Sidney Name Popularity

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How popular is Sidney?

In 2018 the uncommon name Sidney, ranked the 1,155th Most Popular Boys Name in the United States.

This once, top 1000 name, Sidney is currently less popular.

Its highest popularity RANKING of #80 was reached in 1912.

However, the name was bestowed upon the greatest number of babies in 1918 with 1,878 occurrences.

In any year, the least number of babies named Sidney was 113 in 1891.

Decidely upward trends in the number of babies given the name Sidney occurred roughly during the years 1897-1900, 1905-1918, and 1944-1947.

Sidney became more popular as a girls name in 1993.

For a number of years, the name Sidney has steadily decreased in popularity. Of late, continuing the trend, the number of parents selecting the name Sidney for their newborn has dropped.

What does the future hold for the popularity of Sidney?

Overall, when compared to its most prominent year, the name's popularity is at a very low point.

The name Sidney is still rare and will probably continue to drift downward in popularity.

Relative to what it once was, Sidney has fallen out of favor as a given name.

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		Sidney (Girl)		Sidney (Boy)
Year	%	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank
2018		215	1,130	165	1,155
2017		225	1,119	177	1,099
2016		259	1,020	196	1,024
2015		268	1,003	180	1,086
2014		295	915	167	1,139
2013		282	905	210	948
2012		323	830	226	915
2011		412	682	231	893
2010		432	670	259	827
2009		571	529	254	847
2008		583	524	269	818
2007		668	487	254	841
2006		745	426	255	803
2005		834	378	222	837
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		1,141	271	374	536
1997		1,008	285	383	523
1996		828	337	375	528
1995		883	315	411	503
1994		568	446	394	509
1993		420	567	401	513
1992		366	619	386	518
1991		325	667	383	508
1990		207	923	367	515
1989		170	1,013	345	517
1988		123	1,222	342	495
1987		95	1,409	322	496
1986		75	1,602	311	495
1985		83	1,488	351	460
1984		64	1,723	310	476
1983		50	2,045	330	460
1982		50	2,076	333	463
1981		41	2,400	335	452
1980		30	2,986	353	441
1979		31	2,851	323	449
1978		36	2,462	297	469
1977		40	2,298	345	426
1976		23	3,173	344	418
1975		41	2,128	347	418
1974		29	2,600	366	409
1973		25	2,818	382	398
1972		34	2,268	460	367
1971		29	2,584	445	380
1970		40	2,077	512	361
1969		32	2,286	547	331
1968		37	1,994	573	317
1967		54	1,538	591	302
1966		66	1,347	614	300
1965		53	1,540	640	297
1964		57	1,515	731	289
1963		65	1,388	672	300
1962		59	1,453	780	276
1961		57	1,497	841	271
1960		92	1,136	850	274
1959		72	1,272	825	277
1958		94	1,087	826	269
1957		86	1,142	841	260
1956		81	1,157	957	237
1955		92	1,054	1,022	225
1954		94	1,013	1,022	216
1953		89	1,024	1,014	213
1952		109	886	1,020	208
1951		97	944	1,027	202
1950		78	1,038	1,077	195
1949		88	957	946	208
1948		73	1,037	991	199
1947		116	814	1,098	188
1946		90	878	1,010	183
1945		89	802	829	185
1944		85	831	901	180
1943		137	650	1,016	173
1942		116	695	1,000	169
1941		83	797	891	172
1940		74	834	928	168
1939		63	888	861	173
1938		89	729	875	168
1937		63	875	905	163
1936		81	747	951	156
1935		93	700	973	153
1934		78	763	932	159
1933		77	752	948	152
1932		57	940	959	158
1931		48	1,019	939	158
1930		48	1,071	1,074	150
1929		55	978	1,058	149
1928		60	965	1,207	142
1927		54	1,054	1,379	127
1926		69	900	1,351	129
1925		44	1,173	1,346	131
1924		58	1,016	1,502	119
1923		62	939	1,543	115
1922		51	1,076	1,619	110
1921		61	954	1,587	110
1920		54	1,016	1,610	107
1919		60	916	1,716	96
1918		60	927	1,878	95
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	433	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

United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.