Sidney**
#299 most common boys' name of all time · #655 across all names · 77% male / 23% female · used 1880–2025 · genuinely unisex
Rank among boys
#299
Rank overall
#655 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
108,987
Since 2016
3,324
Peak year
1918 #94
Best rank
#80 1912
Girls
Boys
peak 1,939/yr
Sidney is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 105 | 146 | 251 | #1,323 |
| 2024 | 117 | 137 | 254 | #1,371 |
| 2023 | 128 | 160 | 288 | #1,230 |
| 2022 | 165 | 166 | 331 | #1,200 |
| 2021 | 164 | 132 | 296 | #1,383 |
| 2020 | 141 | 166 | 307 | #1,160 |
| 2019 | 179 | 177 | 356 | #1,112 |
| 2018 | 215 | 168 | 383 | #1,141 |
| 2017 | 225 | 177 | 402 | #1,100 |
| 2016 | 260 | 196 | 456 | #1,022 |
| 2015 | 270 | 180 | 450 | #1,086 |
| 2014 | 295 | 167 | 462 | #1,137 |
| 2013 | 282 | 210 | 492 | #948 |
| 2012 | 323 | 226 | 549 | #916 |
| 2011 | 413 | 231 | 644 | #893 |
| 2010 | 432 | 259 | 691 | #827 |
| 2009 | 571 | 254 | 825 | #843 |
| 2008 | 583 | 270 | 853 | #812 |
| 2007 | 668 | 254 | 922 | #839 |
| 2006 | 745 | 255 | 1,000 | #801 |
| 2005 | 834 | 222 | 1,056 | #834 |
| 2004 | 836 | 267 | 1,103 | #717 |
| 2003 | 951 | 285 | 1,236 | #680 |
| 2002 | 939 | 274 | 1,213 | #676 |
| 2001 | 1,053 | 315 | 1,368 | #612 |
| 2000 | 1,221 | 333 | 1,554 | #593 |
| 1999 | 1,218 | 353 | 1,571 | #565 |
| 1998 | 1,140 | 374 | 1,514 | #535 |
| 1997 | 1,009 | 383 | 1,392 | #523 |
| 1996 | 828 | 375 | 1,203 | #528 |
| 1995 | 883 | 412 | 1,295 | #503 |
| 1994 | 568 | 393 | 961 | #509 |
| 1993 | 420 | 401 | 821 | #513 |
| 1992 | 366 | 386 | 752 | #516 |
| 1991 | 325 | 383 | 708 | #506 |
| 1990 | 207 | 369 | 576 | #514 |
| 1989 | 170 | 345 | 515 | #517 |
| 1988 | 123 | 342 | 465 | #494 |
| 1987 | 96 | 322 | 418 | #496 |
| 1986 | 75 | 311 | 386 | #495 |
| 1985 | 83 | 351 | 434 | #459 |
| 1984 | 64 | 311 | 375 | #475 |
| 1983 | 51 | 330 | 381 | #459 |
| 1982 | 49 | 333 | 382 | #463 |
| 1981 | 41 | 335 | 376 | #451 |
| 1980 | 29 | 353 | 382 | #440 |
| 1979 | 31 | 322 | 353 | #451 |
| 1978 | 36 | 296 | 332 | #469 |
| 1977 | 40 | 345 | 385 | #425 |
| 1976 | 23 | 344 | 367 | #418 |
| 1975 | 41 | 347 | 388 | #418 |
| 1974 | 29 | 366 | 395 | #408 |
| 1973 | 25 | 381 | 406 | #399 |
| 1972 | 34 | 462 | 496 | #364 |
| 1971 | 29 | 445 | 474 | #380 |
| 1970 | 39 | 509 | 548 | #361 |
| 1969 | 32 | 549 | 581 | #331 |
| 1968 | 37 | 572 | 609 | #317 |
| 1967 | 53 | 593 | 646 | #302 |
| 1966 | 66 | 615 | 681 | #300 |
| 1965 | 53 | 638 | 691 | #297 |
| 1964 | 57 | 731 | 788 | #289 |
| 1963 | 65 | 672 | 737 | #299 |
| 1962 | 59 | 782 | 841 | #276 |
| 1961 | 57 | 844 | 901 | #271 |
| 1960 | 92 | 848 | 940 | #275 |
| 1959 | 72 | 825 | 897 | #277 |
| 1958 | 94 | 827 | 921 | #269 |
