Sid
Sid is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 22 births. Its best rank was 427th, in 1884.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 220.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 196066 births
- Best rank
- #427in 1884
- Since 1880
- 3,000people given the name
The story in the numbers
3,000 boys have been named Sid in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1960, with 66 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1950, and the 1960s alone account for 12%. It has spent 31 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Sid | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 98 | |
| 1890s | 107 | |
| 1900s | 82 | |
| 1910s | 231 | |
| 1920s | 328 | |
| 1930s | 307 | |
| 1940s | 335 | |
| 1950s | 325 | |
| 1960s | 372 | |
| 1970s | 147 | |
| 1980s | 95 | |
| 1990s | 80 | |
| 2000s | 197 | |
| 2010s | 209 | |
| 2020s | 87 |
In 1960, its biggest year
Sid was the 937th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1960 were David, Michael, James, John and Robert. See all of 1960.
Names that rose and fell with Sid
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Irapeak 1947
- Hardypeak 1921
- Benpeak 1918
- Wileypeak 1921
- Guspeak 1921
- Amospeak 1922
- Hendersonpeak 1918
- Fredpeak 1924
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.