Girls' name · since 1987
Sydny
Sydny has 270 recorded births since 1987 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2000 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #16,869 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 270
- born since 1987
- 1990s
- peak decade
Sydny is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 270 have been recorded since 1987.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Sydny has been recorded 270 times among girls since 1987, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1990s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1987 to 2013.
- #16,869 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 270 born since 1987
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Sydny ranks #16,869 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 270 born since 1987, peaking in the 1990s.
- #16,869 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 270
- born since 1987
- 1990s
- peak decade
Sydny's 270 recorded births place it above 76.67% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Sydny's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Sydny splits its recorded history at 1999: 54% of all births land in the more recent half, 46% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2008 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2000 peak of 33 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Sydny popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1987–2013
- Peak year (2000)
- 33
- Annual births at peak, across 27 years of records
Sydny by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (142 births, 53% of the file).
1990s was Sydny's strongest decade.
142 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 53% of all-time use.
Sydny births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 6
1980s
6 births
- 1990s
1990s
142 births
- 2000s
2000s
115 births
- 2010s 7
2010s
7 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 142 births (53% of all-time use).
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- Sydny's decade-level peak was the 1990s (142 total births); usage has since declined to 7 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Sydny: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2000)
Similar record span (~26 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1987–2013 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Sydny draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.