Sydney Name Popularity

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How popular is Sydney?

In 2018 the somewhat popular name Sydney, ranked the 165th Most Popular Girls Name in the United States.

Presently one of the top 250 most popular, Sydney has been less popular than the top 1000 in the past.

Its highest popularity ranking of #23 was reached for the first time in 1999 and as recently as 2002.

The name was given to the greatest number of children in 2000 with 10,242 occurrences.

In any year, the least number of babies named Sydney was less than 5, most recently in 1900.

Approximately during the years 1902-1905, 1910-1916, 1930-1933, 1938-1941, 1960-1963, and 1977-2000, the name Sydney took a definitive turn upwards in popularity whereas unequivocal downward movement occurred about 1923-1926, 1969-1974, and 2007-2017.

Sometimes the name Sydney has been more popular as a girls name and sometimes it has been more popular as a boys.

For a number of years, the name Sydney has been spiralling downward in popularity. Of late, continuing the trend, the number of parents selecting the name Sydney for their newborn has dropped.

What does the future hold for the popularity of Sydney?

Currently, the name is at a very low point when compared to its most popular year.

The name Sydney is favored by many parents but will probably continue to drift downward in popularity.

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		Sydney (Girl)		Sydney (Boy)
Year	%	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank
2018		1,749	165	36	3,212
2017		2,011	146	40	2,992
2016		2,317	135	47	2,650
2015		2,659	122	50	2,518
2014		2,852	109	50	2,504
2013		3,172	98	51	2,453
2012		3,453	78	53	2,408
2011		3,973	65	66	2,049
2010		4,331	60	73	1,934
2009		5,058	48	59	2,246
2008		5,260	49	81	1,821
2007		6,029	37	66	2,087
2006		6,514	34	73	1,871
2005		7,376	30	76	1,750
2004		8,365	27	101	1,411
2003		8,911	25	77	1,643
2002		9,034	23	76	1,606
2001		9,638	23	109	1,227
2000		10,242	23	126	1,120
1999		9,648	23	109	1,186
1998		8,551	28	116	1,112
1997		8,032	35	117	1,086
1996		7,258	39	128	984
1995		7,358	43	103	1,131
1994		4,738	76	86	1,267
1993		3,050	106	114	1,036
1992		2,708	124	92	1,156
1991		2,380	134	76	1,295
1990		2,028	150	76	1,275
1989		1,193	230	82	1,182
1988		914	276	57	1,393
1987		651	365	50	1,463
1986		462	466	42	1,582
1985		438	479	35	1,753
1984		285	624	39	1,578
1983		200	792	30	1,855
1982		156	956	54	1,274
1981		155	954	39	1,572
1980		130	1,086	27	2,047
1979		113	1,174	25	2,095
1978		110	1,162	34	1,646
1977		89	1,315	37	1,540
1976		122	1,026	27	1,869
1975		92	1,245	28	1,779
1974		50	1,798	36	1,464
1973		63	1,510	31	1,582
1972		84	1,245	40	1,346
1971		104	1,131	40	1,348
1970		103	1,139	59	1,070
1969		108	1,059	31	1,458
1968		101	1,042	45	1,129
1967		128	907	56	976
1966		167	761	42	1,161
1965		167	768	50	1,053
1964		169	806	66	945
1963		155	842	53	1,049
1962		100	1,090	52	1,067
1961		127	960	58	1,032
1960		128	945	52	1,080
1959		136	893	62	982
1958		105	1,020	68	925
1957		117	958	52	1,060
1956		120	926	68	907
1955		134	841	49	1,085
1954		143	785	56	1,004
1953		153	740	77	827
1952		207	605	60	925
1951		206	598	60	914
1950		202	595	78	778
1949		176	624	86	746
1948		137	722	71	813
1947		137	734	86	746
1946		152	643	77	757
1945		132	639	88	648
1944		146	611	79	701
1943		190	544	76	744
1942		187	543	100	641
1941		171	541	84	670
1940		85	761	68	749
1939		77	783	79	670
1938		87	745	75	709
1937		91	715	93	603
1936		97	676	82	642
1935		94	690	79	677
1934		103	663	80	681
1933		107	635	87	623
1932		72	807	95	613
1931		41	1,121	75	701
1930		29	1,456	82	691
1929		33	1,333	90	654
1928		28	1,539	97	629
1927		38	1,301	112	588
1926		21	1,924	113	594
1925		25	1,742	129	542
1924		33	1,470	127	562
1923		44	1,173	134	526
1922		30	1,535	161	487
1921		24	1,818	169	473
1920		30	1,505	177	456
1919		40	1,192	161	471
1918		44	1,123	187	428
1917		32	1,304	180	423
1916		39	1,142	205	386
1915		27	1,400	172	413
1914		23	1,337	180	349
1913		21	1,270	145	344
1912		12	1,712	115	359
1911		12	1,434	54	388
1910		15	1,204	42	420
1909		16	1,047	29	486
1908		11	1,343	28	474
1907		7	1,795	20	554
1906		6	1,928	20	519
1905		21	822	28	409
1904		6	1,843	28	400
1903		5	2,054	23	429
1902		5	2,011	13	646
1901		7	1,450	13	589
1900		< 5	--	13	729
1899		6	1,572	17	477
1898		< 5	--	11	699
1897		< 5	--	15	548
1896		5	1,792	16	533
1895		< 5	--	24	397
1894		< 5	--	21	416
1893		< 5	--	23	382
1892		6	1,430	15	539
1891		< 5	--	8	760
1890		6	1,323	11	626
1889		< 5	--	18	442
1888		6	1,259	18	462
1887		< 5	--	14	484
1886		8	885	10	642
1885		< 5	--	25	354
1884		< 5	--	13	543
1883		< 5	--	11	589
1882		< 5	--	10	647
1881		< 5	--	6	855
1880		< 5	--	12	560

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.