Sydney
#348 for girls in 2025, 873 births · #4,857 for boys in 2025, 20 births
Given to girls 95.0% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 2000 · 10,243 births
- Debut · girls
- 8 births
- In top 100 · girls
- 20 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 178,296since 1886
Sydney over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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 | #348 | 873 | #4,857 | 20 |
| 2024 | #288 | 1,104 | #4,072 | 26 |
| 2023 | #307 | 1,003 | #3,228 | 37 |
| 2022 | #271 | 1,169 | #3,617 | 31 |
| 2021 | #249 | 1,231 | #3,121 | 38 |
| 2020 | #241 | 1,246 | #3,497 | 31 |
| 2019 | #197 | 1,535 | #2,993 | 40 |
| 2018 | #164 | 1,757 | #3,171 | 36 |
| 2017 | #146 | 2,013 | #2,951 | 40 |
| 2016 | #135 | 2,322 | #2,626 | 47 |
| 2015 | #122 | 2,660 | #2,486 | 50 |
| 2014 | #109 | 2,855 | #2,492 | 50 |
| 2013 | #98 | 3,177 | #2,424 | 51 |
| 2012 | #78 | 3,456 | #2,380 | 53 |
| 2011 | #65 | 3,974 | #2,035 | 66 |
| 2010 | #60 | 4,335 | #1,924 | 73 |
| 2009 | #48 | 5,061 | #2,231 | 59 |
| 2008 | #49 | 5,264 | #1,813 | 81 |
| 2007 | #37 | 6,032 | #2,071 | 66 |
| 2006 | #34 | 6,516 | #1,856 | 73 |
| 2005 | #30 | 7,376 | #1,742 | 76 |
| 2004 | #27 | 8,368 | #1,404 | 101 |
| 2003 | #25 | 8,911 | #1,630 | 77 |
| 2002 | #23 | 9,034 | #1,596 | 76 |
| 2001 | #23 | 9,639 | #1,221 | 109 |
| 2000 | #23 | 10,243 | #1,116 | 126 |
| 1999 | #23 | 9,649 | #1,181 | 109 |
| 1998 | #28 | 8,553 | #1,105 | 116 |
| 1997 | #35 | 8,032 | #1,075 | 118 |
| 1996 | #39 | 7,259 | #979 | 128 |
| 1995 | #43 | 7,360 | #1,126 | 103 |
| 1994 | #76 | 4,737 | #1,254 | 86 |
| 1993 | #106 | 3,050 | #1,033 | 114 |
| 1992 | #124 | 2,708 | #1,150 | 92 |
| 1991 | #134 | 2,380 | #1,282 | 76 |
| 1990 | #150 | 2,028 | #1,270 | 76 |
| 1989 | #230 | 1,193 | #1,162 | 83 |
| 1988 | #275 | 914 | #1,373 | 57 |
| 1987 | #365 | 651 | #1,439 | 50 |
| 1986 | #465 | 464 | #1,565 | 42 |
| 1985 | #477 | 440 | #1,724 | 35 |
| 1984 | #624 | 285 | #1,556 | 39 |
| 1983 | #788 | 201 | #1,787 | 31 |
| 1982 | #958 | 155 | #1,264 | 54 |
| 1981 | #954 | 154 | #1,548 | 39 |
| 1980 | #1,083 | 130 | #2,003 | 27 |
| 1979 | #1,169 | 113 | #2,048 | 25 |
| 1978 | #1,154 | 110 | #1,616 | 34 |
| 1977 | #1,303 | 89 | #1,515 | 37 |
| 1976 | #1,026 | 121 | #1,828 | 27 |
| 1975 | #1,229 | 93 | #1,753 | 28 |
| 1974 | #1,801 | 49 | #1,439 | 36 |
| 1973 | #1,496 | 63 | #1,548 | 31 |
| 1972 | #1,242 | 84 | #1,327 | 40 |
| 1971 | #1,125 | 104 | #1,330 | 40 |
| 1970 | #1,133 | 103 | #1,070 | 58 |
| 1969 | #1,066 | 106 | #1,440 | 31 |
| 1968 | #1,042 | 100 | #1,119 | 45 |
| 1967 | #905 | 128 | #968 | 56 |
