Feminine dossier · first seen 1886

Sydney

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

Stable Decline Gradual decline from 2000

Peak era

2000

Peak rank proxy

10,243

Current vitality

Healthy

Generation

Gen Z

1886Peak 20002024

Peak year

2000

Decline from peak

89.3%

2024

1,097

All-time

177,413

Sydney is past its period of maximum cultural dominance, but it has not disappeared. Unlike names that burn out quickly, it still carries enough usage to remain cross-generational rather than purely nostalgic.

Your name peaked in 2000, when 10,243 girls were named Sydney.

In 2024, only 1,097 girls were given the name.

Down 89.3% from its peak.

All told, about 177,413 Americans have been named Sydney and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1886.

Rarity scoreMainstream

AssociationGen Z

StabilityEra-bound, still legible

TrajectoryGradual decline from 2000

200010,243 girls named Sydney

20241,097 girls named Sydney

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