Sydney

#348 for girls in 2025, 873 births · #4,857 for boys in 2025, 20 births
Given to girls 95.0% of the time

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Peak · girls
#23
2000 · 10,243 births
Debut · girls
1886
8 births
In top 100 · girls
20 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · girls
178,296
since 1886

Sydney over time

girlsboys

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

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201992peak #23, 2000peak #340, 1913girlsboys
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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#348873#4,85720
2024#2881,104#4,07226
2023#3071,003#3,22837
2022#2711,169#3,61731
2021#2491,231#3,12138
2020#2411,246#3,49731
2019#1971,535#2,99340
2018#1641,757#3,17136
2017#1462,013#2,95140
2016#1352,322#2,62647
2015#1222,660#2,48650
2014#1092,855#2,49250
2013#983,177#2,42451
2012#783,456#2,38053
2011#653,974#2,03566
2010#604,335#1,92473
2009#485,061#2,23159
2008#495,264#1,81381
2007#376,032#2,07166
2006#346,516#1,85673
2005#307,376#1,74276
2004#278,368#1,404101
2003#258,911#1,63077
2002#239,034#1,59676
2001#239,639#1,221109
2000#2310,243#1,116126
1999#239,649#1,181109
1998#288,553#1,105116
1997#358,032#1,075118
1996#397,259#979128
1995#437,360#1,126103
1994#764,737#1,25486
1993#1063,050#1,033114
1992#1242,708#1,15092
1991#1342,380#1,28276
1990#1502,028#1,27076
1989#2301,193#1,16283
1988#275914#1,37357
1987#365651#1,43950
1986#465464#1,56542
1985#477440#1,72435
1984#624285#1,55639
1983#788201#1,78731
1982#958155#1,26454
1981#954154#1,54839
1980#1,083130#2,00327
1979#1,169113#2,04825
1978#1,154110#1,61634
1977#1,30389#1,51537
1976#1,026121#1,82827
1975#1,22993#1,75328
1974#1,80149#1,43936
1973#1,49663#1,54831
1972#1,24284#1,32740
1971#1,125104#1,33040
1970#1,133103#1,07058
1969#1,066106#1,44031
1968#1,042100#1,11945
1967#905128#96856
1966#760166#1,14942
1965#767167#1,04350
1964#804169#93666
1963#838155#1,03753
1962#1,081100#1,05652
1961#957127#1,02858
1960#943128#1,08351
1959#891136#96963
1958#1,012105#91568
1957#951117#1,05052
1956#924120#89769
1955#839134#1,08448
1954#782143#99656
1953#736153#81977
1952#603207#91560
1951#598205#91260
1950#595202#77278
1949#624176#74286
1948#720137#80271
1947#730137#74286
1946#641152#75377
1945#634132#64588
1944#611145#69879
1943#543190#74076
1942#541187#637100
1941#537171#66584
1940#75285#74168
1939#77577#66779
1938#73787#70075
1937#71391#60093
1936#67297#63782
1935#68894#67079
1934#660103#67880
1933#633107#61987
1932#80172#60795
1931#1,10441#69775
1930#1,43429#68982
1929#1,30633#64990
1928#1,50228#62197
1927#1,27838#584112
1926#1,88321#585113
1925#1,70025#539129
1924#1,44033#560127
1923#1,15844#524134
1922#1,50830#485161
1921#1,76524#471169
1920#1,47030#456177
1919#1,17740#469161
1918#1,10244#427187
1917#1,28132#421180
1916#1,12739#385205
1915#1,36727#410172
1914#1,30323#348180
1913#1,22921#340146
1912#1,62012#359114
1911#1,37212#38554
1910#1,17115#41542
1909#1,01516#47329
1908#1,26111#46328
1907#1,6397#54020
1906#1,7276#50320
1905#79721#40428
1904#1,6596#39028
1903#1,7925#41123
1902#1,7935#61513
1901#1,3397#55913
1900—#69913
1899#1,3946#45717
1898—#66311
1897—#51515
1896#1,5835#51816
1895—#39024
1894—#41221
1893—#37123
1892#1,2786#52515
1891—#7008
1890#1,2106#60311
1889—#43418
1888#1,1366#44218
1887—#46114
1886#8288#60510
1885—#34425
1884—#52013
1883—#55611
1882—#61110
1881—#7816
1880—#52612
First appearance
1886

