girls:
5.1k births since 1942
#2360 (59th percentile)
boys:
25 births since 1995
#4561 (0th percentile)
overall:
5.1k births since 1942
#3801 (51st percentile)
The name Cydney is the #3,801 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 5,146 recorded births since 1942. This represents the 50.9% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 50.9% of all names). For girls, it ranks #2,360 (58.7% percentile) for all time with 5,121 births since 1942. For boys, it ranks #4,561 (0.5% percentile) for all time with 25 births since 1995.
Cydney first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1942 (1942 for girls and 1995 for boys). Birth data for Cydney is available in 78 out of the 82 years between 1942 and 2023 (78 years for girls and 4 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Cydney has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 99.5% of all recorded births being female.
For girls, Cydney reached its peak popularity in 1998, achieving the 25.2% percentile (ranked #654) with 117 births per million. The name was most common in 1998, with 117 births per million (ranked 25.2% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2000, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Cydney ranks #942 for girls (0.5% percentile) with 6 births per million, which is 4.9% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Cydney reached its peak popularity in 1996, achieving the 0.4% percentile (ranked #775) with 4 births per million. The name was most common in 1996, with 4 births per million (ranked 0.4% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2005.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Cydney".
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Our model found one way to pronounce the name Cydney. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 100.0% confident that Cydney is pronounced as SIHD-nee, which has 2 syllables.
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