How Many People Are Named Syd?
people named Syd are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 2,848,207 people in the US has this name
Based on 231 babies named Syd in Social Security records from 1903 to 2024, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
16 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Short form of SYDNEY.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Syd in English. Counting Syd and these spellings together, about 1,639 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Syd in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Syd alive today is about 28 years old, and 66% are under 30. Half of them were between 9 and 61 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Syd first appears in the records in 1903 and was given most often in 1912, to 16 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2024.
Babies given the name each year, 1903 to 2024
🏆 Rank History
Syd has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #2,826, in 1964. Among girls, its best rank was #1,413, in 1912.
| Boys | Girls | |
|---|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #2,826 (1964) | #1,413 (1912) |
| Years in the top 100 | None | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #11,396 in the 2010s | #3,614 in the 1910s |
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