Sydell

Last seen for girls in 1989 at #12,362

Peak · girls
1929 · 55 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
598
since 1898

Sydell over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Sydell has never cracked the top 900 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201929peak #968, 1929girls
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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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1989#12,3625
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1960#5,1687
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1954#5,1486
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1950#4,7386
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1947#4,0078
1946#4,9605
1945#3,6767
1944#3,3788
1943#2,86111
1942#3,7387
1941#2,39713
1940#4,3495
1939#3,7826
1938#2,73010
1937#2,57011
1936#2,26313
1935#2,57511
1934#2,18714
1933#1,60622
1932#1,07044
1931#1,19936
1930#1,12843
1929#96855
1928#1,50228
1927#1,58727
1926#1,93220
1925#2,01819
1924#3,6658
1923#4,9675
1922#2,47914
1921#3,6668
1920#2,89911
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1918#2,37614
1917#2,69311
1916#2,36813
1915#3,1348
1914#2,00912
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1912#1,71911
1911#2,4635
1910#1,6349
1909#1,9576
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1898#1,7005
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First appearance
1898

The first year at least five girls were named Sydell! It came in at #1,700, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1898–1908, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

See more about Sydell
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1989
  • Biggest jump: 534 spots in 1929 (#1,502#968)
  • Biggest drop: 160 spots in 1930 (#968#1,128)
Rise & fade · girls
31 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1898
  • Peaked 1929 at #968 (55 births)
  • Births halved by 1933, 4 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 1 yr
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 1 yr · 1929
Share of babies · girls
1 in 20,301
  • Highest: 1 in 20,301 girls born in 1929 were named Sydell (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 368,710 girls born in 1989 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1930s
  • 35.1% of all girls named Sydell (210) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1890s5#1,700 (1898)#1,700
1900s6#1,957 (1909)#1,957
1910s83#1,634 (1910)#2,300
1920s195#968 (1929)#2,568
1930s210#1,070 (1932)#2,111
1940s70#2,397 (1941)#3,780
1950s12#4,738 (1950)#4,943
1960s7#5,168 (1960)#5,168
1970s5#10,210 (1979)#10,210
1980s5#12,362 (1989)#12,362

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.

Sydell in 1929

girls
#968
55 births · 1 in 20,301 girls

Top girls' names in 1929

  1. #1Mary63,512
  2. #2Betty36,675
  3. #3Dorothy31,476
  4. #4Helen20,983
  5. #5Margaret19,212
  6. #6Doris16,498
  7. #7Barbara16,038
  8. #8Ruth16,021
  9. #9Shirley14,576
  10. #10Patricia13,624
  11. #968Sydell55
More about 1929

girls

1,116,561 girls got a published name in 1929; 1 in 20,301 of them was named Sydell, which outranked 81.7% of the 5,277 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Sydell
  1. #959Marva56
  2. #959Merlene56
  3. #959Rosalia56
  4. #968Sydell55
  5. #968Carma55
  6. #968Fairy55
  7. #968Golda55
  8. #981Earlean54
  9. #981Elease54
  10. #981Elenor54

Tied with 12 names at #968; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1928
Risers
  1. 1,951Dorla#2,623#672
  2. 797Ingrid#1,738#941
  3. 534Sydell#1,502#968
  4. 521Elenor#1,502#981
  5. 406Jeanine#888#482
Fallers
  1. 937Joline#888#1,825
  2. 259Mafalda#936#1,195
  3. 250Lorelei#994#1,244
  4. 249Ardelle#888#1,137
  5. 234Charmaine#420#654

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

See the top 100 for 1929