Sydney
A unisex name of Old English origin, meaning wide meadow or saint Denis.
How Sydney has moved
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| Year | US rank |
|---|---|
| 2015 | #122 |
| 2016 | #135 |
| 2017 | #146 |
| 2018 | #164 |
| 2019 | #197 |
| 2020 | #241 |
| 2021 | #249 |
| 2022 | #271 |
| 2023 | #306 |
| 2024 | #288 |
| 2025 | #348 |
Sydney by the numbers
In 2025, 151 babies in England and Wales were named Sydney. In the US, 2,047 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in the US than in England and Wales.
Its American peak was 10,242 babies in 2000, so it is a 2000s name that has since fallen a long way.
At its height, in 2000, about 1 in 190 American babies born that year was called Sydney.
Names that come from Sydney
Forms of Sydney in other languages, names built from it, and names that mean a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Sydney. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Sounds like Sydney
Names that are said the same way as Sydney, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Other names that mean holiness
Like Sydney, each of these has holiness in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Christianfollower of christ; anointed one7,058 in the US (2017)
- SantiagoSaint James4,193 in the US (2017)
- Arianavery holy; form of Ariadne3,870 in the US (2017)
- Ariannamost holy; form of Ariadne3,264 in the US (2017)
- Isabelledevoted to God; form of Elizabeth814 in England and Wales (2025)
- Messiahanointed one; the savior2,009 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean a meadow or field
Like Sydney, each of these has a meadow or field in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Rileyvaliant; rye clearing7,797 in the US (2017)
- Savannahgrassy plain; treeless plain5,231 in the US (2017)
- Braydenbroad valley; a modern respelling of Braden5,153 in the US (2017)
- Kinsleyfrom the king's meadow; an English place name used as given name4,048 in the US (2017)
- Bentleymeadow of bent grass3,945 in the US (2017)
- Haileyhay meadow; form of Hayley3,691 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Sydney
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