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 1992

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #77 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 270 girlsAKMaine: #136 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 520 girlsMEVermont: #109 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 397 girlsVTNew Hampshire: #142 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 650 girlsNHWashington: #94 for girls · 74 births · 1 in 416 girlsWAIdaho: #67 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 247 girlsIDMontana: #44 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 153 girlsMTNorth Dakota: #84 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 277 girlsNDMinnesota: #120 for girls · 48 births · 1 in 549 girlsMNIllinois: #116 for girls · 125 births · 1 in 602 girlsILWisconsin: #118 for girls · 50 births · 1 in 554 girlsWIMichigan: #122 for girls · 92 births · 1 in 620 girlsMINew York: #211 for girls · 92 births · 1 in 1,262 girlsNYMassachusetts: #151 for girls · 43 births · 1 in 834 girlsMARhode Island: #116 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 475 girlsRIOregon: #157 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 739 girlsORNevada: #85 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 346 girlsNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Sydney, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: #83 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 282 girlsSDIowa: #88 for girls · 42 births · 1 in 364 girlsIAIndiana: #96 for girls · 79 births · 1 in 421 girlsINOhio: #115 for girls · 119 births · 1 in 571 girlsOHPennsylvania: #149 for girls · 84 births · 1 in 815 girlsPANew Jersey: #222 for girls · 33 births · 1 in 1,380 girlsNJConnecticut: #126 for girls · 29 births · 1 in 616 girlsCTCalifornia: #171 for girls · 298 births · 1 in 862 girlsCAUtah: #70 for girls · 50 births · 1 in 276 girlsUTColorado: #101 for girls · 50 births · 1 in 423 girlsCONebraska: #78 for girls · 29 births · 1 in 293 girlsNEMissouri: #88 for girls · 77 births · 1 in 402 girlsMOKentucky: #101 for girls · 49 births · 1 in 428 girlsKYWest Virginia: #114 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 492 girlsWVVirginia: #90 for girls · 85 births · 1 in 429 girlsVAMaryland: #147 for girls · 37 births · 1 in 726 girlsMDDelaware: #121 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 510 girlsDEArizona: #150 for girls · 38 births · 1 in 689 girlsAZNew Mexico: #140 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 579 girlsNMKansas: #66 for girls · 48 births · 1 in 278 girlsKSArkansas: #77 for girls · 36 births · 1 in 329 girlsARTennessee: #119 for girls · 55 births · 1 in 541 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #75 for girls · 117 births · 1 in 340 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #119 for girls · 33 births · 1 in 572 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: #109 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 405 girlsDCOklahoma: #96 for girls · 41 births · 1 in 419 girlsOKLouisiana: #112 for girls · 42 births · 1 in 564 girlsLAMississippi: #158 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 716 girlsMSAlabama: #97 for girls · 50 births · 1 in 428 girlsALGeorgia: #81 for girls · 97 births · 1 in 426 girlsGAHawaii: #124 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 480 girlsHITexas: #128 for girls · 216 births · 1 in 637 girlsTXFlorida: #129 for girls · 107 births · 1 in 702 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Montana#44 · 1 in 153
  2. Kansas#66 · 1 in 278
  3. Idaho#67 · 1 in 247
  4. Utah#70 · 1 in 276
  5. North Carolina#75 · 1 in 340

Best ever in a state: #6 in South Dakota, 2001.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Montana#44221 in 153
Kansas#66481 in 278
Idaho#67221 in 247
Utah#70501 in 276
North Carolina#751171 in 340
Alaska#77121 in 270
Arkansas#77361 in 329
Nebraska#78291 in 293
Georgia#81971 in 426
South Dakota#83131 in 282
North Dakota#84121 in 277
Nevada#85211 in 346
Iowa#88421 in 364
Missouri#88771 in 402
Virginia#90851 in 429
Washington#94741 in 416
Indiana#96791 in 421
Oklahoma#96411 in 419
Alabama#97501 in 428
Colorado#101501 in 423
Kentucky#101491 in 428
District of Columbia#109131 in 405
Vermont#10961 in 397
Louisiana#112421 in 564
West Virginia#114171 in 492
Ohio#1151191 in 571
Illinois#1161251 in 602
Rhode Island#116111 in 475
Wisconsin#118501 in 554
South Carolina#119331 in 572
Tennessee#119551 in 541
Minnesota#120481 in 549
Delaware#12171 in 510
Michigan#122921 in 620
Hawaii#124101 in 480
Connecticut#126291 in 616
Texas#1282161 in 637
Florida#1291071 in 702
Maine#136111 in 520
New Mexico#140161 in 579
New Hampshire#14291 in 650
Maryland#147371 in 726
Pennsylvania#149841 in 815
Arizona#150381 in 689
Massachusetts#151431 in 834
Oregon#157221 in 739
Mississippi#158181 in 716
California#1712981 in 862
New York#211921 in 1,262
New Jersey#222331 in 1,380
Wyoming———

Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls 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 Sydney
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 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)
Rise & fade · girls
114 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1886
  • Peaked 2000 at #23 (10,243 births)
  • Births halved by 2009, 9 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 100 for 20 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 20 yrs · run 1994–2013
  • Top 1,000: 81 yrs · run 1981–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 177
  • Highest: 1 in 177 girls born in 2000 were named Sydney (0.56%)
  • Latest: 1 in 1,841 girls born in 2025 (0.05%)
Era · girls
The 2000s
  • 42.9% of all girls named Sydney (76,444) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1940
  • Mostly boys until 1939, mostly girls since
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s14#828 (1886)#982
1890s23#1,210 (1890)#1,366
1900s84#797 (1905)#1,447
1910s265#1,102 (1918)#1,275
1920s306#1,158 (1923)#1,501
1930s798#633 (1933)#822
1940s1,512#537 (1941)#633
1950s1,522#595 (1950)#793
1960s1,346#760 (1966)#916
1970s929#1,026 (1976)#1,268
1980s4,587#230 (1989)#622
1990s55,756#23 (1999)#76
2000s76,444#23 (2000)#32
2010s28,084#60 (2010)#117
2020s6,626#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 1992

girls
#124
2,708 births · 1 in 681 girls
boys
#1,150
92 births · 1 in 21,711 boys

Top girls' names in 1992

  1. #1Ashley38,460
  2. #2Jessica38,361
  3. #3Amanda25,039
  4. #4Brittany24,983
  5. #5Sarah24,634
  6. #6Samantha24,407
  7. #7Emily21,835
  8. #8Stephanie19,680
  9. #9Elizabeth19,035
  10. #10Megan17,842
  11. #124Sydney2,708

Top boys' names in 1992

  1. #1Michael54,410
  2. #2Christopher42,468
  3. #3Matthew37,733
  4. #4Joshua36,221
  5. #5Andrew30,542
  6. #6Brandon29,628
  7. #7Daniel29,157
  8. #8Tyler28,806
  9. #9James28,513
  10. #10David28,425
  11. #1,150Sydney92
More about 1992

girls

1,843,931 girls got a published name in 1992; 1 in 681 of them was named Sydney, which outranked 99.2% of the 15,610 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 13.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Sydney
  1. #121Karen2,765
  2. #122Desiree2,760
  3. #123Rachael2,745
  4. #124Sydney2,708
  5. #125Kendra2,673
  6. #125Mackenzie2,673
  7. #127Grace2,659
Biggest movers since 1991
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,282Darian#2,989 → #707
  2. ↑ 1,958Payton#2,660 → #702
  3. ↑ 1,450Peyton#2,034 → #584
  4. ↑ 1,115Chandler#1,656 → #541
  5. ↑ 1,080Brianda#1,857 → #777
Fallers
  1. ↓ 855Rebeccah#1,000 → #1,855
  2. ↓ 725Ieshia#717 → #1,442
  3. ↓ 502Miesha#997 → #1,499
  4. ↓ 470Unknown#794 → #1,264
  5. ↓ 356Phylicia#928 → #1,284

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

boys

1,997,409 boys got a published name in 1992; 1 in 21,711 of them was named Sydney, which outranked 88.3% of the 9,820 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Sydney
  1. #1,142Turner93
  2. #1,142Yosef93
  3. #1,142Zack93
  4. #1,150Sydney92
  5. #1,150Jeremie92
  6. #1,150Jude92
  7. #1,150Marshal92
  8. #1,158Breon91
  9. #1,158Horace91
  10. #1,158Jeramy91

Tied with 7 names at #1,150; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1991
Risers
  1. ↑ 6,348Dalvin#7,271 → #923
  2. ↑ 3,435Jalen#3,813 → #378
  3. ↑ 2,026Davante#2,828 → #802
  4. ↑ 1,555Davonta#2,469 → #914
  5. ↑ 1,383Juwan#2,344 → #961
Fallers
  1. ↓ 2,632Unnamed#972 → #3,604
  2. ↓ 450Octavius#945 → #1,395
  3. ↓ 398Male#679 → #1,077
  4. ↓ 394Khiry#915 → #1,309
  5. ↓ 379Dijon#915 → #1,294

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

See the top 100 for 1992 →