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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201892peak #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 1892

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

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 1892

girls
#1,278
6 births · 1 in 35,390 girls
boys
#525
15 births · 1 in 8,136 boys

Top girls' names in 1892

  1. #1Mary13,172
  2. #2Anna5,542
  3. #3Elizabeth3,461
  4. #4Margaret3,435
  5. #5Ruth3,290
  6. #6Florence3,154
  7. #7Emma3,128
  8. #8Ethel3,035
  9. #9Helen2,936
  10. #10Clara2,661
  11. #1,278Sydney6

Top boys' names in 1892

  1. #1John9,039
  2. #2William7,782
  3. #3James5,398
  4. #4George4,760
  5. #5Charles4,319
  6. #6Frank3,150
  7. #7Joseph3,064
  8. #8Robert2,710
  9. #9Harry2,460
  10. #10Henry2,452
  11. #525Sydney15
More about 1892

girls

212,339 girls got a published name in 1892; 1 in 35,390 of them was named Sydney, which outranked 23.1% of the 1,661 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Sydney
  1. #1,171Will7
  2. #1,171Zela7
  3. #1,171Zelia7
  4. #1,278Sydney6
  5. #1,278Abby6
  6. #1,278Achsah6
  7. #1,278Ader6
  8. #1,450Adelaida5
  9. #1,450Adrienne5
  10. #1,450Albena5

Tied with 171 names at #1,278; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1891
Risers
  1. ↑ 553Lollie#1,093 → #540
  2. ↑ 536Leonore#1,332 → #796
  3. ↑ 528Gwendolyn#1,213 → #685
  4. ↑ 507Antonette#1,213 → #706
  5. ↑ 507Monnie#1,213 → #706
Fallers
  1. ↓ 700Nathalie#750 → #1,450
  2. ↓ 654Eudora#624 → #1,278
  3. ↓ 611Leva#839 → #1,450
  4. ↓ 611Roy#839 → #1,450
  5. ↓ 609Pollie#669 → #1,278

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

boys

122,035 boys got a published name in 1892; 1 in 8,136 of them was named Sydney, which outranked 58.3% of the 1,260 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 37.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Sydney
  1. #497Wash16
  2. #497Watson16
  3. #497Williams16
  4. #525Sydney15
  5. #525Artie15
  6. #525Barton15
  7. #525Bertie15
  8. #547Alberto14
  9. #547Albin14
  10. #547Angus14

Tied with 21 names at #525; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1891
Risers
  1. ↑ 559Pierce#963 → #404
  2. ↑ 505Milford#963 → #458
  3. ↑ 466Rose#963 → #497
  4. ↑ 466Omar#963 → #497
  5. ↑ 396Shelby#841 → #445
Fallers
  1. ↓ 542Maude#524 → #1,066
  2. ↓ 502Bernice#564 → #1,066
  3. ↓ 502Wilton#564 → #1,066
  4. ↓ 480Wellington#476 → #956
  5. ↓ 469Jule#597 → #1,066

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

See the top 100 for 1892 →