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Sydney

Pronounced S IH1 D N AY1 (ARPABET)

  • 2 syllables
  • Peaked 2000
  • 145 years in use
  • 16 spellings
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How popular is Sydney?

Sydney is a girls' name, and has been in the record since the data starts in 1880. It has been given to 225,176 children — the 202nd most common girls' name on record.

It is falling away, down 68% on the previous decade. Its best single year was 2000, when 12,989 children were given it.

16 other spellings are counted in that total — Sidney, Sydnee, Sydni and 13 more — because they are pronounced identically.

05,00010,00015,00020,00018901920195019802010
200012,989

Spelling variants

These spellings sound identical to Sydney and are counted together with it, which is why the totals here are higher than a single-spelling count.

  • Sidney
  • Sydnee
  • Sydni
  • Sydnie
  • Cydnee
  • Sydne
  • Sidnee
  • Cydni
  • Cydnie
  • Sidnie
  • Sidni
  • Cydne
  • Cidnee
  • Sidne
  • Cidni
  • Cidnie

Characteristics

  • 2 syllables
Phonetic detail
Pronunciations:
S IH1 D N AY1 · S IH1 D N EY1 · S IH1 D N IY0 · S IH1 D N IY1
Stress pattern:
11 · 11 · 10 · 11
Syllables:
2

Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.

Names like Sydney

Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.

Sibling names for Sydney

Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.

Frequently asked questions

How popular is the name Sydney?
Sydney ranks 202nd among girls' names in US records, with 225,176 births since 1880. Over the past decade it accounts for 19,030.
Is Sydney a unisex name?
No. Sydney is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
When was Sydney most popular?
2000, when 12,989 children were given the name. It has been in use for 145 years and is still recorded as of 2024.
How else is Sydney spelled?
Sidney, Sydnee, Sydni, Sydnie, Cydnee, Sydne, Sidnee, Cydni, Cydnie, Sidnie, Sidni, Cydne, Cidnee, Sidne, Cidni, Cidnie. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.