Sydney

Primarily a girl's name · Unisex — 87% girls / 13% boys

Meaning

Notable people and characters named Sydney include:

From Wikipedia

Sydney first appears in the data in 1996 and has been recorded in 21 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 2003 with 223 babies (rank #212 that year). It was not in the 2024 data. 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.

3,910

Total babies (all years)

Years in the data

223

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

Other girls' names starting with S

Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year	Babies	Rank
1996	98	#352
1997	100	#341
1998	147	#264
1999	155	#257
2000	190	#223
2001	191	#207
2002	210	#207
2003	223	#212
2004	208	#219
2005	211	#224
2006	175	#266
2007	177	#274
2008	169	#282
2009	199	#245
2010	167	#289
2011	159	#309
2012	152	#321
2013	118	#380
2014	120	#378
2015	142	#330
2016	107	#418