Sid
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- SID
- Origin
- English
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,473 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #9,710 for boys
Sid is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “wide island”. In 2025 it ranked 1,473rd for boys in the UK (19 babies) and 9,710th for boys in the US (7 babies).
What does Sid mean?
English: short form of Sidney
“wide island”
A short form of Sidney or Sydney.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Sid a girl's or a boy's name?
Sid is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 19 boys in the UK and 7 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Sid in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,473rd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 19 about 1 in 16,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 29% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 19 boys in the UK were named Sid, making it the 1,473rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 876th. Its busiest year was 2011, with 45 boys.
Half of all the boys named Sid in the UK since 1996 were born between 2006 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,405th in England and Wales.
Sid in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 19 | #1,473 |
| 2024 | 19 | #1,470 |
| 2023 | 21 | #1,355 |
| 2022 | 24 | #1,229 |
| 2021 | 37 | #909 |
| 2020 | 37 | #876 |
| 2019 | 24 | #1,193 |
| 2018 | 22 | #1,280 |
| 2017 | 22 | #1,290 |
| 2016 | 20 | #1,403 |
| 2015 | 29 | #1,064 |
| 2014 | 36 | #905 |
| 2013 | 36 | #904 |
| 2012 | 33 | #979 |
| 2011 | 45 | #773 |
| 2010 | 33 | #951 |
| 2009 | 27 | #1,057 |
| 2008 | 36 | #854 |
| 2007 | 37 | #812 |
| 2006 | 29 | #914 |
| 2005 | 26 | #944 |
| 2004 | 20 | #1,071 |
| 2003 | 20 | #1,010 |
| 2002 | 17 | #1,067 |
| 2001 | 15 | #1,103 |
| 2000 | 21 | #862 |
| 1999 | 13 | #1,142 |
| 1998 | 14 | #1,062 |
| 1997 | 15 | #1,025 |
| 1996 | 8 | #1,506 |
How popular is Sid in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 9,710th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 7 about 1 in 240,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 21% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 7 boys in the US were named Sid, making it the 9,710th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,976th. Its busiest year was 1960, with 66 boys.
2025 had fewer boys named Sid than any year since 1995.
Half of all the boys named Sid in the US since 1880 were born between 1927 and 1973, the years shaded on the chart below.
Sid in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #9,710 |
| 2024 | 22 | #4,567 |
| 2023 | 16 | #5,661 |
| 2022 | 15 | #5,870 |
| 2021 | 20 | #4,776 |
| 2020 | 14 | #5,976 |
| 2019 | 21 | #4,635 |
| 2018 | 22 | #4,472 |
| 2017 | 14 | #6,056 |
| 2016 | 16 | #5,551 |
| 2015 | 18 | #5,056 |
| 2014 | 25 | #4,011 |
| 2013 | 26 | #3,862 |
| 2012 | 19 | #4,857 |
| 2011 | 25 | #3,992 |
| 2010 | 23 | #4,240 |
| 2009 | 28 | #3,719 |
| 2008 | 29 | #3,643 |
| 2007 | 28 | #3,685 |
| 2006 | 27 | #3,684 |
| 2005 | 10 | #7,089 |
| 2004 | 16 | #5,002 |
| 2003 | 19 | #4,271 |
| 2002 | 14 | #5,124 |
