Is Sydney a boy or girl name?
Sydney is a girl name in the US. In 2024, 1,097 girls and 25 boys were named Sydney, so 97.8% were girls. Across 1880–2024, 95% of the 186,796 US babies named Sydney were girls.
- Boy rank, 2024
- #4,292
- Girl rank, 2024
- #288
- Babies named Sydney since 1880
- 186,796
- Most popular year
- 2000
- 10,369 babies
Boys and girls named Sydney, by decade
| Decade | Boys | Girls | Share girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 137 | 14 | 9.3% |
| 1890s | 161 | 23 | 12.5% |
| 1900s | 215 | 84 | 28.1% |
| 1910s | 1,441 | 265 | 15.5% |
| 1920s | 1,309 | 306 | 18.9% |
| 1930s | 827 | 798 | 49.1% |
| 1940s | 815 | 1,512 | 65% |
| 1950s | 631 | 1,522 | 70.7% |
| 1960s | 504 | 1,347 | 72.8% |
| 1970s | 356 | 931 | 72.3% |
| 1980s | 457 | 4,587 | 90.9% |
| 1990s | 1,018 | 55,756 | 98.2% |
| 2000s | 844 | 76,442 | 98.9% |
| 2010s | 506 | 28,081 | 98.2% |
| 2020s | 162 | 5,745 | 97.3% |
Every year
| Year | Boys | Boy rank | Girls | Girl rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 25 | #4,292 | 1,097 | #288 |
| 2023 | 37 | #3,276 | 1,003 | #307 |
| 2022 | 31 | #3,679 | 1,169 | #271 |
| 2021 | 38 | #3,165 | 1,231 | #249 |
| 2020 | 31 | #3,558 | 1,245 | #241 |
| 2019 | 40 | #3,044 | 1,533 | #197 |
| 2018 | 36 | #3,229 | 1,757 | #164 |
| 2017 | 40 | #2,999 | 2,013 | #146 |
| 2016 | 47 | #2,656 | 2,322 | #135 |
| 2015 | 50 | #2,521 | 2,660 | #122 |
| 2014 | 50 | #2,510 | 2,855 | #109 |
| 2013 | 51 | #2,453 | 3,177 | #98 |
| 2012 | 53 | #2,410 | 3,456 | #78 |
| 2011 | 66 | #2,051 | 3,973 | #65 |
| 2010 | 73 | #1,936 | 4,335 | #60 |
| 2009 | 59 | #2,249 | 5,059 | #48 |
| 2008 | 81 | #1,821 | 5,264 | #49 |
| 2007 | 66 | #2,089 | 6,032 | #37 |
| 2006 | 73 | #1,871 | 6,516 | #34 |
| 2005 | 76 | #1,751 | 7,376 | #30 |
| 2004 | 101 | #1,412 | 8,368 | #27 |
| 2003 | 77 | #1,643 | 8,911 | #25 |
| 2002 | 76 | #1,606 | 9,034 | #23 |
| 2001 | 109 | #1,229 | 9,639 | #23 |
| 2000 | 126 | #1,120 | 10,243 | #23 |
| 1999 | 109 | #1,186 | 9,649 | #23 |
| 1998 | 116 | #1,112 | 8,553 | #28 |
| 1997 | 118 | #1,081 | 8,032 | #35 |
| 1996 | 128 | #984 | 7,259 | #39 |
| 1995 | 103 | #1,131 | 7,360 | #43 |
| 1994 | 86 | #1,267 | 4,737 | #76 |
| 1993 | 114 | #1,036 | 3,050 | #106 |
| 1992 | 92 | #1,156 | 2,708 | #124 |
| 1991 | 76 | #1,295 | 2,380 | #134 |
| 1990 | 76 | #1,276 | 2,028 | #150 |
| 1989 | 83 | #1,170 | 1,193 | #230 |
| 1988 | 57 | #1,393 | 914 | #275 |
| 1987 | 50 | #1,464 | 651 | #365 |
| 1986 | 42 | #1,583 | 464 | #465 |
| 1985 | 35 | #1,757 | 440 | #479 |
| 1984 | 39 | #1,577 | 285 | #624 |
| 1983 | 31 | #1,814 | 201 | #788 |
| 1982 | 54 | #1,274 | 155 | #961 |
| 1981 | 39 | #1,573 | 154 | #954 |
| 1980 | 27 | #2,048 | 130 | #1,086 |
| 1979 | 25 | #2,095 | 114 | #1,168 |
| 1978 | 34 | #1,647 | 110 | #1,161 |
| 1977 | 37 | #1,542 | 89 | #1,315 |
| 1976 | 27 | #1,869 | 121 | #1,031 |
| 1975 | 28 | #1,780 | 93 | #1,240 |
| 1974 | 36 | #1,465 | 50 | #1,797 |
| 1973 | 31 | #1,584 | 63 | #1,509 |
| 1972 | 40 | #1,345 | 84 | #1,246 |
| 1971 | 40 | #1,349 | 104 | #1,132 |
| 1970 | 58 | #1,079 | 103 | #1,139 |
| 1969 | 31 | #1,462 | 106 | #1,077 |
| 1968 | 45 | #1,129 | 100 | #1,054 |
| 1967 | 56 | #979 | 128 | #907 |
| 1966 | 42 | #1,160 | 167 | #760 |
| 1965 | 50 | #1,053 | 167 | #768 |
| 1964 | 66 | #944 | 169 | #806 |
| 1963 | 53 | #1,049 | 155 | #841 |
| 1962 | 52 | #1,067 | 100 | #1,088 |
| 1961 | 58 | #1,033 | 127 | #960 |
| 1960 | 51 | #1,096 | 128 | #944 |
| 1959 | 63 | #974 | 136 | #894 |
| 1958 | 68 | #927 | 105 | #1,017 |
| 1957 | 52 | #1,062 | 117 | #957 |
