NameTides

Sidney

Sidney was the #1,323 boys' name in the US in 2025 (146 babies), and #203 in England & Wales and #699 in Canada.

Sidney as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Sidney as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.631.251.882.518801900192019401960198020002020England & WalesScotlandCanadaUS
Sidney as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.631.251.882.51880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
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YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#1,323 (146)#203 (247)#333 (10)——#699 (39)
2024#1,371 (137)#220 (224)#727 (3)#404 (3)—#997 (25)
2023#1,230 (160)#199 (248)#614 (4)——#886 (27)
2022#1,200 (166)#195 (266)#590 (4)—#779 (3)#763 (33)
2021#1,383 (132)#168 (319)#720 (3)——#770 (34)
2020#1,160 (166)#201 (252)#426 (7)——#761 (32)
2019#1,112 (177)#206 (247)#701 (3)—#764 (3)#840 (28)
2018#1,141 (168)#215 (245)———#778 (31)
2017#1,100 (177)#242 (223)——#710 (3)#764 (32)
2016#1,022 (196)#242 (224)———#713 (36)
2015#1,086 (180)#230 (249)———#649 (40)
2014#1,137 (167)#252 (208)———#681 (37)
2013#948 (210)#233 (222)———#760 (31)
2012#916 (226)#240 (211)———#750 (31)
2011#893 (231)#259 (185)———#508 (53)

Sidney as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Sidney as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.75118801900192019401960198020002020ScotlandEngland & WalesCanadaUS
Sidney as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.7511880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
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YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandIrelandCanada
2025#1,872 (105)#1,271 (25)#780 (3)—#1,668 (14)
2024#1,732 (117)#1,128 (30)——#1,833 (12)
2023#1,627 (128)#906 (39)——#1,582 (14)
2022#1,387 (165)#1,180 (28)——#2,835 (6)
2021#1,347 (164)#1,224 (27)——#1,681 (13)
2020#1,510 (141)#1,846 (15)——#1,662 (13)
2019#1,287 (179)#1,389 (22)——#2,188 (9)
2018#1,135 (215)#2,090 (13)——#1,089 (23)
2017#1,120 (225)#3,229 (7)——#1,179 (21)
2016#1,018 (260)#2,547 (10)——#1,075 (24)
2015#997 (270)#2,945 (8)——#1,427 (16)
2014#916 (295)#2,203 (12)——#1,340 (18)
2013#906 (282)#2,460 (10)——#1,091 (23)
2012#831 (323)#2,969 (8)——#1,142 (22)
2011#680 (413)#2,150 (12)——#923 (28)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1912 at #80.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.
  • In 2025, 42% of US babies named Sidney were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 12,000 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 12,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 1,100uncommon
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 2,000uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 4,100uncommon
USGirls2025about 1 in 15,000rare
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 10,000rare
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 6,000uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 11,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Sidney is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 11,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 9,100 to 1 in 14,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Sidney by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #801WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: #935ILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: #1,055NYMassachusetts: #789MAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: #913PANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,299CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #798VAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #842TNNorth Carolina: #873NCSouth Carolina: #743SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #2,285TXFlorida: #1,625FL
Sidney (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Quebec2025#6236
Ontario2024#90712

Sidney (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
SidneyCanadaGirls#1,66814
SidneyCanadaBoys#69939
SidneyEngland & WalesGirls#1,27125
SidneyEngland & WalesBoys#203247
SidneyIrelandGirls—too few
SidneyIrelandBoys—too few
SidneyNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
SidneyNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
SidneyScotlandGirls#7803
SidneyScotlandBoys#33310
SidneyUSGirls#1,872105
SidneyUSBoys#1,323146