Sydney
Girl nameSydney has been given to 187,700 babies in the U.S. since 1880. It peaked in 2000 and currently ranks #348 for girls (2025).
Meaning & origin
For the surname and given name, see Sidney. The cities in Australia and Canada are named after British politician Thomas Townshend, 1st Viscount Sydney (1733–1800).
Origin: surnames
Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Popularity over time births per year, 1880–2025
Total babies
187,700
Peak year
2000 (10,369 babies)
Rank in 2025
#348 for girls
First recorded
1880
10-year trend
▼ -67%
Gender split
95% girls / 5% boys
Famous people named Sydney
Sydney Sweeney
American actress (born 1997)
Sydney Pollack
American film director, producer and actor (1934-2008)
Sydney Brenner
South African-British biologist, Nobel prize in Physiology or Medicine 2002 (1927–2019)
Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone
American hurdler and sprinter
Notability data from Wikidata (CC0).
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