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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201995peak #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 1995

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #40 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 145 girlsAKMaine: #50 for girls · 28 births · 1 in 173 girlsMEVermont: #57 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 180 girlsVTNew Hampshire: #83 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 280 girlsNHWashington: #27 for girls · 185 births · 1 in 155 girlsWAIdaho: #55 for girls · 28 births · 1 in 200 girlsIDMontana: #52 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 174 girlsMTNorth Dakota: #43 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 154 girlsNDMinnesota: #41 for girls · 148 births · 1 in 169 girlsMNIllinois: #42 for girls · 343 births · 1 in 212 girlsILWisconsin: #41 for girls · 145 births · 1 in 179 girlsWIMichigan: #36 for girls · 312 births · 1 in 169 girlsMINew York: #68 for girls · 316 births · 1 in 340 girlsNYMassachusetts: #53 for girls · 152 births · 1 in 217 girlsMARhode Island: #48 for girls · 27 births · 1 in 169 girlsRIOregon: #51 for girls · 78 births · 1 in 208 girlsORNevada: #28 for girls · 57 births · 1 in 141 girlsNVWyoming: #91 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 239 girlsWYSouth Dakota: #25 for girls · 31 births · 1 in 106 girlsSDIowa: #26 for girls · 121 births · 1 in 117 girlsIAIndiana: #36 for girls · 198 births · 1 in 165 girlsINOhio: #34 for girls · 400 births · 1 in 159 girlsOHPennsylvania: #53 for girls · 265 births · 1 in 235 girlsPANew Jersey: #65 for girls · 148 births · 1 in 289 girlsNJConnecticut: #45 for girls · 90 births · 1 in 183 girlsCTCalifornia: #60 for girls · 718 births · 1 in 327 girlsCAUtah: #30 for girls · 96 births · 1 in 154 girlsUTColorado: #31 for girls · 124 births · 1 in 163 girlsCONebraska: #15 for girls · 99 births · 1 in 84 girlsNEMissouri: #32 for girls · 199 births · 1 in 149 girlsMOKentucky: #36 for girls · 130 births · 1 in 151 girlsKYWest Virginia: #31 for girls · 59 births · 1 in 131 girlsWVVirginia: #41 for girls · 181 births · 1 in 188 girlsVAMaryland: #33 for girls · 151 births · 1 in 163 girlsMDDelaware: #56 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 188 girlsDEArizona: #45 for girls · 124 births · 1 in 220 girlsAZNew Mexico: #60 for girls · 37 births · 1 in 231 girlsNMKansas: #25 for girls · 109 births · 1 in 117 girlsKSArkansas: #27 for girls · 89 births · 1 in 130 girlsARTennessee: #39 for girls · 160 births · 1 in 183 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #27 for girls · 261 births · 1 in 147 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #40 for girls · 94 births · 1 in 174 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: #55 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 201 girlsDCOklahoma: #32 for girls · 101 births · 1 in 155 girlsOKLouisiana: #36 for girls · 126 births · 1 in 174 girlsLAMississippi: #52 for girls · 52 births · 1 in 233 girlsMSAlabama: #38 for girls · 125 births · 1 in 166 girlsALGeorgia: #28 for girls · 269 births · 1 in 152 girlsGAHawaii: #35 for girls · 28 births · 1 in 157 girlsHITexas: #57 for girls · 500 births · 1 in 273 girlsTXFlorida: #43 for girls · 327 births · 1 in 223 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Nebraska#15 · 1 in 84
  2. South Dakota#25 · 1 in 106
  3. Kansas#25 · 1 in 117
  4. Iowa#26 · 1 in 117
  5. Arkansas#27 · 1 in 130

