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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202010peak #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 2010

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #46 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 173 girlsAKMaine: #82 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 296 girlsMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Sydney, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: #46 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 195 girlsNHWashington: #41 for girls · 115 births · 1 in 264 girlsWAIdaho: #41 for girls · 30 births · 1 in 213 girlsIDMontana: #68 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 240 girlsMTNorth Dakota: #65 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 225 girlsNDMinnesota: #42 for girls · 101 births · 1 in 240 girlsMNIllinois: #58 for girls · 183 births · 1 in 332 girlsILWisconsin: #50 for girls · 88 births · 1 in 267 girlsWIMichigan: #46 for girls · 162 births · 1 in 257 girlsMINew York: #79 for girls · 216 births · 1 in 431 girlsNYMassachusetts: #53 for girls · 96 births · 1 in 266 girlsMARhode Island: #54 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 200 girlsRIOregon: #49 for girls · 54 births · 1 in 279 girlsORNevada: #107 for girls · 26 births · 1 in 420 girlsNVWyoming: #61 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 182 girlsWYSouth Dakota: #57 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 216 girlsSDIowa: #43 for girls · 56 births · 1 in 230 girlsIAIndiana: #52 for girls · 99 births · 1 in 306 girlsINOhio: #46 for girls · 197 births · 1 in 263 girlsOHPennsylvania: #40 for girls · 219 births · 1 in 242 girlsPANew Jersey: #55 for girls · 115 births · 1 in 324 girlsNJConnecticut: #76 for girls · 35 births · 1 in 349 girlsCTCalifornia: #102 for girls · 409 births · 1 in 516 girlsCAUtah: #69 for girls · 54 births · 1 in 336 girlsUTColorado: #43 for girls · 93 births · 1 in 246 girlsCONebraska: #67 for girls · 26 births · 1 in 303 girlsNEMissouri: #54 for girls · 97 births · 1 in 282 girlsMOKentucky: #43 for girls · 79 births · 1 in 232 girlsKYWest Virginia: #56 for girls · 27 births · 1 in 244 girlsWVVirginia: #35 for girls · 158 births · 1 in 226 girlsVAMaryland: #46 for girls · 102 births · 1 in 239 girlsMDDelaware: #108 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 335 girlsDEArizona: #84 for girls · 76 births · 1 in 416 girlsAZNew Mexico: #96 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 372 girlsNMKansas: #54 for girls · 48 births · 1 in 279 girlsKSArkansas: #52 for girls · 42 births · 1 in 270 girlsARTennessee: #50 for girls · 104 births · 1 in 282 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #48 for girls · 157 births · 1 in 286 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #64 for girls · 56 births · 1 in 316 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: #72 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 229 girlsDCOklahoma: #82 for girls · 41 births · 1 in 413 girlsOKLouisiana: #105 for girls · 40 births · 1 in 492 girlsLAMississippi: #101 for girls · 25 births · 1 in 440 girlsMSAlabama: #67 for girls · 60 births · 1 in 315 girlsALGeorgia: #48 for girls · 164 births · 1 in 292 girlsGAHawaii: #41 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 190 girlsHITexas: #89 for girls · 326 births · 1 in 490 girlsTXFlorida: #80 for girls · 190 births · 1 in 419 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Virginia#35 · 1 in 226
  2. Pennsylvania#40 · 1 in 242
  3. Hawaii#41 · 1 in 190
  4. Idaho#41 · 1 in 213
  5. Washington#41 · 1 in 264

