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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201999peak #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 1999

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #22 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 107 girlsAKMaine: #20 for girls · 45 births · 1 in 98 girlsMEVermont: #54 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 162 girlsVTNew Hampshire: #35 for girls · 36 births · 1 in 132 girlsNHWashington: #21 for girls · 212 births · 1 in 138 girlsWAIdaho: #14 for girls · 70 births · 1 in 85 girlsIDMontana: #10 for girls · 40 births · 1 in 69 girlsMTNorth Dakota: #19 for girls · 29 births · 1 in 90 girlsNDMinnesota: #17 for girls · 256 births · 1 in 98 girlsMNIllinois: #23 for girls · 470 births · 1 in 149 girlsILWisconsin: #21 for girls · 224 births · 1 in 113 girlsWIMichigan: #21 for girls · 407 births · 1 in 126 girlsMINew York: #44 for girls · 423 births · 1 in 236 girlsNYMassachusetts: #35 for girls · 186 births · 1 in 169 girlsMARhode Island: #25 for girls · 41 births · 1 in 101 girlsRIOregon: #18 for girls · 129 births · 1 in 126 girlsORNevada: #22 for girls · 67 births · 1 in 138 girlsNVWyoming: #20 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 80 girlsWYSouth Dakota: #10 for girls · 44 births · 1 in 69 girlsSDIowa: #12 for girls · 166 births · 1 in 83 girlsIAIndiana: #20 for girls · 283 births · 1 in 117 girlsINOhio: #20 for girls · 542 births · 1 in 114 girlsOHPennsylvania: #28 for girls · 354 births · 1 in 164 girlsPANew Jersey: #35 for girls · 236 births · 1 in 176 girlsNJConnecticut: #31 for girls · 97 births · 1 in 158 girlsCTCalifornia: #52 for girls · 728 births · 1 in 301 girlsCAUtah: #19 for girls · 134 births · 1 in 124 girlsUTColorado: #17 for girls · 179 births · 1 in 129 girlsCONebraska: #14 for girls · 91 births · 1 in 88 girlsNEMissouri: #16 for girls · 284 births · 1 in 103 girlsMOKentucky: #19 for girls · 191 births · 1 in 105 girlsKYWest Virginia: #16 for girls · 84 births · 1 in 87 girlsWVVirginia: #23 for girls · 277 births · 1 in 124 girlsVAMaryland: #22 for girls · 201 births · 1 in 119 girlsMDDelaware: #32 for girls · 26 births · 1 in 120 girlsDEArizona: #29 for girls · 160 births · 1 in 190 girlsAZNew Mexico: #73 for girls · 31 births · 1 in 262 girlsNMKansas: #17 for girls · 124 births · 1 in 106 girlsKSArkansas: #14 for girls · 116 births · 1 in 102 girlsARTennessee: #19 for girls · 268 births · 1 in 114 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #25 for girls · 316 births · 1 in 134 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #34 for girls · 101 births · 1 in 168 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: #33 for girls · 25 births · 1 in 137 girlsDCOklahoma: #15 for girls · 151 births · 1 in 110 girlsOKLouisiana: #28 for girls · 137 births · 1 in 161 girlsLAMississippi: #33 for girls · 70 births · 1 in 169 girlsMSAlabama: #29 for girls · 155 births · 1 in 136 girlsALGeorgia: #21 for girls · 354 births · 1 in 129 girlsGAHawaii: #41 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 184 girlsHITexas: #34 for girls · 620 births · 1 in 237 girlsTXFlorida: #29 for girls · 402 births · 1 in 186 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. South Dakota#10 · 1 in 69
  2. Montana#10 · 1 in 69
  3. Iowa#12 · 1 in 83
  4. Idaho#14 · 1 in 85
  5. Nebraska#14 · 1 in 88

