Sydna — girls' name
168 babies named Sydna in U.S. Social Security records since 1915, with the highest year being 1940. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
39% of everyone ever named Sydna was born in this single decade.
15 babies were named Sydna in 1940 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Sydna
The Social Security Administration has registered 168 babies named Sydna between 1915 and 1979, spanning 65 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Sydna currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1979. The name reached its historical peak in 1940, when 15 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Sydna performed strongest in the 1940s, accumulating 66 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Sydna shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Sydna 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 168 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.
Sydna at a glance
Last recorded 1979Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Sydna popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1979–1915
- Peak year (1940)
- 15
- Annual births at peak — across 65 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1979.
168 total births across 65 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1940 with 15 births in a single year.
Sydna by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1940s
- 66 births that decade — 39% of Sydna's all-time total
Sydna decade highlights
- Peak decade 66 births
- Runner-up 46 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1940s was Sydna's strongest decade
66 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 39% of all-time use.
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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, 1915–1979 (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.