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How popular is the name Sid?
Births per year, rank history and how many Sids are alive today.
Sid (male) is a shortened form of the name Sidney. Although Sid itself was given to 19 babies in England and Wales in 2025 (ranked 1406th as a registered name), most Sids are registered as Sidney, which ranked 203rd in 2025 with 247 babies.
Most people called Sid are registered as Sidney, and share that name's profile: the Sidney you are most likely to meet is around 5 years old - or else around 71: the name has two living generations. Half of all Sidneys born in England and Wales are between 17 and 76, and there are at least 18,000 of them alive today. Only some Sidneys go by Sid.
How many babies are named Sid or Sidney each year?
Combined registrations of Sidney, Sydney, Sid. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does Sidney rank as a registered name?
Where does Sid rank as a registered name?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
Is Sid short for Sidney?
Yes - Sid is a shortened form of Sidney. Sids are usually registered as Sidney at birth.
When was the name Sid most popular?
The full name Sidney peaked in 1904, when around 5,400 babies in England and Wales were given the name. Sid itself peaked as a registered name in 2011, with 45 babies.
How many people are called Sid?
There's no official count of people who go by Sid, because it's a nickname rather than a registered name. What we can say: at least 18,000 people registered as Sidney born in England and Wales are alive today, and some of them go by Sid.
How old is the typical Sid?
Most people called Sid are registered as Sidney. Most living Sidneys are between 17 and 76; the most common age is about 5. There is a second cluster around 71.
Is Sid becoming more or less popular?
Declining: recent figures are a fraction of the 1904 peak.