Sid

Last seen for girls in 1921 at #5,099 · #9,714 for boys in 2025, 7 births
Given to boys 99.8% of the time

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Peak · boys
1884 · 19 births
Debut · boys
7 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
3,007
since 1880

Sid over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Sid has never cracked the top 400 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201961peak #416, 1884boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#9,7147
2024#4,57122
2023#5,66616
2022#5,87415
2021#4,78020
2020#5,98014
2019#4,63921
2018#4,47622
2017#6,06014
2016#5,55516
2015#5,05818
2014#4,01425
2013#3,86426
2012#4,86219
2011#3,99425
2010#4,24123
2009#3,72128
2008#3,64629
2007#3,68728
2006#3,68627
2005#7,09610
2004#5,00716
2003#4,27619
2002#5,13114
2001#5,66712
2000#5,04014
1999#6,5309
1998#5,46611
1997#5,64210
1996#6,4968
1995#6,9927
1994#6,9687
1993#5,00211
1992#5,6609
1991
1990#5,8238
1989#5,6158
1988#4,7869
1987#3,33914
1986#4,4579
1985#5,7856
1984#4,5528
1983#3,23013
1982#3,69211
1981#5,4686
1980#3,61511
1979#4,0689
1978#3,07013
1977#3,8369
1976#2,82614
1975#2,54016
1974#2,94612
1973#2,40516
1972#1,87123
1971#2,55814
1970#1,93921
1969#1,64225
1968#1,65023
1967#1,60923
1966#1,45028
1965#1,62523
1964#1,18942
1963#1,21541
1962#1,25938
1961#96763
1960#92766
1959#95065
1958#1,11447
1957#1,07550
1956#1,33533
1955#1,68221
1954#1,46627
1953#1,83618
1952#1,58223
1951#2,05514
1950#1,39527
1949#1,16337
1948#1,12740
1947#1,13641
1946#1,07641
1945#1,37823
1944#1,23529
1943#1,28029
1942#1,11937
1941#1,16932
1940#1,31126
1939#1,19430
1938#1,31026
1937#98241
1936#1,09535
1935#1,49421
1934#1,18931
1933#1,14433
1932#1,23630
1931#1,25330
1930#1,29930
1929#1,23732
1928#1,32330
1927#1,16338
1926#1,27832
1925#1,30431
1924#1,38029
1923#1,30031
1922#1,19636
1921#5,0995#1,25234
1920#1,22535
1919#1,40826
1918#1,59622
1917#1,23830
1916#1,33526
1915#1,10034
1914#1,22123
1913#99525
1912#93523
1911#1,3877
1910#78215
1909#1,0209
1908#87710
1907#1,0947
1906#1,1116
1905#69912
1904#8109
1903#8468
1902#7949
1901#8587
1900#1,3105
1899#7149
1898#63512
1897#8527
1896#8268
1895#7958
1894#54314
1893#50914
1892#57213
1891#59710
1890#56612
1889#7228
1888#7049
1887#58310
1886#49114
1885
1884#41619
1883#59710
1882#57611
1881#56310
1880#7457
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Sid was already there! It came in at #745, and was given to 7 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1885, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

See more about Sid
Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 5,143 spots since 2024 (#4,571#9,714)
  • 3,734 spots since 2020 (#5,980#9,714)
  • 4,656 spots since 2015 (#5,058#9,714)
  • Biggest jump: 452 spots in 1901 (#1,310#858)
  • Biggest drop: 605 spots in 1911 (#782#1,387)
Rise & fade · boys
4 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1884 at #416 (19 births)
  • Births halved by 1885, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 32 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 32 yrs · run 1886–1899
Share of babies · boys
1 in 6,023
  • Highest: 1 in 6,023 boys born in 1884 were named Sid (0.02%)
  • Latest: 1 in 244,011 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1960s
  • 12.4% of all boys named Sid (372) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s98#416 (1884)#600
1890s107#509 (1893)#661
1900s82#699 (1905)#942
1910s231#782 (1910)#1,200
1920s328#1,163 (1927)#1,266
1930s307#982 (1937)#1,220
1940s335#1,076 (1946)#1,199
1950s325#950 (1959)#1,449
1960s372#927 (1960)#1,353
1970s147#1,871 (1972)#2,806
1980s95#3,230 (1983)#4,454
1990s80#5,002 (1993)#6,064
2000s197#3,646 (2008)#4,696
2010s209#3,864 (2013)#4,676
2020s94#4,571 (2024)#6,098

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Sid in 1961

boys
#967
63 births · 1 in 33,717 boys

Top boys' names in 1961

  1. #1Michael86,974
  2. #2David84,810
  3. #3John79,983
  4. #4James75,969
  5. #5Robert72,977
  6. #6Mark57,796
  7. #7William48,045
  8. #8Richard41,142
  9. #9Thomas37,565
  10. #10Steven32,275
  11. #967Sid63
More about 1961

boys

2,124,195 boys got a published name in 1961; 1 in 33,717 of them was named Sid, which outranked 79.2% of the 4,657 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 29.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Sid
  1. #958Markus64
  2. #958Michale64
  3. #958Thor64
  4. #967Sid63
  5. #967Abe63
  6. #967Agustin63
  7. #967Alphonse63
  8. #980Anibal62
  9. #980Boyce62
  10. #980Brice62

Tied with 12 names at #967; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1960
Risers
  1. 3,171Parrish#4,038#867
  2. 589Brook#1,252#663
  3. 467Osvaldo#1,434#967
  4. 426Shayne#1,152#726
  5. 367Pernell#1,295#928
Fallers
  1. 425Wayde#672#1,097
  2. 380Yancy#923#1,303
  3. 301Jonas#905#1,206
  4. 264Tobin#833#1,097
  5. 253Keenan#748#1,001

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

See the top 100 for 1961