nameclover
Names › Sydney
Sydney
Recorded 187,700 times in US records since 1880. Peak year: 2000.
#717 ↘
U.S. rank · 2025
1 in 3,713
U.S. · 2025 records
Uncommon
rarity tier
≈179,000
alive today (estimate) ⓘ
↘ fading
10-yr trend
How many Sydneys are there?

Alive in the US today estimate

Roughly 179,000 Sydneys are alive in the US today, we estimate. About 1 in 1,900 Americans.

Made from recorded births by year and sex, multiplied by survival to today's age (SSA life table). It can't see immigration, and it's an estimate, not a census: how the living estimate is made.

Popularity over time

Sydney through the years, 1880–2025

2000 · 10,369 10,369 0
18802025
Peak Sydney year: 2000 (ringed), with 10,369 recorded. Current usage: ~97% girls. counts of people issued a Social Security number, not a full count of births.

How rare is your Sydney?

Check any name by country and birth year, with real data.

Check your name →
Every figure on this page is computed from the U.S. Social Security Administration's national baby-names data (ssa.gov), and the living estimate uses the SSA actuarial life table: how we calculate this. Data through 2025; refreshed Jun 2026; living estimate as of 2026.