Syd

Girl · recorded 1903–1916

  • 1916last recorded
  • 1904best year

Most popular in 1904.

Last recorded in 1916. Fewer than five girls a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Syd.

We only publish meanings we can cite to a source you could check yourself. Most sites will give you one anyway; the ones you find elsewhere are often copied between sites without verification.

Its story

Popularity since 1903

0152919031906191019131916

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 10 recorded years as a table
Syd, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
190319
190429
190719
190827
190917
191020
191112
191229
191416
19165

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Syd isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 1916
5
Rank in 1916
#4,417
How rare
1 in 208,866 girls
Since 1903
80

Syd was last recorded in 1916. Fewer than five girls have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1904, at 29 per million girls born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Syd doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.