Sydne
Sydne is a name with a single cultural origin: English.
- English
Meaning & Origin of Sydne
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Sydne is a name with a single cultural origin: English.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- English
The Story of Sydne
The earliest SSA record of Sydne as a baby girl name dates back to 1936, when 5 babies received it. 1996 was its biggest year on record, with 59 newborns named Sydne — #2,253 in the national rankings. About 47% of every Sydne on record arrived during the 1990s, its defining decade. Sydne last appeared in the published SSA data in 2012, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 876 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1930s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Variants & Related Forms of Sydne
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Sydne. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Names that sound like Sydne
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About the name Sydne
Sydne is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1936 and has accumulated 876 births in the dataset. Sydne's peak popularity came in 1996 when it ranked #2,253. Use the chart and map above to compare Sydne's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.