Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Sinclair**

#3,222 most common boys' name of all time · #7,819 across all names · 75% male / 25% female · used 1900–2025 · genuinely unisex

Rank among boys
#3,222
Rank overall
#7,819 of 105,966
First appeared
1900
Years on the list
117 of 146
All-time
1,912
Since 2016
265
Peak year
2025 #6,162
Best rank
#1,048 1900
Girls Boys peak 43/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

Sinclair first appears in 1900. 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

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 29 14 43 #6,162
2024 28 13 41 #6,497
2023 22 5 27 #12,325
2022 13 7 20 #9,869
2021 18 8 26 #8,860
2020 9 9 18 #8,110
2019 12 7 19 #9,799
2018 17 7 24 #9,721
2017 16 10 26 #7,580
2016 9 12 21 #6,754
2015 17 10 27 #7,534
2014 8 — 8 —
2013 10 9 19 #8,148
2012 12 — 12 —
2011 14 8 22 #8,810
2010 5 11 16 #7,110
2009 8 7 15 #9,913
2008 11 9 20 #8,356
2007 8 — 8 —
2006 15 — 15 —
2005 12 5 17 #11,547
2004 9 7 16 #8,993
2003 11 — 11 —
2002 13 8 21 #7,700
2001 15 — 15 —
2000 15 5 20 #10,425
1999 18 5 23 #9,998
1998 13 8 21 #6,880
1997 12 10 22 #5,681
1996 18 12 30 #4,905
1995 15 10 25 #5,539
1994 22 9 31 #5,914
1993 12 11 23 #5,043
1992 — 16 16 #3,778
1991 — 8 8 #5,993
1990 6 16 22 #3,637
1989 5 18 23 #3,229
1988 — 23 23 #2,534
1987 — 15 15 #3,226
1986 — 22 22 #2,442
1985 — 11 11 #3,847
1984 — 16 16 #2,848
1983 — 18 18 #2,601
1982 — 13 13 #3,319
1981 — 16 16 #2,804
1980 — 12 12 #3,465
1979 — 17 17 #2,692
1978 — 8 8 #4,219
1977 — 12 12 #3,238
1976 — 11 11 #3,311
1975 — 10 10 #3,474
1974 — 13 13 #2,828
1973 — 6 6 #4,600
1972 — 10 10 #3,204
1971 — 13 13 #2,719
1970 — 11 11 #2,941
1969 — 10 10 #2,914
1968 — 17 17 #1,986
1967 — 6 6 #3,661
1966 — 11 11 #2,526
1965 — 7 7 #3,319
1964 — 11 11 #2,583
1963 — 8 8 #3,115
1962 — 10 10 #2,736
1961 — 13 13 #2,356
1960 — 12 12 #2,463
1959 — 15 15 #2,152
1958 — 17 17 #1,983
1957 — 11 11 #2,545
1956 — 16 16 #2,052
1955 — 18 18 #1,870
1954 — 17 17 #1,910
1953 — 13 13 #2,225
1952 — 22 22 #1,646
1951 — 24 24 #1,534
1950 — 15 15 #1,975
1949 — 11 11 #2,387
1948 — 11 11 #2,374
1947 — 13 13 #2,203
1946 — 15 15 #1,916
1945 — 12 12 #2,069
1944 — 13 13 #2,039
1943 — 19 19 #1,667
1942 — 11 11 #2,316
1941 — 9 9 #2,555
1940 — 6 6 #3,231
1939 — 17 17 #1,672
1938 — 12 12 #2,138
1937 — 15 15 #1,868
1936 — 12 12 #2,126
1935 — 13 13 #2,071
1934 — 13 13 #2,062
1933 — 17 17 #1,744
1932 — 20 20 #1,625
1931 — 23 23 #1,474
1930 — 14 14 #2,128
1929 — 23 23 #1,547
1928 — 23 23 #1,588
1927 — 15 15 #2,157
1926 — 12 12 #2,488
1925 — 12 12 #2,493
1924 — 29 29 #1,404
1923 — 26 26 #1,485
1922 — 22 22 #1,673
1921 — 17 17 #2,016
1920 — 19 19 #1,851
1919 — 12 12 #2,433
1918 — 14 14 #2,207
1917 — 21 21 #1,625
1916 — 17 17 #1,817
1915 — 17 17 #1,747
1914 — 14 14 #1,737
1913 — 12 12 #1,641
1912 — 10 10 #1,705
1910 — 7 7 #1,399
1902 — 5 5 #1,293
1900 — 8 8 #1,048