Masculine dossier · first seen 1880

Sidney

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Sidney
Creator: Social Security Administration

Endangered Down 92.7% from peak

Peak era

1918

Peak rank proxy

1,879

Current vitality

Fragile

Generation

Greatest Generation

1880Peak 19182024

Peak year

1918

Decline from peak

92.7%

2024

137

All-time

84,056

Sidney once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1918, when 1,879 boys were named Sidney.

In 2024, only 137 boys were given the name.

Down 92.7% from its peak.

All told, about 84,056 Americans have been named Sidney and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity scoreVery uncommon

AssociationGreatest Generation

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 92.7% from peak

19181,879 boys named Sidney

2024137 boys named Sidney

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