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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202003peak #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 2003

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #49 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 171 girlsAKMaine: #40 for girls · 28 births · 1 in 155 girlsMEVermont: #13 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 77 girlsVTNew Hampshire: #22 for girls · 43 births · 1 in 106 girlsNHWashington: #21 for girls · 197 births · 1 in 146 girlsWAIdaho: #12 for girls · 64 births · 1 in 100 girlsIDMontana: #60 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 207 girlsMTNorth Dakota: #11 for girls · 41 births · 1 in 63 girlsNDMinnesota: #17 for girls · 238 births · 1 in 109 girlsMNIllinois: #30 for girls · 342 births · 1 in 203 girlsILWisconsin: #20 for girls · 199 births · 1 in 126 girlsWIMichigan: #15 for girls · 403 births · 1 in 122 girlsMINew York: #42 for girls · 400 births · 1 in 245 girlsNYMassachusetts: #31 for girls · 182 births · 1 in 166 girlsMARhode Island: #20 for girls · 38 births · 1 in 103 girlsRIOregon: #17 for girls · 113 births · 1 in 144 girlsORNevada: #33 for girls · 59 births · 1 in 175 girlsNVWyoming: #17 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 73 girlsWYSouth Dakota: #14 for girls · 34 births · 1 in 94 girlsSDIowa: #12 for girls · 135 births · 1 in 102 girlsIAIndiana: #20 for girls · 222 births · 1 in 146 girlsINOhio: #15 for girls · 493 births · 1 in 118 girlsOHPennsylvania: #27 for girls · 358 births · 1 in 158 girlsPANew Jersey: #43 for girls · 186 births · 1 in 227 girlsNJConnecticut: #28 for girls · 107 births · 1 in 138 girlsCTCalifornia: #45 for girls · 844 births · 1 in 269 girlsCAUtah: #19 for girls · 130 births · 1 in 139 girlsUTColorado: #20 for girls · 158 births · 1 in 160 girlsCONebraska: #19 for girls · 74 births · 1 in 112 girlsNEMissouri: #19 for girls · 213 births · 1 in 134 girlsMOKentucky: #18 for girls · 165 births · 1 in 119 girlsKYWest Virginia: #27 for girls · 55 births · 1 in 131 girlsWVVirginia: #18 for girls · 277 births · 1 in 130 girlsVAMaryland: #18 for girls · 191 births · 1 in 127 girlsMDDelaware: #20 for girls · 34 births · 1 in 94 girlsDEArizona: #38 for girls · 137 births · 1 in 246 girlsAZNew Mexico: #52 for girls · 36 births · 1 in 226 girlsNMKansas: #23 for girls · 89 births · 1 in 153 girlsKSArkansas: #19 for girls · 89 births · 1 in 134 girlsARTennessee: #15 for girls · 239 births · 1 in 127 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #16 for girls · 329 births · 1 in 132 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #28 for girls · 106 births · 1 in 160 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: #12 for girls · 37 births · 1 in 91 girlsDCOklahoma: #32 for girls · 92 births · 1 in 181 girlsOKLouisiana: #31 for girls · 114 births · 1 in 182 girlsLAMississippi: #32 for girls · 66 births · 1 in 175 girlsMSAlabama: #28 for girls · 119 births · 1 in 165 girlsALGeorgia: #16 for girls · 330 births · 1 in 151 girlsGAHawaii: #35 for girls · 25 births · 1 in 141 girlsHITexas: #32 for girls · 668 births · 1 in 237 girlsTXFlorida: #39 for girls · 348 births · 1 in 229 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. North Dakota#11 · 1 in 63
  2. District of Columbia#12 · 1 in 91
  3. Idaho#12 · 1 in 100
  4. Iowa#12 · 1 in 102
  5. Vermont#13 · 1 in 77

