Meaning not yet researched.
Sidney: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 146 in 2025. Its best rank was #80 in 1912.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #80 in 1912; #1,327 in 2025. About 58% of babies named Sidney in 2025 were boys.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#1,327 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1912, at #80.
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Sidney: US boys and girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 146 boys in 2025. Peak: #80 in 1912 · most boys in one year: 1,879 (1918).
In 2025, 146 US boys were named Sidney, making it the 1,327th most common boys’ name of the year, up 53 places from #1,380 in 2024. That is 9 more than the 137 boys named Sidney in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #80, reached in 1912. The most boys given the name in a single year was 1,879, in 1918. For comparison, it was #1,088 in 2015 and #195 in 1950.
In 2025, 105 US girls were named Sidney, making it the 1,878th most common girls’ name of the year, down 136 places from #1,742 in 2024. That is 12 fewer than the 117 girls named Sidney in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #258, reached in 1999. The most girls given the name in a single year was 1,221, in 2000. For comparison, it was #1,002 in 2015 and #1,038 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Sidney in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 158 babies with the name. In all, 108,987 US babies have been given the name, 23% of them girls and 77% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1920s, with 14,769 babies named Sidney.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 1,625 US boys were named Sidney; the busiest of those years was 2016, with 196. In 2025 that was about 1 in 11,699 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Sidney ranked highest in South Carolina in 2025, at #861 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Sydney (187,700 babies since 1880), Sydnee (8,255 babies since 1880) and Cydney (5,170 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Sid, Sidnie and Sidni are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Sid and Syd.
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Wikidata records this spelling as a given name in Dutch and English. That is where the name is used, not necessarily where it comes from.
Rare spellings summarised here: Sid (3,012), Sidnie (312), Sidni (236), Cid (213), Cidnee (56).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 39 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Carolina | 5 | #861 | #744 |
| Virginia | 8 | #868 | #578 |
| Massachusetts | 5 | #883 | — |
| Washington | 7 | #884 | #928 |
| Tennessee | 7 | #912 | #904 |
| North Carolina | 9 | #926 | — |
| Pennsylvania | 8 | #995 | — |
| Illinois | 8 | #1,004 | #1,171 |
| New York | 11 | #1,108 | #1,148 |
| California | 14 | #1,353 | #1,312 |
| Florida | 6 | #1,804 | #1,018 |
| Texas | 6 | #2,525 | #1,352 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 105 | #1,878 | 146 | #1,327 |
| 2024 | 117 | #1,742 | 137 | #1,380 |
| 2023 | 128 | #1,634 | 160 | #1,233 |
| 2022 | 165 | #1,394 | 166 | #1,203 |
| 2021 | 164 | #1,351 | 132 | #1,393 |
| 2020 | 141 | #1,515 | 166 | #1,164 |
| 2019 | 179 | #1,290 | 177 | #1,115 |
| 2018 | 215 | #1,140 | 168 | #1,150 |
| 2017 | 225 | #1,122 | 177 | #1,103 |
| 2016 | 260 | #1,021 | 196 | #1,026 |
| 2015 | 270 | #1,002 | 180 | #1,088 |
| 2014 | 295 | #916 | 167 | #1,141 |
| 2013 | 282 | #908 | 210 | #954 |
| 2012 | 323 | #832 | 226 | #919 |
| 2011 | 413 | #681 | 231 | #894 |
| 2010 | 432 | #670 | 259 | #828 |
| 2009 | 571 | #530 | 254 | #847 |
| 2008 | 583 | #525 | 270 | #814 |
| 2007 | 668 | #487 | 254 | #842 |
| 2006 | 745 | #426 | 255 | #804 |
| 2005 | 834 | #378 | 222 | #838 |
| 2004 | 836 | #374 | 267 | #719 |
| 2003 | 951 | #330 | 285 | #681 |
| 2002 | 939 | #326 | 274 | #677 |
| 2001 | 1,053 | #296 | 315 | #615 |
| 2000 | 1,221 | #265 | 333 | #595 |
| 1999 | 1,218 | #258 | 353 | #567 |
| 1998 | 1,140 | #271 | 374 | #536 |
| 1997 | 1,009 | #285 | 383 | #523 |
| 1996 | 828 | #337 | 375 | #528 |
