Sydel — girls' name
43 babies named Sydel in U.S. Social Security records since 1925, with the highest year being 1931. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
60% of everyone ever named Sydel was born in this single decade.
7 babies were named Sydel in 1931 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Sydel
The Social Security Administration has registered 43 babies named Sydel between 1925 and 2022, spanning 98 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Sydel currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2022. The name reached its historical peak in 1931, when 7 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Sydel performed strongest in the 1930s, accumulating 26 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Sydel shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 18 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Sydel in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Sydel in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 43 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Sydel at a glance
Last recorded 2022Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Sydel popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2022–1925
- Peak year (1931)
- 7
- Annual births at peak — across 98 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2022.
43 total births across 98 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1931 with 7 births in a single year.
Sydel by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1930s
- 26 births that decade — 60% of Sydel's all-time total
Sydel decade highlights
- Peak decade 26 births
- Runner-up 11 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1930s was Sydel's strongest decade
26 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 60% of all-time use.
Sydel by state
Where Sydel concentrates geographically — total births since 1925
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 18 | 41.9% |
18 of 43 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- New York 41.9% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 41.9% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1925–2022 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.