #1,011Annemarie94
  6. #1,011Carroll94
  7. #1,014Eartha93
  8. #1,014Migdalia93
  9. #1,014Roselyn93

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1953
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,699Sherree#2,699 → #1,000
  2. ↑ 1,434Sabrina#2,236 → #802
  3. ↑ 932Valinda#1,738 → #806
  4. ↑ 748Sheree#1,071 → #323
  5. ↑ 421Sherie#1,248 → #827
Fallers
  1. ↓ 396Enola#948 → #1,344
  2. ↓ 311Ila#782 → #1,093
  3. ↓ 302Nancie#816 → #1,118
  4. ↓ 282Arline#904 → #1,186
  5. ↓ 269Candyce#944 → #1,213

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

boys

2,038,751 boys got a published name in 1954; 1 in 1,991 of them was named Sidney, which outranked 95.0% 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 Sidney
  1. #213Mario1,073
  2. #214Byron1,045
  3. #215Clifton1,038
  4. #216Sidney1,024
  5. #217Luis1,018
  6. #218Rickie1,003
  7. #219Ross1,000
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 →