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Montana#10401 in 69
South Dakota#10441 in 69
Iowa#121661 in 83
Arkansas#141161 in 102
Idaho#14701 in 85
Nebraska#14911 in 88
Oklahoma#151511 in 110
Missouri#162841 in 103
West Virginia#16841 in 87
Colorado#171791 in 129
Kansas#171241 in 106
Minnesota#172561 in 98
Oregon#181291 in 126
Kentucky#191911 in 105
North Dakota#19291 in 90
Tennessee#192681 in 114
Utah#191341 in 124
Indiana#202831 in 117
Maine#20451 in 98
Ohio#205421 in 114
Wyoming#20151 in 80
Georgia#213541 in 129
Michigan#214071 in 126
Washington#212121 in 138
Wisconsin#212241 in 113
Alaska#22221 in 107
Maryland#222011 in 119
Nevada#22671 in 138
Illinois#234701 in 149
Virginia#232771 in 124
North Carolina#253161 in 134
Rhode Island#25411 in 101
Louisiana#281371 in 161
Pennsylvania#283541 in 164
Alabama#291551 in 136
Arizona#291601 in 190
Florida#294021 in 186
Connecticut#31971 in 158
Delaware#32261 in 120
District of Columbia#33251 in 137
Mississippi#33701 in 169
South Carolina#341011 in 168
Texas#346201 in 237
Massachusetts#351861 in 169
New Hampshire#35361 in 132
New Jersey#352361 in 176
Hawaii#41191 in 184
New York#444231 in 236
California#527281 in 301
Vermont#54111 in 162
New Mexico#73311 in 262

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 1999

girls
#23
9,649 births · 1 in 184 girls
boys
#1,181
109 births · 1 in 17,616 boys

Top girls' names in 1999

  1. #1Emily26,542
  2. #2Hannah21,679
  3. #3Alexis19,237
  4. #4Sarah19,119
  5. #5Samantha19,044
  6. #6Ashley18,136
  7. #7Madison18,054
  8. #8Taylor16,906
  9. #9Jessica16,350
  10. #10Elizabeth15,350
  11. #23Sydney9,649

Top boys' names in 1999

  1. #1Jacob35,371
  2. #2Michael33,915
  3. #3Matthew30,418
  4. #4Joshua27,265
  5. #5Nicholas25,639
  6. #6Christopher25,604
  7. #7Andrew23,866
  8. #8Joseph23,220
  9. #9Daniel22,704
  10. #10Tyler22,669
  11. #1,181Sydney109
More about 1999

girls

1,773,823 girls got a published name in 1999; 1 in 184 of them was named Sydney, which outranked 99.9% of the 16,947 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 10.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Sydney
  1. #20Olivia11,257
  2. #21Jennifer10,616
  3. #22Amanda9,750
  4. #23Sydney9,649
  5. #24Morgan9,607
  6. #25Nicole9,515
  7. #26Jasmine9,351
Biggest movers since 1998
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,407Citlalli#2,338 → #931
  2. ↑ 1,329Noelia#2,048 → #719
  3. ↑ 1,060Amaya#1,458 → #398
  4. ↑ 864Kyara#1,789 → #925
  5. ↑ 604Journey#1,557 → #953
Fallers
  1. ↓ 579Erykah#779 → #1,358
  2. ↓ 417Tea#747 → #1,164
  3. ↓ 415Tasia#800 → #1,215
  4. ↓ 406Monika#930 → #1,336
  5. ↓ 357Chase#952 → #1,309

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

boys

1,920,150 boys got a published name in 1999; 1 in 17,616 of them was named Sydney, which outranked 89.8% of the 11,614 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 14.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Sydney
  1. #1,174Marcelino110
  2. #1,174Pete110
  3. #1,174Stewart110
  4. #1,181Sydney109
  5. #1,181Dustyn109
  6. #1,181Justen109
  7. #1,181Luc109
  8. #1,189Cason108
  9. #1,189Ethen108
  10. #1,189Keshaun108

Tied with 7 names at #1,181; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1998
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,239Trajan#2,235 → #996
  2. ↑ 669Tyreese#1,558 → #889
  3. ↑ 595Latrell#1,231 → #636
  4. ↑ 420Zion#694 → #274
  5. ↑ 414Xander#1,338 → #924
Fallers
  1. ↓ 381Jaret#555 → #936
  2. ↓ 362Kordell#841 → #1,203
  3. ↓ 313Juwan#524 → #837
  4. ↓ 296Jarett#743 → #1,039
  5. ↓ 288Christion#989 → #1,277

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

See the top 100 for 1999 →