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Sidney

Boy's name · #1327 in the US (2025) · Timeless

52% boys · 48% girls — Sidney is split almost evenly between girls and boys among recent newborns. Sidney →

Popularity over time

Sidney holds its lane: charted since 1880 and rarely far from where it stands today (#1327 in 2025). About 84,000 boys have carried it along the way. In all that time it has never once missed a year of the national records.

Across the states

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 14 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

See how Sidney ranks in other countries and regions.

#204 in England & Wales (2025) · #362 in Scotland (2025) · #2,987 in France (2025) · #943 in Canada (2024).

Famous Sidneys

• Sidney Poitier — Bahamian and American actor and diplomat (1927–2022)
• Sidney Lumet — American director, producer and screenwriter (1924–2011)
• Sidney Sheldon — American writer (1917–2007)
• Sidney Altman — Canadian American molecular biologist (1939–2022)
• Sidney Govou — French footballer (born 1979)

In stories & tradition

• Sidney^it — Pokémon Emerald (video game)
• Sidney Potte — Little Nellie Kelly (musical stage work)

What Sidneys become

Among 1,135 notable people named Sidney:

Lawyers & judges appear 1.59× more often than among typical names — e.g. Sidney Edgerton, American politician (1818–1900).

Similar names: Nick · Syed · Lonnie · Gilbert · Aubrey · Guy

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