Given name
Sidra
“resembling a star”
Sidra is used as a given name. One Latin interpretation is “resembling a star.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Latin interpretation is “resembling a star.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Latin.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1949. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Sidra through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,883
- 0 boys · 1,883 girls
- Most popular year
- 2025
- 162 babies
- 2025
- 162
- #1,366 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +87%
- Rising fast
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 162 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 1,366 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 87.1% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (21). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,988 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Sidra’s family of names
Sidra has a related form in Sidrah. Sidra has a related form in Sidriya. Sidra has a related form in Sydra.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 5
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 8
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Sidra
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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