| 1966 | #760 | 166 | #1,149 | 42 |
| 1965 | #767 | 167 | #1,043 | 50 |
| 1964 | #804 | 169 | #936 | 66 |
| 1963 | #838 | 155 | #1,037 | 53 |
| 1962 | #1,081 | 100 | #1,056 | 52 |
| 1961 | #957 | 127 | #1,028 | 58 |
| 1960 | #943 | 128 | #1,083 | 51 |
| 1959 | #891 | 136 | #969 | 63 |
| 1958 | #1,012 | 105 | #915 | 68 |
| 1957 | #951 | 117 | #1,050 | 52 |
| 1956 | #924 | 120 | #897 | 69 |
| 1955 | #839 | 134 | #1,084 | 48 |
| 1954 | #782 | 143 | #996 | 56 |
| 1953 | #736 | 153 | #819 | 77 |
| 1952 | #603 | 207 | #915 | 60 |
| 1951 | #598 | 205 | #912 | 60 |
| 1950 | #595 | 202 | #772 | 78 |
| 1949 | #624 | 176 | #742 | 86 |
| 1948 | #720 | 137 | #802 | 71 |
| 1947 | #730 | 137 | #742 | 86 |
| 1946 | #641 | 152 | #753 | 77 |
| 1945 | #634 | 132 | #645 | 88 |
| 1944 | #611 | 145 | #698 | 79 |
| 1943 | #543 | 190 | #740 | 76 |
| 1942 | #541 | 187 | #637 | 100 |
| 1941 | #537 | 171 | #665 | 84 |
| 1940 | #752 | 85 | #741 | 68 |
| 1939 | #775 | 77 | #667 | 79 |
| 1938 | #737 | 87 | #700 | 75 |
| 1937 | #713 | 91 | #600 | 93 |
| 1936 | #672 | 97 | #637 | 82 |
| 1935 | #688 | 94 | #670 | 79 |
| 1934 | #660 | 103 | #678 | 80 |
| 1933 | #633 | 107 | #619 | 87 |
| 1932 | #801 | 72 | #607 | 95 |
| 1931 | #1,104 | 41 | #697 | 75 |
| 1930 | #1,434 | 29 | #689 | 82 |
| 1929 | #1,306 | 33 | #649 | 90 |
| 1928 | #1,502 | 28 | #621 | 97 |
| 1927 | #1,278 | 38 | #584 | 112 |
| 1926 | #1,883 | 21 | #585 | 113 |
| 1925 | #1,700 | 25 | #539 | 129 |
| 1924 | #1,440 | 33 | #560 | 127 |
| 1923 | #1,158 | 44 | #524 | 134 |
| 1922 | #1,508 | 30 | #485 | 161 |
| 1921 | #1,765 | 24 | #471 | 169 |
| 1920 | #1,470 | 30 | #456 | 177 |
| 1919 | #1,177 | 40 | #469 | 161 |
| 1918 | #1,102 | 44 | #427 | 187 |
| 1917 | #1,281 | 32 | #421 | 180 |
| 1916 | #1,127 | 39 | #385 | 205 |
| 1915 | #1,367 | 27 | #410 | 172 |
| 1914 | #1,303 | 23 | #348 | 180 |
| 1913 | #1,229 | 21 | #340 | 146 |
| 1912 | #1,620 | 12 | #359 | 114 |
| 1911 | #1,372 | 12 | #385 | 54 |
| 1910 | #1,171 | 15 | #415 | 42 |
| 1909 | #1,015 | 16 | #473 | 29 |
| 1908 | #1,261 | 11 | #463 | 28 |
| 1907 | #1,639 | 7 | #540 | 20 |
| 1906 | #1,727 | 6 | #503 | 20 |
| 1905 | #797 | 21 | #404 | 28 |
| 1904 | #1,659 | 6 | #390 | 28 |
| 1903 | #1,792 | 5 | #411 | 23 |
| 1902 | #1,793 | 5 | #615 | 13 |
| 1901 | #1,339 | 7 | #559 | 13 |
| 1900 | — | #699 | 13 | |
| 1899 | #1,394 | 6 | #457 | 17 |
| 1898 | — | #663 | 11 | |
| 1897 | — | #515 | 15 | |
| 1896 | #1,583 | 5 | #518 | 16 |
| 1895 | — | #390 | 24 | |
| 1894 | — | #412 | 21 | |
| 1893 | — | #371 | 23 | |
| 1892 | #1,278 | 6 | #525 | 15 |
| 1891 | — | #700 | 8 | |
| 1890 | #1,210 | 6 | #603 | 11 |
