Sydney

Primarily a girl's name · 96% girls

Meaning

Notable people and characters named Sydney include:

From Wikipedia

Sydney first appears in the data in 1991 and has been recorded in 34 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 2000 with 912 babies (rank #17 that year). In 2024 it was given to 120 girls (rank #239). The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Sydney

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Sydney yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.

11Destiny numberThe visionary (master)Intuitive and inspirational — a heightened 2.Sum of every letter. The overall character a name carries.
1Soul urgeThe leaderIndependent, pioneering, drawn to going first.Sum of the vowels — what's said to drive the heart.
1PersonalityThe leaderIndependent, pioneering, drawn to going first.Sum of the consonants — the outer impression.

15,649

Total babies (all years)

Years in the data

912

Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Girls

Famous people named Sydney

Sydney Sweeneyproducer · b. 1997
Sydney Pollackfilm actor · b. 1934
Sydney Brennergeneticist · b. 1927
Sydney McLaughlin-Levronehurdler · b. 1999
Sydney Chaplinfilm actor · b. 1926

More popular girls' names

Names ranked near Sydney in 2024

Other girls' names starting with S

Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year	Babies	Rank
1991	246	#141
1992	263	#133
1993	358	#105
1994	427	#74
1995	763	#34
1996	782	#35
1997	746	#33
1998	778	#25
1999	844	#21
2000	912	#17
2001	812	#24
2002	761	#23
2003	749	#25
2004	709	#24
2005	634	#33
2006	581	#37
2007	555	#46
2008	512	#53
2009	518	#48
2010	457	#54
2011	377	#70
2012	302	#93
2013	302	#91
2014	261	#115
2015	236	#132
2016	205	#143
2017	143	#213
2018	143	#209
2019	130	#230
2020	134	#220
2021	99	#328
2022	106	#275
2023	123	#229
2024	120	#239