| 1956 | 68 | #907 | 120 | #926 |
| 1955 | 49 | #1,084 | 134 | #841 |
| 1954 | 56 | #1,004 | 143 | #786 |
| 1953 | 77 | #824 | 153 | #740 |
| 1952 | 60 | #926 | 207 | #605 |
| 1951 | 60 | #914 | 205 | #601 |
| 1950 | 78 | #777 | 202 | #595 |
| 1949 | 86 | #747 | 176 | #625 |
| 1948 | 71 | #812 | 137 | #722 |
| 1947 | 86 | #746 | 137 | #734 |
| 1946 | 77 | #757 | 152 | #643 |
| 1945 | 88 | #648 | 132 | #639 |
| 1944 | 79 | #701 | 145 | #612 |
| 1943 | 76 | #744 | 190 | #544 |
| 1942 | 100 | #641 | 187 | #543 |
| 1941 | 84 | #670 | 171 | #541 |
| 1940 | 68 | #748 | 85 | #761 |
| 1939 | 79 | #670 | 77 | #783 |
| 1938 | 75 | #708 | 87 | #745 |
| 1937 | 93 | #603 | 91 | #715 |
| 1936 | 82 | #643 | 97 | #676 |
| 1935 | 79 | #677 | 94 | #690 |
| 1934 | 80 | #681 | 103 | #664 |
| 1933 | 87 | #623 | 107 | #635 |
| 1932 | 95 | #613 | 72 | #807 |
| 1931 | 75 | #701 | 41 | #1,121 |
| 1930 | 82 | #691 | 29 | #1,456 |
| 1929 | 90 | #654 | 33 | #1,334 |
| 1928 | 97 | #628 | 28 | #1,537 |
| 1927 | 112 | #588 | 38 | #1,300 |
| 1926 | 113 | #594 | 21 | #1,924 |
| 1925 | 129 | #542 | 25 | #1,742 |
| 1924 | 127 | #562 | 33 | #1,470 |
| 1923 | 134 | #526 | 44 | #1,173 |
| 1922 | 161 | #487 | 30 | #1,535 |
| 1921 | 169 | #473 | 24 | #1,818 |
| 1920 | 177 | #456 | 30 | #1,505 |
| 1919 | 161 | #471 | 40 | #1,192 |
| 1918 | 187 | #428 | 44 | #1,123 |
| 1917 | 180 | #423 | 32 | #1,304 |
| 1916 | 205 | #386 | 39 | #1,142 |
| 1915 | 172 | #413 | 27 | #1,400 |
| 1914 | 180 | #349 | 23 | #1,338 |
| 1913 | 145 | #344 | 21 | #1,270 |
| 1912 | 115 | #359 | 12 | #1,712 |
| 1911 | 54 | #388 | 12 | #1,434 |
| 1910 | 42 | #420 | 15 | #1,204 |
| 1909 | 29 | #486 | 16 | #1,047 |
| 1908 | 28 | #474 | 11 | #1,343 |
| 1907 | 20 | #554 | 7 | #1,795 |
| 1906 | 20 | #519 | 6 | #1,928 |
| 1905 | 28 | #409 | 21 | #822 |
| 1904 | 28 | #400 | 6 | #1,843 |
| 1903 | 23 | #429 | 5 | #2,054 |
| 1902 | 13 | #646 | 5 | #2,011 |
| 1901 | 13 | #589 | 7 | #1,450 |
| 1900 | 13 | #729 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 17 | #477 | 6 | #1,572 |
| 1898 | 11 | #699 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 15 | #548 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 16 | #533 | 5 | #1,792 |
| 1895 | 24 | #397 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 21 | #416 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 23 | #382 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 15 | #539 | 6 | #1,430 |
| 1891 | 8 | #760 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 11 | #626 | 6 | #1,323 |
| 1889 | 18 | #442 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 18 | #462 | 6 | #1,259 |
| 1887 | 14 | #484 | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 10 | #642 | 8 | #885 |
| 1885 | 25 | #354 | 0 | – |
| 1884 | 13 | #543 | 0 | – |
| 1883 | 11 | #589 | 0 | – |
| 1882 | 10 | #647 | 0 | – |
| 1881 | 6 | #855 | 0 | – |
| 1880 | 12 | #560 | 0 | – |
Highest rank
As a boy name, Sydney reached #344 in 1913. As a girl name, it reached #23 in 1999. Ranks count every name SSA published for that year and sex, so they go well past the top 1,000.
Names from the same era
These names were also most popular in the 2000s, with a similar number of babies. They can work as sibling or middle names that feel like they belong together.
Names spelled like Sydney
Source: US Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880–2024. Counts are Social Security card applications for US births; SSA leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies in a year. Updated 2026-10-05. How these numbers are made.