Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Sydney*

#218 most common girls' name of all time · #418 across all names · 5% male / 95% female · used 1880–2025 · notable crossover

Rank among girls
#218
Rank overall
#418 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
187,700
Since 2016
14,599
Peak year
2000 #23
Best rank
#23 1999
Girls Boys peak 10,369/yr
18801900192019401960198020002020

Sydney 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

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 873 20 893 #348
2024 1,104 26 1,130 #288
2023 1,003 37 1,040 #307
2022 1,169 31 1,200 #272
2021 1,231 38 1,269 #249
2020 1,246 31 1,277 #241
2019 1,535 40 1,575 #197
2018 1,757 36 1,793 #164
2017 2,013 40 2,053 #146
2016 2,322 47 2,369 #135
2015 2,660 50 2,710 #122
2014 2,855 50 2,905 #109
2013 3,177 51 3,228 #98
2012 3,456 53 3,509 #78
2011 3,974 66 4,040 #65
2010 4,335 73 4,408 #60
2009 5,061 59 5,120 #48
2008 5,264 81 5,345 #49
2007 6,032 66 6,098 #37
2006 6,516 73 6,589 #34
2005 7,376 76 7,452 #30
2004 8,368 101 8,469 #27
2003 8,911 77 8,988 #25
2002 9,034 76 9,110 #23
2001 9,639 109 9,748 #23
2000 10,243 126 10,369 #23
1999 9,649 109 9,758 #23
1998 8,553 116 8,669 #28
1997 8,032 118 8,150 #35
1996 7,259 128 7,387 #39
1995 7,360 103 7,463 #43
1994 4,737 86 4,823 #76
1993 3,050 114 3,164 #106
1992 2,708 92 2,800 #124
1991 2,380 76 2,456 #134
1990 2,028 76 2,104 #150
1989 1,193 83 1,276 #230
1988 914 57 971 #275
1987 651 50 701 #365
1986 464 42 506 #465
1985 440 35 475 #478
1984 285 39 324 #624
1983 201 31 232 #788
1982 155 54 209 #960
1981 154 39 193 #954
1980 130 27 157 #1,084
1979 113 25 138 #1,169
1978 110 34 144 #1,155
1977 89 37 126 #1,303
1976 121 27 148 #1,026
1975 93 28 121 #1,233
1974 49 36 85 #1,802
1973 63 31 94 #1,499
1972 84 40 124 #1,242
1971 104 40 144 #1,127
1970 103 58 161 #1,135
1969 106 31 137 #1,069
1968 100 45 145 #1,045
1967 128 56 184 #905
1966 166 42 208 #761
1965 167 50 217 #768
1964 169 66 235 #806
1963 155 53 208 #839
1962 100 52 152 #1,083
1961 127 58 185 #958
1960 128 51 179 #944
1959 136 63 199 #893
1958 105 68 173 #1,015
1957 117 52 169 #954
1956 120 69 189 #925
1955 134 48 182 #839
1954 143 56 199 #785
1953 153 77 230 #737
1952 207 60 267 #604
1951 205 60 265 #600
1950 202 78 280 #595
1949 176 86 262 #624
1948 137 71 208 #721
1947 137 86 223 #732
1946 152 77 229 #642
1945 132 88 220 #635
1944 145 79 224 #611
1943 190 76 266 #543
1942 187 100 287 #541
1941 171 84 255 #539
1940 85 68 153 #754
1939 77 79 156 #780
1938 87 75 162 #740
1937 91 93 184 #714
1936 97 82 179 #675
1935 94 79 173 #689
1934 103 80 183 #661
1933 107 87 194 #634
1932 72 95 167 #804
1931 41 75 116 #1,109
1930 29 82 111 #1,436
1929 33 90 123 #1,314
1928 28 97 125 #1,506
1927 38 112 150 #1,284
1926 21 113 134 #1,894
1925 25 129 154 #1,709
1924 33 127 160 #1,446
1923 44 134 178 #1,162
1922 30 161 191 #1,512
1921 24 169 193 #1,778
1920 30 177 207 #1,479
1919 40 161 201 #1,180
1918 44 187 231 #1,111
1917 32 180 212 #1,286
1916 39 205 244 #1,129
1915 27 172 199 #1,381
1914 23 180 203 #1,310
1913 21 146 167 #1,239
1912 12 114 126 #1,638
1911 12 54 66 #1,384
1910 15 42 57 #1,183
1909 16 29 45 #1,027
1908 11 28 39 #1,291
1907 7 20 27 #1,670
1906 6 20 26 #1,761
1905 21 28 49 #810
1904 6 28 34 #1,684
1903 5 23 28 #1,821
1902 5 13 18 #1,817
1901 7 13 20 #1,363
1900 13 13
1899 6 17 23 #1,427
1898 11 11
1897 15 15
1896 5 16 21 #1,609
1895 24 24
1894 21 21
1893 23 23
1892 6 15 21 #1,311
1891 8 8
1890 6 11 17 #1,235
1889 18 18
1888 6 18 24 #1,165
1887 14 14
1886 8 10 18 #858
1885 25 25
1884 13 13
1883 11 11
1882 10 10
1881 6 6
1880 12 12