Sidney
#1,872 for girls in 2025, 105 births · #1,323 for boys in 2025, 146 births
Given to boys 77.3% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1912 · 1,003 births
- Debut · boys
- 142 births
- In top 100 · boys
- 17 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 84,202since 1880
Sidney over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #1,872 | 105 | #1,323 | 146 |
| 2024 | #1,732 | 117 | #1,371 | 137 |
| 2023 | #1,627 | 128 | #1,230 | 160 |
| 2022 | #1,387 | 165 | #1,200 | 166 |
| 2021 | #1,347 | 164 | #1,383 | 132 |
| 2020 | #1,510 | 141 | #1,160 | 166 |
| 2019 | #1,287 | 179 | #1,112 | 177 |
| 2018 | #1,135 | 215 | #1,141 | 168 |
| 2017 | #1,120 | 225 | #1,100 | 177 |
| 2016 | #1,018 | 260 | #1,022 | 196 |
| 2015 | #997 | 270 | #1,086 | 180 |
| 2014 | #916 | 295 | #1,137 | 167 |
| 2013 | #906 | 282 | #948 | 210 |
| 2012 | #831 | 323 | #916 | 226 |
| 2011 | #680 | 413 | #893 | 231 |
| 2010 | #670 | 432 | #827 | 259 |
| 2009 | #529 | 571 | #843 | 254 |
| 2008 | #524 | 583 | #812 | 270 |
| 2007 | #486 | 668 | #839 | 254 |
| 2006 | #426 | 745 | #801 | 255 |
| 2005 | #378 | 834 | #834 | 222 |
| 2004 | #374 | 836 | #717 | 267 |
| 2003 | #330 | 951 | #680 | 285 |
| 2002 | #326 | 939 | #676 | 274 |
| 2001 | #296 | 1,053 | #612 | 315 |
| 2000 | #265 | 1,221 | #593 | 333 |
| 1999 | #258 | 1,218 | #565 | 353 |
| 1998 | #271 | 1,140 | #535 | 374 |
| 1997 | #285 | 1,009 | #523 | 383 |
| 1996 | #337 | 828 | #528 | 375 |
| 1995 | #315 | 883 | #503 | 412 |
| 1994 | #445 | 568 | #509 | 393 |
| 1993 | #566 | 420 | #513 | 401 |
| 1992 | #618 | 366 | #516 | 386 |
| 1991 | #666 | 325 | #506 | 383 |
| 1990 | #921 | 207 | #514 | 369 |
| 1989 | #1,009 | 170 | #517 | 345 |
| 1988 | #1,217 | 123 | #494 | 342 |
| 1987 | #1,398 | 96 | #496 | 322 |
| 1986 | #1,588 | 75 | #495 | 311 |
| 1985 | #1,483 | 83 | #459 | 351 |
| 1984 | #1,703 | 64 | #475 | 311 |
| 1983 | #1,993 | 51 | #459 | 330 |
| 1982 | #2,082 | 49 | #463 | 333 |
| 1981 | #2,375 | 41 | #451 | 335 |
| 1980 | #3,002 | 29 | #440 | 353 |
| 1979 | #2,795 | 31 | #451 | 322 |
| 1978 | #2,431 | 36 | #469 | 296 |
| 1977 | #2,257 | 40 | #425 | 345 |
| 1976 | #3,095 | 23 | #418 | 344 |
| 1975 | #2,097 | 41 | #418 | 347 |
| 1974 | #2,556 | 29 | #408 | 366 |
| 1973 | #2,753 | 25 | #399 | 381 |
| 1972 | #2,222 | 34 | #364 | 462 |
| 1971 | #2,542 | 29 | #380 | 445 |
| 1970 | #2,081 | 39 | #361 | 509 |
| 1969 | #2,254 | 32 | #331 | 549 |
| 1968 | #1,975 | 37 | #317 | 572 |
| 1967 | #1,537 | 53 | #302 | 593 |
| 1966 | #1,335 | 66 | #300 | 615 |
| 1965 | #1,528 | 53 | #297 | 638 |
| 1964 | #1,497 | 57 | #289 | 731 |