| 2001 | 12 | #5,660 |
| 2000 | 14 | #5,034 |
| 1999 | 9 | #6,524 |
| 1998 | 11 | #5,460 |
| 1997 | 10 | #5,636 |
| 1996 | 8 | #6,489 |
| 1995 | 7 | #6,985 |
| 1994 | 7 | #6,962 |
| 1993 | 11 | #4,995 |
| 1992 | 9 | #5,652 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 8 | #5,816 |
| 1989 | 8 | #5,608 |
| 1988 | 9 | #4,781 |
| 1987 | 14 | #3,334 |
| 1986 | 9 | #4,453 |
| 1985 | 6 | #5,780 |
| 1984 | 8 | #4,549 |
| 1983 | 13 | #3,229 |
| 1982 | 11 | #3,690 |
| 1981 | 6 | #5,466 |
| 1980 | 11 | #3,614 |
| 1979 | 9 | #4,066 |
| 1978 | 13 | #3,069 |
| 1977 | 9 | #3,834 |
| 1976 | 14 | #2,825 |
| 1975 | 16 | #2,538 |
| 1974 | 12 | #2,944 |
| 1973 | 16 | #2,403 |
| 1972 | 23 | #1,871 |
| 1971 | 14 | #2,557 |
| 1970 | 21 | #1,938 |
| 1969 | 25 | #1,641 |
| 1968 | 23 | #1,649 |
| 1967 | 23 | #1,608 |
| 1966 | 28 | #1,449 |
| 1965 | 23 | #1,624 |
| 1964 | 42 | #1,188 |
| 1963 | 41 | #1,214 |
| 1962 | 38 | #1,258 |
| 1961 | 63 | #966 |
| 1960 | 66 | #926 |
| 1959 | 65 | #949 |
| 1958 | 47 | #1,113 |
| 1957 | 50 | #1,074 |
| 1956 | 33 | #1,334 |
| 1955 | 21 | #1,681 |
| 1954 | 27 | #1,465 |
| 1953 | 18 | #1,835 |
| 1952 | 23 | #1,581 |
| 1951 | 14 | #2,054 |
| 1950 | 27 | #1,394 |
| 1949 | 37 | #1,162 |
| 1948 | 40 | #1,126 |
| 1947 | 41 | #1,135 |
| 1946 | 41 | #1,075 |
| 1945 | 23 | #1,377 |
| 1944 | 29 | #1,235 |
| 1943 | 29 | #1,279 |
| 1942 | 37 | #1,119 |
| 1941 | 32 | #1,169 |
| 1940 | 26 | #1,311 |
| 1939 | 30 | #1,194 |
| 1938 | 26 | #1,310 |
| 1937 | 41 | #982 |
| 1936 | 35 | #1,095 |
| 1935 | 21 | #1,494 |
| 1934 | 31 | #1,189 |
| 1933 | 33 | #1,144 |
| 1932 | 30 | #1,236 |
| 1931 | 30 | #1,253 |
| 1930 | 30 | #1,299 |
| 1929 | 32 | #1,237 |
| 1928 | 30 | #1,323 |
| 1927 | 38 | #1,163 |
| 1926 | 32 | #1,278 |
| 1925 | 31 | #1,304 |
| 1924 | 29 | #1,380 |
| 1923 | 31 | #1,300 |
| 1922 | 36 | #1,196 |
| 1921 | 34 | #1,252 |
| 1920 | 35 | #1,225 |
| 1919 | 26 | #1,407 |
| 1918 | 22 | #1,595 |
| 1917 | 30 | #1,238 |
| 1916 | 26 | #1,335 |
| 1915 | 34 | #1,100 |
| 1914 | 23 | #1,221 |
| 1913 | 25 | #995 |
| 1912 | 23 | #935 |
| 1911 | 7 | #1,386 |
| 1910 | 15 | #782 |
| 1909 | 9 | #1,020 |
| 1908 | 10 | #877 |
| 1907 | 7 | #1,093 |
| 1906 | 6 | #1,110 |
| 1905 | 12 | #699 |
| 1904 | 9 | #810 |
| 1903 | 8 | #846 |
| 1902 | 9 | #793 |
| 1901 | 7 | #857 |
| 1900 | 5 | #1,309 |
| 1899 | 9 | #714 |
| 1898 | 12 | #634 |
| 1897 | 7 | #851 |
| 1896 | 8 | #825 |
| 1895 | 8 | #794 |
| 1894 | 14 | #543 |
| 1893 | 14 | #509 |
| 1892 | 13 | #571 |
| 1891 | 10 | #597 |
| 1890 | 12 | #566 |
| 1889 | 8 | #722 |
| 1888 | 9 | #704 |
| 1887 | 10 | #583 |
| 1886 | 14 | #491 |
| 1885 | 0 | – |
| 1884 | 19 | #416 |
| 1883 | 10 | #597 |
| 1882 | 11 | #576 |
| 1881 | 10 | #563 |
| 1880 | 7 | #745 |
Names like Sid
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Stanley, Sidney, Charlie, Archie, Ollie, Chester, Arthur, Wilfred, Ralph, Harley, George, Edward
Names related to Sid
More English names
Lily, Evelyn, Hudson, Ivy, Harper, Grace, Violet, Willow, Daisy, Poppy, Riley, Oakley, Mason, Cooper, Ruby, Hallie
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Sid: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/sid, updated 20 October 2026.