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How popular is “Sydney” in the USA?

Number of people named “Sydney” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Sydney” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Sydney” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Sydney” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Sydney” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Sydney” by birth year

This chart shows how “Sydney” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1880 12 0.000059558 12 -100%
1881 6 0.000031138 6 -100%
1882 10 0.00004514 10 -100%
1883 11 0.000050704 11 -100%
1884 13 0.000053397 13 -100%
1885 25 0.000103797 25 -100%
1886 18 0.000070501 8 10 -11%
1887 14 0.00005659 14 -100%
1888 24 0.000080141 6 18 -50%
1889 18 0.000062295 18 -100%
1890 17 0.000056403 6 11 -29%
1891 8 0.000027906 8 -100%
1892 21 0.000062804 6 15 -43%
1893 23 0.000070721 23 -100%
1894 21 0.000062004 21 -100%
1895 24 0.000068372 24 -100%
1896 21 0.000058744 5 16 -52%
1897 15 0.000043233 15 -100%
1898 11 0.000028837 11 -100%
1899 23 0.0000678 6 17 -48%
1900 13 0.000028872 13 -100%
1901 20 0.000057835 7 13 -30%
1902 18 0.000046544 5 13 -44%
1903 28 0.000073452 5 23 -64%
1904 34 0.000084266 6 28 -65%
1905 49 0.000115587 21 28 -14%
1906 26 0.000060684 6 20 -54%
1907 27 0.000058016 7 20 -48%
1908 39 0.000079812 11 28 -44%
1909 45 0.000088024 16 29 -29%
1910 57 0.000096494 15 42 -47%
1911 66 0.00010244 12 54 -64%
1912 127 0.000128534 12 115 -81%
1913 166 0.000145984 21 145 -75%
1914 203 0.000143327 23 180 -77%
1915 199 0.000108599 27 172 -73%
1916 244 0.000126136 39 205 -68%
1917 212 0.000105643 32 180 -70%
1918 231 0.000106397 44 187 -62%
1919 201 0.00009525 40 161 -60%
1920 207 0.000091486 30 177 -71%
1921 193 0.000082673 24 169 -75%
1922 191 0.000083437 30 161 -69%
1923 178 0.000077308 44 134 -51%
1924 160 0.000067181 33 127 -59%
1925 154 0.000066001 25 129 -68%
1926 134 0.000058365 21 113 -69%
1927 150 0.000064673 38 112 -49%
1928 125 0.000055287 28 97 -55%
1929 123 0.000056109 33 90 -46%
1930 111 0.000049926 29 82 -48%
1931 116 0.000055123 41 75 -29%
1932 167 0.000079099 72 95 -14%
1933 194 0.000097027 107 87 10%
1934 183 0.000088116 103 80 13%
1935 173 0.000082779 94 79 9%
1936 179 0.000086158 97 82 8%
1937 184 0.000086358 91 93 -1%
1938 162 0.000073218 87 75 7%
1939 156 0.000070798 77 79 -1%
1940 153 0.000066444 85 68 11%
1941 255 0.000104662 171 84 34%
1942 287 0.000105058 187 100 30%
1943 266 0.000094241 190 76 43%
1944 224 0.000083269 145 79 29%
1945 220 0.000082928 132 88 20%
1946 229 0.000071668 152 77 33%
1947 223 0.000061905 137 86 23%
1948 208 0.000060246 137 71 32%
1949 262 0.000075184 176 86 34%
1950 280 0.000079923 202 78 44%
1951 265 0.000071938 205 60 55%
1952 267 0.0000703 207 60 55%
1953 230 0.000059684 153 77 33%
1954 199 0.000049991 143 56 44%
1955 183 0.000045578 134 49 46%
1956 188 0.000045597 120 68 28%
1957 169 0.000040218 117 52 38%
1958 173 0.000041849 105 68 21%
1959 199 0.00004786 136 63 37%
1960 179 0.000043093 128 51 43%
1961 185 0.000044661 127 58 37%
1962 152 0.000037667 100 52 32%
1963 208 0.000052549 155 53 49%
1964 235 0.000060449 169 66 44%
1965 217 0.000059855 167 50 54%
1966 209 0.000060133 167 42 60%
1967 184 0.000054199 128 56 39%
1968 145 0.00004292 100 45 38%
1969 137 0.000039421 106 31 55%
1970 161 0.000044641 103 58 28%
1971 144 0.000041954 104 40 44%
1972 124 0.000039453 84 40 35%
1973 94 0.000031158 63 31 34%
1974 86 0.000028289 50 36 16%
1975 121 0.000040074 93 28 54%
1976 148 0.000048776 121 27 64%
1977 126 0.000039666 89 37 41%
1978 144 0.00004537 110 34 53%
1979 139 0.000041779 114 25 64%
1980 157 0.00004558 130 27 66%
1981 193 0.00005579 154 39 60%
1982 209 0.000059579 155 54 48%
1983 232 0.000066987 201 31 73%
1984 324 0.00009287 285 39 76%
1985 475 0.000133086 440 35 85%
1986 506 0.000142252 464 42 83%
1987 701 0.000194419 651 50 86%
1988 971 0.000262784 914 57 88%
1989 1276 0.000331907 1193 83 87%
1990 2104 0.000532324 2028 76 93%
1991 2456 0.000630509 2380 76 94%
1992 2800 0.000728925 2708 92 93%
1993 3164 0.000839195 3050 114 93%
1994 4823 0.001297324 4737 86 96%
1995 7463 0.002037871 7360 103 97%
1996 7387 0.002025392 7259 128 97%
1997 8150 0.002247812 8032 118 97%
1998 8669 0.002356855 8553 116 97%
1999 9758 0.002641676 9649 109 98%
2000 10369 0.002743191 10243 126 98%
2001 9748 0.002604057 9639 109 98%
2002 9110 0.002436942 9034 76 98%
2003 8988 0.002363821 8911 77 98%
2004 8469 0.00221648 8368 101 98%
2005 7452 0.00193818 7376 76 98%
2006 6589 0.001665492 6516 73 98%
2007 6098 0.001525384 6032 66 98%
2008 5345 0.001359821 5264 81 97%
2009 5118 0.001339729 5059 59 98%
2010 4408 0.001192725 4335 73 97%
2011 4039 0.001104218 3973 66 97%
2012 3509 0.000959433 3456 53 97%
2013 3228 0.000885435 3177 51 97%
2014 2905 0.000783784 2855 50 97%
2015 2710 0.000732252 2660 50 96%
2016 2369 0.000645733 2322 47 96%
2017 2053 0.000574074 2013 40 96%
2018 1793 0.000509969 1757 36 96%
2019 1573 0.000453192 1533 40 95%
2020 1276 0.00038197 1245 31 95%
2021 1269 0.000374563 1231 38 94%
2022 1200 0.000354701 1169 31 95%
2023 1040 0.000314086 1003 37 93%
2024 1122 0.000337089 1097 25 96%

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