| 1963 | #1,372 | 65 | #299 | 672 |
| 1962 | #1,444 | 59 | #276 | 782 |
| 1961 | #1,481 | 57 | #271 | 844 |
| 1960 | #1,131 | 92 | #275 | 848 |
| 1959 | #1,262 | 72 | #277 | 825 |
| 1958 | #1,081 | 94 | #269 | 827 |
| 1957 | #1,135 | 86 | #260 | 844 |
| 1956 | #1,151 | 81 | #237 | 954 |
| 1955 | #1,050 | 92 | #225 | 1,024 |
| 1954 | #1,011 | 94 | #216 | 1,024 |
| 1953 | #1,018 | 89 | #213 | 1,014 |
| 1952 | #884 | 109 | #208 | 1,018 |
| 1951 | #938 | 97 | #202 | 1,026 |
| 1950 | #1,034 | 78 | #195 | 1,076 |
| 1949 | #948 | 88 | #208 | 946 |
| 1948 | #1,031 | 73 | #199 | 991 |
| 1947 | #810 | 116 | #189 | 1,099 |
| 1946 | #874 | 90 | #183 | 1,010 |
| 1945 | #799 | 89 | #185 | 828 |
| 1944 | #827 | 85 | #180 | 901 |
| 1943 | #650 | 137 | #173 | 1,016 |
| 1942 | #689 | 116 | #169 | 1,000 |
| 1941 | #790 | 83 | #172 | 891 |
| 1940 | #827 | 74 | #169 | 926 |
| 1939 | #882 | 63 | #173 | 861 |
| 1938 | #724 | 89 | #168 | 876 |
| 1937 | #870 | 63 | #163 | 905 |
| 1936 | #739 | 81 | #156 | 952 |
| 1935 | #693 | 93 | #153 | 973 |
| 1934 | #756 | 78 | #158 | 932 |
| 1933 | #751 | 77 | #152 | 948 |
| 1932 | #933 | 57 | #158 | 960 |
| 1931 | #1,010 | 48 | #158 | 937 |
| 1930 | #1,059 | 48 | #150 | 1,076 |
| 1929 | #968 | 55 | #149 | 1,058 |
| 1928 | #962 | 60 | #142 | 1,206 |
| 1927 | #1,042 | 54 | #127 | 1,381 |
| 1926 | #893 | 69 | #129 | 1,350 |
| 1925 | #1,160 | 44 | #131 | 1,345 |
| 1924 | #999 | 58 | #119 | 1,502 |
| 1923 | #928 | 62 | #115 | 1,543 |
| 1922 | #1,059 | 51 | #110 | 1,618 |
| 1921 | #946 | 61 | #110 | 1,588 |
| 1920 | #1,005 | 54 | #107 | 1,610 |
| 1919 | #909 | 60 | #96 | 1,715 |
| 1918 | #921 | 60 | #94 | 1,879 |
| 1917 | #933 | 55 | #95 | 1,727 |
| 1916 | #928 | 54 | #95 | 1,659 |
| 1915 | #824 | 63 | #94 | 1,615 |
| 1914 | #942 | 39 | #89 | 1,337 |
| 1913 | #803 | 43 | #89 | 1,073 |
| 1912 | #1,003 | 26 | #80 | 1,003 |
| 1911 | #875 | 24 | #92 | 432 |
| 1910 | #1,207 | 14 | #93 | 353 |
| 1909 | #1,219 | 12 | #119 | 233 |
| 1908 | #791 | 24 | #101 | 253 |
| 1907 | #840 | 20 | #119 | 200 |
| 1906 | #917 | 16 | #101 | 209 |
| 1905 | #900 | 17 | #109 | 196 |
| 1904 | #773 | 21 | #106 | 201 |
| 1903 | #789 | 19 | #122 | 162 |
| 1902 | #623 | 28 | #109 | 175 |
| 1901 | #795 | 17 | #123 | 134 |
| 1900 | #760 | 23 | #107 | 218 |
| 1899 | #935 | 12 | #115 | 144 |
| 1898 | #790 | 18 | #109 | 171 |
| 1897 | #660 | 22 | #115 | 149 |
| 1896 | #754 | 18 | #105 | 176 |
| 1895 | #746 | 18 | #105 | 178 |
| 1894 | #950 | 11 | #107 | 168 |
| 1893 | #713 | 17 | #107 | 163 |
| 1892 | #706 | 17 | #106 | 174 |
| 1891 | #559 | 22 | #122 | 113 |
| 1890 | #693 | 15 | #100 | 176 |