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Nebraska#15991 in 84
Kansas#251091 in 117
South Dakota#25311 in 106
Iowa#261211 in 117
Arkansas#27891 in 130
North Carolina#272611 in 147
Washington#271851 in 155
Georgia#282691 in 152
Nevada#28571 in 141
Utah#30961 in 154
Colorado#311241 in 163
West Virginia#31591 in 131
Missouri#321991 in 149
Oklahoma#321011 in 155
Maryland#331511 in 163
Ohio#344001 in 159
Hawaii#35281 in 157
Indiana#361981 in 165
Kentucky#361301 in 151
Louisiana#361261 in 174
Michigan#363121 in 169
Alabama#381251 in 166
Tennessee#391601 in 183
Alaska#40181 in 145
South Carolina#40941 in 174
Minnesota#411481 in 169
Virginia#411811 in 188
Wisconsin#411451 in 179
Illinois#423431 in 212
Florida#433271 in 223
North Dakota#43211 in 154
Arizona#451241 in 220
Connecticut#45901 in 183
Rhode Island#48271 in 169
Maine#50281 in 173
Oregon#51781 in 208
Mississippi#52521 in 233
Montana#52181 in 174
Massachusetts#531521 in 217
Pennsylvania#532651 in 235
District of Columbia#55201 in 201
Idaho#55281 in 200
Delaware#56171 in 188
Texas#575001 in 273
Vermont#57111 in 180
California#607181 in 327
New Mexico#60371 in 231
New Jersey#651481 in 289
New York#683161 in 340
New Hampshire#83181 in 280
Wyoming#9161 in 239

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 1995

girls
#43
7,360 births · 1 in 239 girls
boys
#1,126
103 births · 1 in 18,483 boys

Top girls' names in 1995

  1. #1Jessica27,941
  2. #2Ashley26,606
  3. #3Emily24,382
  4. #4Samantha21,644
  5. #5Sarah21,395
  6. #6Taylor20,426
  7. #7Hannah17,018
  8. #8Brittany16,477
  9. #9Amanda16,354
  10. #10Elizabeth16,192
  11. #43Sydney7,360

Top boys' names in 1995

  1. #1Michael41,409
  2. #2Matthew32,882
  3. #3Christopher32,679
  4. #4Jacob31,134
  5. #5Joshua30,720
  6. #6Tyler29,161
  7. #7Nicholas29,160
  8. #8Brandon26,904
  9. #9Daniel26,728
  10. #10Austin25,908
  11. #1,126Sydney103
More about 1995

girls

1,758,548 girls got a published name in 1995; 1 in 239 of them was named Sydney, which outranked 99.7% of the 15,753 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Sydney
  1. #40Mary7,458
  2. #41Michelle7,392
  3. #42Kaitlyn7,385
  4. #43Sydney7,360
  5. #44Maria7,003
  6. #45Christina6,953
  7. #46Tiffany6,936
Biggest movers since 1994
Risers
  1. ↑ 6,718Iridian#7,604 → #886
  2. ↑ 2,689Daija#3,615 → #926
  3. ↑ 2,119Lyric#2,752 → #633
  4. ↑ 1,910Daja#2,877 → #967
  5. ↑ 1,602Shania#2,047 → #445
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,205Nohely#896 → #2,101
  2. ↓ 1,048Zana#802 → #1,850
  3. ↓ 869Kadijah#512 → #1,381
  4. ↓ 609Clarisa#664 → #1,273
  5. ↓ 514Dayana#751 → #1,265

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

boys

1,903,701 boys got a published name in 1995; 1 in 18,483 of them was named Sydney, which outranked 89.1% of the 10,330 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Sydney
  1. #1,123Judah104
  2. #1,123Nicholaus104
  3. #1,123Stacy104
  4. #1,126Sydney103
  5. #1,126Bilal103
  6. #1,126Dedrick103
  7. #1,126Domingo103
  8. #1,133Anders102
  9. #1,133Brodie102
  10. #1,133Demetri102

Tied with 6 names at #1,126; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1994
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,703Tristin#2,307 → #604
  2. ↑ 1,494Raekwon#2,082 → #588
  3. ↑ 1,357Tristian#2,219 → #862
  4. ↑ 1,269Triston#1,795 → #526
  5. ↑ 1,186Rashaan#2,123 → #937
Fallers
  1. ↓ 469Shyheim#817 → #1,286
  2. ↓ 335Ryne#897 → #1,232
  3. ↓ 251Daulton#792 → #1,043
  4. ↓ 247Demetri#886 → #1,133
  5. ↓ 242Jerrell#917 → #1,159

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

See the top 100 for 1995 →