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Virginia#351581 in 226
Pennsylvania#402191 in 242
Hawaii#41171 in 190
Idaho#41301 in 213
Washington#411151 in 264
Minnesota#421011 in 240
Colorado#43931 in 246
Iowa#43561 in 230
Kentucky#43791 in 232
Alaska#46141 in 173
Maryland#461021 in 239
Michigan#461621 in 257
New Hampshire#46201 in 195
Ohio#461971 in 263
Georgia#481641 in 292
North Carolina#481571 in 286
Oregon#49541 in 279
Tennessee#501041 in 282
Wisconsin#50881 in 267
Arkansas#52421 in 270
Indiana#52991 in 306
Massachusetts#53961 in 266
Kansas#54481 in 279
Missouri#54971 in 282
Rhode Island#54151 in 200
New Jersey#551151 in 324
West Virginia#56271 in 244
South Dakota#57141 in 216
Illinois#581831 in 332
Wyoming#6171 in 182
South Carolina#64561 in 316
North Dakota#65121 in 225
Alabama#67601 in 315
Nebraska#67261 in 303
Montana#68121 in 240
Utah#69541 in 336
District of Columbia#72131 in 229
Connecticut#76351 in 349
New York#792161 in 431
Florida#801901 in 419
Maine#82131 in 296
Oklahoma#82411 in 413
Arizona#84761 in 416
Texas#893261 in 490
New Mexico#96201 in 372
Mississippi#101251 in 440
California#1024091 in 516
Louisiana#105401 in 492
Nevada#107261 in 420
Delaware#10881 in 335
Vermont———

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 2010

girls
#60
4,335 births · 1 in 410 girls
boys
#1,924
73 births · 1 in 26,283 boys

Top girls' names in 2010

  1. #1Isabella22,936
  2. #2Sophia20,656
  3. #3Emma17,366
  4. #4Olivia17,040
  5. #5Ava15,444
  6. #6Emily14,281
  7. #7Abigail14,257
  8. #8Madison13,196
  9. #9Chloe11,765
  10. #10Mia10,650
  11. #60Sydney4,335

Top boys' names in 2010

  1. #1Jacob22,157
  2. #2Ethan18,020
  3. #3Michael17,387
  4. #4Jayden17,203
  5. #5William17,072
  6. #6Alexander16,769
  7. #7Noah16,481
  8. #8Daniel15,869
  9. #9Aiden15,547
  10. #10Anthony15,511
  11. #1,924Sydney73
More about 2010

girls

1,777,595 girls got a published name in 2010; 1 in 410 of them was named Sydney, which outranked 99.7% of the 19,841 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Sydney
  1. #57Kylie4,606
  2. #58Lauren4,466
  3. #59Sophie4,416
  4. #60Sydney4,335
  5. #61Camila4,307
  6. #62Jasmine4,182
  7. #63Morgan4,077
Biggest movers since 2009
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,433Tenley#2,892 → #459
  2. ↑ 2,126Elin#2,852 → #726
  3. ↑ 664Jordynn#1,353 → #689
  4. ↑ 623Kynlee#1,509 → #886
  5. ↑ 513Farrah#1,063 → #550
Fallers
  1. ↓ 502Calleigh#834 → #1,336
  2. ↓ 491Marely#851 → #1,342
  3. ↓ 477Analia#331 → #808
  4. ↓ 417Destiney#900 → #1,317
  5. ↓ 326Dayanara#810 → #1,136

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

boys

1,918,676 boys got a published name in 2010; 1 in 26,283 of them was named Sydney, which outranked 86.5% of the 14,270 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Sydney
  1. #1,913Mckinley74
  2. #1,913Nery74
  3. #1,913Trysten74
  4. #1,924Sydney73
  5. #1,924Aeden73
  6. #1,924Antoni73
  7. #1,924Braydan73
  8. #1,940Brylan72
  9. #1,940Donavon72
  10. #1,940Jade72

Tied with 15 names at #1,924; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2009
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,631Bentlee#3,476 → #845
  2. ↑ 1,735Jencarlos#2,663 → #928
  3. ↑ 1,536Bently#2,203 → #667
  4. ↑ 940Callen#1,638 → #698
  5. ↑ 892Bode#1,665 → #773
Fallers
  1. ↓ 314Dereon#953 → #1,267
  2. ↓ 290Aaden#271 → #561
  3. ↓ 248Landin#935 → #1,183
  4. ↓ 229Rigoberto#920 → #1,149
  5. ↓ 191Dillan#793 → #984

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

See the top 100 for 2010 →