Sierra
#382 most common girls' name of all time · #698 across all names · <1% male / >99% female · used 1940–2025
Rank among girls
#382
Rank overall
#698 of 105,966
First appeared
1940
Years on the list
82 of 146
All-time
100,866
Since 2016
6,045
Peak year
1998 #51
Best rank
#49 1999
Girls
Boys
peak 5,853/yr
Sierra first appears in 1940. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 476 | — | 476 | #614 |
| 2024 | 508 | — | 508 | #595 |
| 2023 | 525 | — | 525 | #567 |
| 2022 | 552 | — | 552 | #551 |
| 2021 | 612 | — | 612 | #508 |
| 2020 | 568 | — | 568 | #533 |
| 2019 | 630 | — | 630 | #499 |
| 2018 | 699 | — | 699 | #454 |
| 2017 | 704 | — | 704 | #450 |
| 2016 | 771 | — | 771 | #424 |
| 2015 | 800 | — | 800 | #404 |
| 2014 | 949 | — | 949 | #351 |
| 2013 | 945 | — | 945 | #344 |
| 2012 | 1,170 | — | 1,170 | #278 |
| 2011 | 1,149 | — | 1,149 | #278 |
| 2010 | 1,455 | — | 1,455 | #214 |
| 2009 | 1,676 | — | 1,676 | #196 |
| 2008 | 1,903 | — | 1,903 | #175 |
| 2007 | 2,114 | — | 2,114 | #168 |
| 2006 | 2,466 | 5 | 2,471 | #140 |
| 2005 | 3,049 | 5 | 3,054 | #105 |
| 2004 | 3,520 | 16 | 3,536 | #92 |
| 2003 | 4,242 | 11 | 4,253 | #73 |
| 2002 | 4,807 | 7 | 4,814 | #62 |
| 2001 | 5,237 | 7 | 5,244 | #55 |
| 2000 | 5,520 | 8 | 5,528 | #53 |
| 1999 | 5,715 | 9 | 5,724 | #49 |
| 1998 | 5,841 | 12 | 5,853 | #51 |
| 1997 | 5,688 | 10 | 5,698 | #56 |
| 1996 | 5,487 | 12 | 5,499 | #62 |
| 1995 | 5,495 | 10 | 5,505 | #60 |
| 1994 | 4,853 | 18 | 4,871 | #71 |
| 1993 | 3,473 | 8 | 3,481 | #91 |
| 1992 | 2,614 | 8 | 2,622 | #129 |
| 1991 | 2,302 | 10 | 2,312 | #138 |
| 1990 | 2,170 | 11 | 2,181 | #141 |
| 1989 | 1,863 | 13 | 1,876 | #155 |
| 1988 | 1,550 | 10 | 1,560 | #181 |
| 1987 | 1,620 | 8 | 1,628 | #173 |
| 1986 | 1,610 | 8 | 1,618 | #169 |
| 1985 | 1,198 | 8 | 1,206 | #216 |
| 1984 | 231 | 5 | 236 | #717 |
| 1983 | 193 | 7 | 200 | #806 |
| 1982 | 210 | — | 210 | #781 |
| 1981 | 187 | 8 | 195 | #840 |
| 1980 | 184 | — | 184 | #849 |
| 1979 | 159 | — | 159 | #930 |
| 1978 | 158 | 15 | 173 | #906 |
| 1977 | 134 | 10 | 144 | #1,006 |
| 1976 | 91 | 5 | 96 | #1,239 |
| 1975 | 76 | 5 | 81 | #1,396 |
| 1974 | 57 | — | 57 | #1,641 |
| 1973 | 41 | — | 41 | #2,003 |
| 1972 | 24 | — | 24 | #2,862 |
| 1971 | 24 | — | 24 | #2,912 |
| 1970 | 23 | — | 23 | #2,988 |
| 1969 | 11 | — | 11 | #4,550 |
| 1968 | 5 | — | 5 | #7,423 |
| 1967 | 16 | — | 16 | #3,282 |
| 1966 | 7 | — | 7 | #5,520 |
| 1965 | 7 | — | 7 | #5,551 |
| 1964 | 9 | — | 9 | #4,832 |
| 1963 | 11 | — | 11 | #4,158 |
| 1962 | 7 | — | 7 | #5,599 |
| 1961 | 8 | — | 8 | #5,100 |
| 1959 | 6 | — | 6 | #5,925 |
| 1958 | 7 | — | 7 | #5,187 |
| 1957 | 7 | — | 7 | #5,179 |
| 1956 | 8 | — | 8 | #4,704 |
| 1955 | 8 | — | 8 | #4,628 |
| 1954 | 8 | — | 8 | #4,532 |
| 1952 | 5 | — | 5 | #6,069 |
| 1950 | 5 | — | 5 | #5,834 |
| 1948 | 11 | — | 11 | #3,326 |
| 1947 | 5 | — | 5 | #5,844 |
| 1946 | 11 | — | 11 | #3,199 |
| 1945 | 14 | — | 14 | #2,450 |
| 1944 | 15 | — | 15 | #2,394 |
| 1943 | 19 | — | 19 | #2,076 |
| 1942 | 13 | — | 13 | #2,663 |
| 1941 | 24 | — | 24 | #1,648 |
| 1940 | 32 | — | 32 | #1,346 |