| 1889 | #657 | 15 | #110 | 144 |
| 1888 | #837 | 10 | #101 | 168 |
| 1887 | #860 | 8 | #101 | 144 |
| 1886 | #731 | 10 | #100 | 155 |
| 1885 | #695 | 10 | #88 | 170 |
| 1884 | #640 | 11 | #107 | 142 |
| 1883 | #651 | 9 | #86 | 165 |
| 1882 | #634 | 9 | #99 | 146 |
| 1881 | #418 | 16 | #97 | 129 |
| 1880 | #421 | 16 | #95 | 142 |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Sidney was already there! It came in at #95, and was given to 142 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1891, when fewer than 120 boys a year got the name.
See more about Sidney
- 48 spots since 2024 (#1,371 → #1,323)
- 163 spots since 2020 (#1,160 → #1,323)
- 237 spots since 2015 (#1,086 → #1,323)
- Biggest jump: 33 spots in 2006 (#834 → #801)
- Biggest drop: 189 spots in 2014 (#948 → #1,137)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1912 at #80 (1,003 births)
- Births halved by 1971, 59 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 17 yrs · run 1910–1919
- Top 1,000: 134 yrs · run 1880–2013
- Highest: 1 in 429 boys born in 1912 were named Sidney (0.23%)
- Latest: 1 in 11,699 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
- 16.9% of all boys named Sidney (14,201) were born in this decade
- Mostly girls until 2021, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 1,505 | #86 (1883) | #98 |
| 1890s | 1,612 | #100 (1890) | #109 |
| 1900s | 1,981 | #101 (1908) | #112 |
| 1910s | 12,793 | #80 (1912) | #92 |
| 1920s | 14,201 | #107 (1920) | #124 |
| 1930s | 9,420 | #150 (1930) | #159 |
| 1940s | 9,608 | #169 (1942) | #183 |
| 1950s | 9,632 | #195 (1950) | #230 |
| 1960s | 6,844 | #271 (1961) | #296 |
| 1970s | 3,817 | #361 (1970) | #409 |
| 1980s | 3,333 | #440 (1980) | #475 |
| 1990s | 3,829 | #503 (1995) | #521 |
| 2000s | 2,729 | #593 (2000) | #741 |
| 2010s | 1,991 | #827 (2010) | #1,018 |
| 2020s | 907 | #1,160 (2020) | #1,278 |
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.
Sidney in 1920
Top girls' names in 1920
Top boys' names in 1920
More about 1920
girls
1,198,289 girls got a published name in 1920; 1 in 22,191 of them was named Sidney, which outranked 82.6% of the 5,767 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #989Margaretta55
- #989Margot55
- #989Vernon55
- #1,005Sidney54
- #1,005Ardelle54
- #1,005Bernardine54
- #1,005Carmelita54
- #1,021Bobby53
- #1,021Inell53
- #1,021Jeraldine53
Tied with 15 names at #1,005; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,064,356 boys got a published name in 1920; 1 in 661 of them was named Sidney, which outranked 97.9% of the 4,989 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.