| 1889 | — | #434 | 18 | |
| 1888 | #1,136 | 6 | #442 | 18 |
| 1887 | — | #461 | 14 | |
| 1886 | #828 | 8 | #605 | 10 |
| 1885 | — | #344 | 25 | |
| 1884 | — | #520 | 13 | |
| 1883 | — | #556 | 11 | |
| 1882 | — | #611 | 10 | |
| 1881 | — | #781 | 6 | |
| 1880 | — | #526 | 12 | |
The first year at least five girls were named Sydney! It came in at #828, and was given to 8 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1887, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Sydney is popular in 1905
The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.
See more about Sydney
- 60 spots since 2024 (#288 → #348)
- 107 spots since 2020 (#241 → #348)
- 226 spots since 2015 (#122 → #348)
- Biggest jump: 862 spots in 1905 (#1,659 → #797)
- Biggest drop: 930 spots in 1906 (#797 → #1,727)
- Debuted 1886
- Peaked 2000 at #23 (10,243 births)
- Births halved by 2009, 9 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 20 yrs · run 1994–2013
- Top 1,000: 81 yrs · run 1981–2025
- Highest: 1 in 177 girls born in 2000 were named Sydney (0.56%)
- Latest: 1 in 1,841 girls born in 2025 (0.05%)
- 42.9% of all girls named Sydney (76,444) were born in this decade
- Mostly boys until 1939, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 14 | #828 (1886) | #982 |
| 1890s | 23 | #1,210 (1890) | #1,366 |
| 1900s | 84 | #797 (1905) | #1,447 |
| 1910s | 265 | #1,102 (1918) | #1,275 |
| 1920s | 306 | #1,158 (1923) | #1,501 |
| 1930s | 798 | #633 (1933) | #822 |
| 1940s | 1,512 | #537 (1941) | #633 |
| 1950s | 1,522 | #595 (1950) | #793 |
| 1960s | 1,346 | #760 (1966) | #916 |
| 1970s | 929 | #1,026 (1976) | #1,268 |
| 1980s | 4,587 | #230 (1989) | #622 |
| 1990s | 55,756 | #23 (1999) | #76 |
| 2000s | 76,444 | #23 (2000) | #32 |
| 2010s | 28,084 | #60 (2010) | #117 |
| 2020s | 6,626 | #241 (2020) | #284 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Sydney in 1905
Top girls' names in 1905
Top boys' names in 1905
More about 1905
girls
291,617 girls got a published name in 1905; 1 in 13,887 of them was named Sydney, which outranked 64.3% of the 2,234 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 19.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #777Myrle22
- #777Nella22
- #777Trudie22
- #797Sydney21
- #797Annetta21
- #797Augustine21
- #797Beaulah21
- #825Angelita20
- #825Concepcion20
- #825Corean20
Tied with 27 names at #797; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
132,306 boys got a published name in 1905; 1 in 4,725 of them was named Sydney, which outranked 71.6% of the 1,421 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).