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Sidi

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Sidi is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “my lord”. In 2025 it ranked 8,906th for boys in the US (8 babies).

What does Sidi mean?

Arabic: from Arabic sidi, a form of sayyid

“my lord”

An honorific in North and West Africa, used for respected men and holy figures.

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Is Sidi a girl's or a boy's name?

Sidi is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Sidi in the US?

Rank in 2025
#8,906among boys
Babies in 2025
8about 1 in 210,000 boys
Five-year trend
Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 8 boys in the US were named Sidi, making it the 8,906th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2010, with 16 boys. It first appears in the records in 1992.

2025 had more boys named Sidi than any year since 2017.

Half of all the boys named Sidi in the US since 1880 were born between 2006 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.

1992Busiest: 16 in 20102025
Sidi in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
20258#8,906
20240–
20230–
20220–
20210–
20200–
20190–
20180–
20179#8,136
20167#9,659
20150–
20140–
20135#12,129
20126#10,763
20117#9,593
201016#5,475
20099#8,305
20086#11,030
20075#12,361
20066#10,655
20050–
20047#8,921
20036#9,574
20020–
20017#8,332
20000–
19990–
19980–
19970–
19960–
19950–
19940–
19930–
19926#7,414

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