Sydell — girls' name

What the Data Says About Sydell

The Social Security Administration has registered 598 babies named Sydell between 1898 and 1989, spanning 92 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Sydell currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1989. The name reached its historical peak in 1929, when 55 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Sydell performed strongest in the 1930s, accumulating 210 births during that ten-year window. Across the 10 decades of recorded activity, Sydell shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 429 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Illinois and New Jersey. In total, SSA state-level files list Sydell in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Sydell 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 598 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.