Sidney
UnisexSidney has been given to 108,987 babies in the U.S. since 1880. It peaked in 1918.
Meaning & origin /ˈsɪdni/
From Old English *Sīdaneġ, the name of a place in Surrey, from sīd (“wide”) + eġ (“island”).
Origin: surnames
Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Popularity over time births per year, 1880–2025
Total babies
108,987
Peak year
1918 (1,939 babies)
Rank in 2025
Below top 1000
First recorded
1880
10-year trend
▼ -44%
Gender split
23% girls / 77% boys
Famous people named Sidney
Sidney Poitier
Bahamian and American actor and diplomat (1927–2022)
Sidney Lumet
American director, producer and screenwriter (1924–2011)
Sidney Sheldon
American writer (1917–2007)
Sidney Altman
Canadian American molecular biologist (1939-2022)
Notability data from Wikidata (CC0).
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Same primary gender, peaked around the same years, and roughly as common as Sidney.
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