# Sid (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/sid/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /sɪd/, 1 syllable |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 3,012 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 3,007 / 5 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 745, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1921 | 5 | 5,759 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 25 | 4,088 |
| 2012 | 19 | 5,013 |
| 2013 | 26 | 3,946 |
| 2014 | 25 | 4,112 |
| 2015 | 18 | 5,257 |
| 2016 | 16 | 5,759 |
| 2017 | 14 | 6,289 |
| 2018 | 22 | 4,588 |
| 2019 | 21 | 4,782 |
| 2020 | 14 | 6,242 |
| 2021 | 20 | 4,905 |
| 2022 | 15 | 6,105 |
| 2023 | 16 | 5,883 |
| 2024 | 22 | 4,680 |
| 2025 | 7 | 10,522 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 45 | 701 |
| 2012 | 33 | 901 |
| 2013 | 35 | 850 |
| 2014 | 36 | 837 |
| 2015 | 28 | 1,024 |
| 2016 | 19 | 1,363 |
| 2017 | 19 | 1,339 |
| 2018 | 22 | 1,194 |
| 2019 | 24 | 1,113 |
| 2020 | 36 | 829 |
| 2021 | 37 | 841 |
| 2022 | 24 | 1,143 |
| 2023 | 20 | 1,309 |
| 2024 | 19 | 1,402 |
| 2025 | 19 | 1,406 |

## People named Sid

- Sid Meier, Canadian-American game programmer and designer
- Sid Caesar, American comic actor and writer (1922–2014)
- Sid Haig, American actor (1939–2019)
- Sid Wilson, American disc jockey
- Sid Watkins, English neurosurgeon and Formula One doctor
- Sid Grauman, American showman (1879-1950)
- Sid Abel, Canadian ice hockey player (1918–2000)
- Sid Fleischman, American (1920–2010)
- Sid Patterson, Australian racing cyclist (1927-1999)
- Sid McMath, 34th governor of Arkansas (1912–2003)
- Sid Melton, American actor (1917-2011)
- Sid Sheinberg, American lawyer and entertainment executive (1935-2019)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.