| 1957 | 86 | 844 | 930 | #260 |
| 1956 | 81 | 954 | 1,035 | #237 |
| 1955 | 92 | 1,024 | 1,116 | #225 |
| 1954 | 94 | 1,024 | 1,118 | #216 |
| 1953 | 89 | 1,014 | 1,103 | #213 |
| 1952 | 109 | 1,018 | 1,127 | #208 |
| 1951 | 97 | 1,026 | 1,123 | #202 |
| 1950 | 78 | 1,076 | 1,154 | #195 |
| 1949 | 88 | 946 | 1,034 | #208 |
| 1948 | 73 | 991 | 1,064 | #199 |
| 1947 | 116 | 1,099 | 1,215 | #189 |
| 1946 | 90 | 1,010 | 1,100 | #183 |
| 1945 | 89 | 828 | 917 | #185 |
| 1944 | 85 | 901 | 986 | #180 |
| 1943 | 137 | 1,016 | 1,153 | #173 |
| 1942 | 116 | 1,000 | 1,116 | #169 |
| 1941 | 83 | 891 | 974 | #172 |
| 1940 | 74 | 926 | 1,000 | #169 |
| 1939 | 63 | 861 | 924 | #173 |
| 1938 | 89 | 876 | 965 | #168 |
| 1937 | 63 | 905 | 968 | #163 |
| 1936 | 81 | 952 | 1,033 | #156 |
| 1935 | 93 | 973 | 1,066 | #153 |
| 1934 | 78 | 932 | 1,010 | #158 |
| 1933 | 77 | 948 | 1,025 | #152 |
| 1932 | 57 | 960 | 1,017 | #158 |
| 1931 | 48 | 937 | 985 | #158 |
| 1930 | 48 | 1,076 | 1,124 | #150 |
| 1929 | 55 | 1,058 | 1,113 | #149 |
| 1928 | 60 | 1,206 | 1,266 | #142 |
| 1927 | 54 | 1,381 | 1,435 | #127 |
| 1926 | 69 | 1,350 | 1,419 | #129 |
| 1925 | 44 | 1,345 | 1,389 | #131 |
| 1924 | 58 | 1,502 | 1,560 | #119 |
| 1923 | 62 | 1,543 | 1,605 | #115 |
| 1922 | 51 | 1,618 | 1,669 | #110 |
| 1921 | 61 | 1,588 | 1,649 | #110 |
| 1920 | 54 | 1,610 | 1,664 | #107 |
| 1919 | 60 | 1,715 | 1,775 | #96 |
| 1918 | 60 | 1,879 | 1,939 | #94 |
| 1917 | 55 | 1,727 | 1,782 | #95 |
| 1916 | 54 | 1,659 | 1,713 | #95 |
| 1915 | 63 | 1,615 | 1,678 | #94 |
| 1914 | 39 | 1,337 | 1,376 | #89 |
| 1913 | 43 | 1,073 | 1,116 | #89 |
| 1912 | 26 | 1,003 | 1,029 | #80 |
| 1911 | 24 | 432 | 456 | #92 |
| 1910 | 14 | 353 | 367 | #93 |
| 1909 | 12 | 233 | 245 | #119 |
| 1908 | 24 | 253 | 277 | #101 |
| 1907 | 20 | 200 | 220 | #119 |
| 1906 | 16 | 209 | 225 | #101 |
| 1905 | 17 | 196 | 213 | #109 |
| 1904 | 21 | 201 | 222 | #106 |
| 1903 | 19 | 162 | 181 | #122 |
| 1902 | 28 | 175 | 203 | #109 |
| 1901 | 17 | 134 | 151 | #123 |
| 1900 | 23 | 218 | 241 | #108 |
| 1899 | 12 | 144 | 156 | #115 |
| 1898 | 18 | 171 | 189 | #109 |
| 1897 | 22 | 149 | 171 | #115 |
| 1896 | 18 | 176 | 194 | #105 |
| 1895 | 18 | 178 | 196 | #105 |
| 1894 | 11 | 168 | 179 | #107 |
| 1893 | 17 | 163 | 180 | #107 |
| 1892 | 17 | 174 | 191 | #106 |
| 1891 | 22 | 113 | 135 | #122 |
| 1890 | 15 | 176 | 191 | #100 |
| 1889 | 15 | 144 | 159 | #110 |
| 1888 | 10 | 168 | 178 | #101 |
| 1887 | 8 | 144 | 152 | #101 |
| 1886 | 10 | 155 | 165 | #100 |
| 1885 | 10 | 170 | 180 | #88 |
| 1884 | 11 | 142 | 153 | #107 |
| 1883 | 9 | 165 | 174 | #86 |
| 1882 | 9 | 146 | 155 | #99 |
| 1881 | 16 | 129 | 145 | #97 |
| 1880 | 16 | 142 | 158 | #95 |