Sidney

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Sidney: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Sidney: Recorded since 1973, with a gap of 20 years, it reached #168 in 2021, and it stood at #220 in 2024.

4registrars recorded it
68times a registrar ranked it
52years from first to last
#168highest recorded position
13groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Sidney's record

Absent from every published list for 20 years inside its own recorded period, then ranked again. Names by longest absence

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#2350
1997	#2411
1998	#1979
1999	#1970
2000	#1139
2001	#1870
2002	#1928
2003	#1325
2004	#1617
2005	#1589
2006	#1862
2007	#1741
2008	#1718
2009	#1526
2010	#4012
2011	#2150
2012	#2969
2013	#2460
2014	#2203
2015	#2945
2016	#2547
2017	#3229
2018	#2090
2019	#1389
2020	#1846
2021	#1224
2022	#1180
2023	#906
2024	#1128

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among boys in Republic of Ireland in 7 of the 50 years from 1973 to 2022.

In 2024: #220 among boys in England and Wales, #404 among boys in Northern Ireland, #727 among boys in Scotland.

Official data from 4 national registrars across 4 regions, 1973–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1973
First recorded at #290 among boys in Republic of Ireland in 1973 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #168 among boys in England and Wales, in 2021 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1128 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Sidney appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, with 29 ranked years and 4,801 births registered; the earliest is Republic of Ireland · Boys, from 1973.

Sidney across 3 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Sidney's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#290 (1973)	#290 (1973)	#779 (2022)	7 of 50	23 (1973–2022)	4 (1973)
England and Wales · Boys	#427 (1996)	#168 (2021)	#220 (2024)	29 of 29	4,801 (1996–2024)	319 (2021)
England and Wales · Girls	#2350 (1996)	#906 (2023)	#1128 (2024)	29 of 29	411 (1996–2024)	39 (2023)

Sidney by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Sidney in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	196	4 of 10	49
2000s	1,079	10 of 10	108
2010s	2,217	10 of 10	222
2020sbusiest	1,309	5 of 10	262

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 262 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2020 and 2021, when recorded births rose by 67, from 252 to 319.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Sidney appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 4 regions, from 1973 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #168 in England and Wales in 2021.

Sidney's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#1128	30	High	Verified
2024	England and Wales	male	#220	224	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#906	39	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#199	248	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#1180	28	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#195	266	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#1224	27	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#168	319	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#1846	15	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#201	252	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#1389	22	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#206	247	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#2090	13	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#215	245	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#3229	7	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#242	223	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#2547	10	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#242	224	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#2945	8	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#230	249	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#2203	12	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#252	208	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#2460	10	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#233	222	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#2969	8	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#240	211	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#2150	12	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#259	185	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#4012	5	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#236	203	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#1526	18	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#242	183	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#1718	15	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#246	176	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#1741	14	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#287	137	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#1862	12	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#266	137	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#1589	14	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#301	106	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#1617	13	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#328	91	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#1325	16	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#371	72	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#1928	9	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#366	66	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#1870	9	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#421	51	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#1139	17	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#381	60	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#1970	8	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#411	54	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#1979	8	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#415	52	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#2411	6	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#455	43	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#2350	6	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#427	47	High	Verified
2024	Northern Ireland	male	#404	3	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	male	#779	3	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	male	#764	3	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	male	#710	3	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#701	3	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	female	#677	3	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	male	#500	3	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	male	#290	4	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	male	#290	4	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	male	#727	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 4 registrars between 1973 and 2024, ranked in 31 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #168, first reached in 2021.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 319 births, registered in England and Wales in 2021.

1 registrar publishes it in more than one category list, holding a place in each for at least five years — an observation about those lists rather than about the name.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 20 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 51 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Siddhi · #3514, 12y
Sidharth · #2335, 21y
Sidonie · #1755, 21y
Sidra · #230, 40y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 4 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Allie · #168, 30y
Mikey · #169, 30y
Stevie · #169, 30y
Alexia · #170, 30y

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1970 and 1979.

Kealan · #168, 46y
Riona · #169, 49y
Carrie · #170, 49y
Greg · #166, 37y

Sidney was ranked #168 in England and Wales · Boys in 2021. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Sidney and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Sidney without appearing here.

Sidney moved ahead of

Kirsten Compare
In 2018 they stood at #2090 and #1977 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #1389 and #5591.
Yvonne Compare
In 2017 they stood at #3229 and #2090 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #2090 and #5666.
Kristine Compare
In 2012 they stood at #2969 and #2969 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2013 that had become #2460 and #5742.
Belinda Compare
In 2015 they stood at #2945 and #2945 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #2547 and #5785.

Moved ahead of Sidney

Blake Compare
In 2011 they stood at #2150 and #2893 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #2969 and #1893.
Mila Compare
In 2000 they stood at #1139 and #1313 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2001 that had become #1870 and #1107.
Fiadh Compare
In 2016 they stood at #2547 and #2757 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2017 that had become #3229 and #2502.
Audrey Compare
In 2000 they stood at #1139 and #1313 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2001 that had become #1870 and #1170.

Moved the opposite way to Sidney

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Sidney went from #427 to #220 while Aaron went from #33 to #154.
Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Sidney went from #2350 to #1128 while Abigail went from #21 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Sidney went from #427 to #220 while Adam went from #16 to #35.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Sidney went from #2350 to #1128 while Aimee went from #70 to #1603.

Moved the same way as Sidney

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Sidney went from #2350 to #1128 and Ada from #2683 to #40.
Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Sidney went from #427 to #220 and Albie from #853 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Sidney went from #427 to #220 and Alfie from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Sidney went from #427 to #220 and Alfred from #218 to #81.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 4 regions, from 1973 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #168 in England and Wales in 2021. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Sidney

Sidney at a glance

What stands out in Sidney's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Sidney across 3 official records

Sidney by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Sidney appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Names published alongside Sidney

Sidney and the names beside it

Sidney moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Sidney

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Sidney at a glance

What stands out in Sidney's record

Sidney across 3 official records

Sidney by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Sidney appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Names published alongside Sidney

Sidney and the names beside it

Sidney moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Sidney

Moved the opposite way to Sidney

Moved the same way as Sidney