NameTides

Sydney

Sydney was the #348 girls' name in the US in 2025 (873 babies), and #295 in England & Wales and #258 in Canada.

Sydney as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Sydney as a girl’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.02.557.51018801900192019401960198020002020CanadaScotlandEngland & WalesUSIreland
Sydney as a girl’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.02.557.5101880192019602000
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.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#348 (873)#295 (151)#284 (12)—#718 (4)#258 (120)
2024#288 (1,104)#355 (124)#351 (9)#407 (3)—#232 (124)
2023#307 (1,003)#400 (104)#540 (5)——#232 (123)
2022#271 (1,169)#427 (99)——#905 (3)#280 (106)
2021#249 (1,231)#431 (101)#792 (3)——#317 (103)
2020#241 (1,246)#472 (85)———#223 (134)
2019#197 (1,535)#424 (100)#406 (8)——#236 (131)
2018#164 (1,757)#370 (122)——#436 (9)#207 (145)
2017#146 (2,013)#396 (111)#666 (4)——#214 (144)
2016#135 (2,322)#415 (107)#502 (6)—#868 (3)#145 (205)
2015#122 (2,660)#330 (142)#509 (6)—#896 (3)#130 (238)
2014#109 (2,855)#373 (120)#802 (3)——#117 (263)
2013#98 (3,177)#378 (118)#816 (3)—#894 (3)#92 (302)
2012#78 (3,456)#320 (152)#665 (4)—#907 (3)#92 (302)
2011#65 (3,974)#307 (159)#674 (4)—#695 (5)#69 (377)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2000 at #23.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1886.

How common is it?

about 1 in 1,800 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

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

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 1,800uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 1,700uncommon
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 1,500uncommon
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 5,300uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 1,200uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Sydney is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 1,900 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 1,600 to 1 in 2,200.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Sydney by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #230WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #313WAIdaho: #402IDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: #195NDMinnesota: #241MNIllinois: #363ILMichigan: #293MINew York: #380NYMassachusetts: #190MAOregon: #353ORNevada: #433NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: #233SDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: #444INOhio: #309OHPennsylvania: #246PANew Jersey: #253NJConnecticut: #175CTRhode Island: #180RICalifornia: #350CAUtah: #440UTColorado: #264CONebraska: #396NEMissouri: #311MOKentucky: #286KYWest Virginia: #273WVVirginia: #309VAMaryland: #354MDDelaware: #140DEArizona: #676AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: #578KSArkansas: #489ARTennessee: #432TNNorth Carolina: #472NCSouth Carolina: #467SCDistrict of Columbia: #73DCOklahoma: #340OKLouisiana: #677LAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: #348ALGeorgia: #509GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #471TXFlorida: #426FL
Sydney (girls) 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
Ontario2024#15272
Quebec2025#36214

Sydney (girls): 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
SydneyCanadaGirls#258120
SydneyCanadaBoys—too few
SydneyEngland & WalesGirls#295151
SydneyEngland & WalesBoys#1,27622
SydneyIrelandGirls#7184
SydneyNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
SydneyNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
SydneyScotlandGirls#28412
SydneyScotlandBoys—too few
SydneyUSGirls#348873
SydneyUSBoys#4,85720