How Many People Are Named Sid?
people named Sid are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 225,006 people in the US has this name
Based on 3,012 babies named Sid in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
66 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Short form of SIDNEY.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Sid in English. Counting Sid and these spellings together, about 1,639 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Sid in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Sid alive today is about 46 years old, and 42% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 18 and 66 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Sid first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1960, to 66 babies. In 2025, 7 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Sid has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #427, in 1884. In 2025 it ranked #10,518.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #10,518 |
| Best rank | #427 (1884) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,281 in the 1960s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Sid alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Sid were born in California than in any other state: about 129 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Sid was given 5.3 times as often in California, 3.5 times in Texas and 1.9 times in New York.
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