| 1995 | 883 | #315 | 412 | #503 |
| 1994 | 568 | #446 | 393 | #509 |
| 1993 | 420 | #567 | 401 | #513 |
| 1992 | 366 | #619 | 386 | #518 |
| 1991 | 325 | #666 | 383 | #508 |
| 1990 | 207 | #923 | 369 | #514 |
| 1989 | 170 | #1,013 | 345 | #517 |
| 1988 | 123 | #1,223 | 342 | #495 |
| 1987 | 96 | #1,403 | 322 | #496 |
| 1986 | 75 | #1,601 | 311 | #495 |
| 1985 | 83 | #1,488 | 351 | #460 |
| 1984 | 64 | #1,724 | 311 | #476 |
| 1983 | 51 | #2,019 | 330 | #460 |
| 1982 | 49 | #2,107 | 333 | #463 |
| 1981 | 41 | #2,402 | 335 | #453 |
| 1980 | 29 | #3,058 | 353 | #440 |
| 1979 | 31 | #2,849 | 322 | #453 |
| 1978 | 36 | #2,463 | 296 | #471 |
| 1977 | 40 | #2,300 | 345 | #426 |
| 1976 | 23 | #3,172 | 344 | #418 |
| 1975 | 41 | #2,130 | 347 | #418 |
| 1974 | 29 | #2,602 | 366 | #409 |
| 1973 | 25 | #2,817 | 381 | #399 |
| 1972 | 34 | #2,268 | 462 | #365 |
| 1971 | 29 | #2,587 | 445 | #380 |
| 1970 | 39 | #2,112 | 509 | #361 |
| 1969 | 32 | #2,288 | 549 | #331 |
| 1968 | 37 | #1,994 | 572 | #317 |
| 1967 | 53 | #1,557 | 593 | #302 |
| 1966 | 66 | #1,347 | 615 | #300 |
| 1965 | 53 | #1,543 | 638 | #298 |
| 1964 | 57 | #1,515 | 731 | #289 |
| 1963 | 65 | #1,387 | 672 | #300 |
| 1962 | 59 | #1,453 | 782 | #276 |
| 1961 | 57 | #1,495 | 844 | #271 |
| 1960 | 92 | #1,137 | 848 | #275 |
| 1959 | 72 | #1,272 | 825 | #277 |
| 1958 | 94 | #1,088 | 827 | #269 |
| 1957 | 86 | #1,142 | 844 | #260 |
| 1956 | 81 | #1,157 | 954 | #237 |
| 1955 | 92 | #1,054 | 1,024 | #225 |
| 1954 | 94 | #1,013 | 1,024 | #216 |
| 1953 | 89 | #1,024 | 1,014 | #213 |
| 1952 | 109 | #886 | 1,018 | #208 |
| 1951 | 97 | #943 | 1,026 | #202 |
| 1950 | 78 | #1,038 | 1,076 | #195 |
| 1949 | 88 | #957 | 946 | #208 |
| 1948 | 73 | #1,038 | 991 | #199 |
| 1947 | 116 | #814 | 1,099 | #189 |
| 1946 | 90 | #879 | 1,010 | #183 |
| 1945 | 89 | #802 | 828 | #186 |
| 1944 | 85 | #831 | 901 | #180 |
| 1943 | 137 | #650 | 1,016 | #173 |
| 1942 | 116 | #694 | 1,000 | #169 |
| 1941 | 83 | #797 | 891 | #172 |
| 1940 | 74 | #833 | 926 | #169 |
| 1939 | 63 | #888 | 861 | #173 |
| 1938 | 89 | #729 | 876 | #168 |
| 1937 | 63 | #875 | 905 | #163 |
| 1936 | 81 | #747 | 952 | #156 |
| 1935 | 93 | #700 | 973 | #153 |
| 1934 | 78 | #763 | 932 | #159 |
| 1933 | 77 | #753 | 948 | #152 |
| 1932 | 57 | #939 | 960 | #159 |
| 1931 | 48 | #1,020 | 937 | #158 |
| 1930 | 48 | #1,071 | 1,076 | #150 |
| 1929 | 55 | #978 | 1,058 | #149 |
| 1928 | 60 | #965 | 1,206 | #142 |
| 1927 | 54 | #1,054 | 1,381 | #127 |
| 1926 | 69 | #900 | 1,350 | #129 |
| 1925 | 44 | #1,174 | 1,345 | #131 |
| 1924 | 58 | #1,016 | 1,502 | #119 |
| 1923 | 62 | #939 | 1,543 | #115 |
| 1922 | 51 | #1,076 | 1,618 | #110 |
| 1921 | 61 | #954 | 1,588 | #110 |
| 1920 | 54 | #1,016 | 1,610 | #107 |
| 1919 | 60 | #915 | 1,715 | #96 |
| 1918 | 60 | #927 | 1,879 | #94 |
| 1917 | 55 | #942 | 1,727 | #95 |
| 1916 | 54 | #939 | 1,659 | #95 |
| 1915 | 63 | #827 | 1,615 | #94 |
| 1914 | 39 | #951 | 1,337 | #89 |
| 1913 | 43 | #808 | 1,073 | #90 |
| 1912 | 26 | #1,028 | 1,003 | #80 |
| 1911 | 24 | #896 | 432 | #92 |
| 1910 | 14 | #1,260 | 353 | #93 |
| 1909 | 12 | #1,276 | 233 | #119 |
| 1908 | 24 | #807 | 253 | #101 |
| 1907 | 20 | #866 | 200 | #119 |
| 1906 | 16 | #957 | 209 | #101 |
| 1905 | 17 | #920 | 196 | #109 |
| 1904 | 21 | #804 | 201 | #107 |
| 1903 | 19 | #809 | 162 | #122 |
| 1902 | 28 | #639 | 175 | #110 |
| 1901 | 17 | #824 | 134 | #123 |
| 1900 | 23 | #777 | 218 | #108 |
| 1899 | 12 | #974 | 144 | #115 |
| 1898 | 18 | #814 | 171 | #109 |
| 1897 | 22 | #678 | 149 | #115 |
| 1896 | 18 | #787 | 176 | #105 |
| 1895 | 18 | #768 | 178 | #106 |
| 1894 | 11 | #990 | 168 | #107 |
| 1893 | 17 | #736 | 163 | #108 |
| 1892 | 17 | #723 | 174 | #106 |
| 1891 | 22 | #571 | 113 | #124 |
| 1890 | 15 | #722 | 176 | #100 |
| 1889 | 15 | #683 | 144 | #111 |
| 1888 | 10 | #884 | 168 | #101 |
| 1887 | 8 | #930 | 144 | #101 |
| 1886 | 10 | #771 | 155 | #101 |
| 1885 | 10 | #737 | 170 | #88 |
| 1884 | 11 | #677 | 142 | #107 |
| 1883 | 9 | #687 | 165 | #86 |
| 1882 | 9 | #671 | 146 | #100 |
| 1881 | 16 | #431 | 129 | #99 |
| 1880 | 16 | #433 | 142 | #96 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).