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
North Dakota#11411 in 63
District of Columbia#12371 in 91
Idaho#12641 in 100
Iowa#121351 in 102
Vermont#13211 in 77
South Dakota#14341 in 94
Michigan#154031 in 122
Ohio#154931 in 118
Tennessee#152391 in 127
Georgia#163301 in 151
North Carolina#163291 in 132
Minnesota#172381 in 109
Oregon#171131 in 144
Wyoming#17161 in 73
Kentucky#181651 in 119
Maryland#181911 in 127
Virginia#182771 in 130
Arkansas#19891 in 134
Missouri#192131 in 134
Nebraska#19741 in 112
Utah#191301 in 139
Colorado#201581 in 160
Delaware#20341 in 94
Indiana#202221 in 146
Rhode Island#20381 in 103
Wisconsin#201991 in 126
Washington#211971 in 146
New Hampshire#22431 in 106
Kansas#23891 in 153
Pennsylvania#273581 in 158
West Virginia#27551 in 131
Alabama#281191 in 165
Connecticut#281071 in 138
South Carolina#281061 in 160
Illinois#303421 in 203
Louisiana#311141 in 182
Massachusetts#311821 in 166
Mississippi#32661 in 175
Oklahoma#32921 in 181
Texas#326681 in 237
Nevada#33591 in 175
Hawaii#35251 in 141
Arizona#381371 in 246
Florida#393481 in 229
Maine#40281 in 155
New York#424001 in 245
New Jersey#431861 in 227
California#458441 in 269
Alaska#49131 in 171
New Mexico#52361 in 226
Montana#60141 in 207

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 2003

girls
#25
8,911 births · 1 in 205 girls
boys
#1,630
77 births · 1 in 25,654 boys

Top girls' names in 2003

  1. #1Emily25,693
  2. #2Emma22,719
  3. #3Madison20,201
  4. #4Hannah17,638
  5. #5Olivia16,154
  6. #6Abigail15,932
  7. #7Alexis14,867
  8. #8Ashley14,519
  9. #9Elizabeth14,123
  10. #10Samantha13,870
  11. #25Sydney8,911

Top boys' names in 2003

  1. #1Jacob29,658
  2. #2Michael27,129
  3. #3Joshua25,106
  4. #4Matthew24,011
  5. #5Andrew22,162
  6. #6Joseph21,394
  7. #7Ethan21,362
  8. #8Daniel21,072
  9. #9Christopher20,753
  10. #10Anthony20,149
  11. #1,630Sydney77
More about 2003

girls

1,827,145 girls got a published name in 2003; 1 in 205 of them was named Sydney, which outranked 99.9% of the 18,439 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Sydney
  1. #22Victoria9,251
  2. #23Natalie9,151
  3. #24Chloe9,082
  4. #25Sydney8,911
  5. #26Hailey8,798
  6. #27Jasmine8,065
  7. #28Rachel7,997
Biggest movers since 2002
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,689Laci#2,126 → #437
  2. ↑ 1,528Karyme#2,467 → #939
  3. ↑ 1,500Roselyn#2,467 → #967
  4. ↑ 1,326Kaydence#2,310 → #984
  5. ↑ 1,170Sherlyn#2,081 → #911
Fallers
  1. ↓ 481Odalys#951 → #1,432
  2. ↓ 400Kari#975 → #1,375
  3. ↓ 334Litzy#501 → #835
  4. ↓ 289Alysha#960 → #1,249
  5. ↓ 252Roxana#861 → #1,113

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

boys

1,975,349 boys got a published name in 2003; 1 in 25,654 of them was named Sydney, which outranked 87.2% of the 12,761 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Sydney
  1. #1,611Otis78
  2. #1,611Ramses78
  3. #1,611Willis78
  4. #1,630Sydney77
  5. #1,630Armon77
  6. #1,630Chadwick77
  7. #1,630Cutter77
  8. #1,646Aleksander76
  9. #1,646Caelan76
  10. #1,646Colson76

Tied with 15 names at #1,630; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2002
Risers
  1. ↑ 790Maddox#1,372 → #582
  2. ↑ 762Jahir#1,571 → #809
  3. ↑ 519Yair#1,236 → #717
  4. ↑ 450Jamarion#1,094 → #644
  5. ↑ 413Aydan#1,154 → #741
Fallers
  1. ↓ 819Lisandro#898 → #1,717
  2. ↓ 621Shemar#970 → #1,591
  3. ↓ 362Jaheem#891 → #1,253
  4. ↓ 337Keandre#998 → #1,335
  5. ↓ 334Savion#568 → #902

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

See the top 100 for 2003 →