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.

Sir

#2,993 most common boys' name of all time · #7,241 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1967–2025

Rank among boys
#2,993
Rank overall
#7,241 of 105,966
First appeared
1967
Years on the list
58 of 146
All-time
2,172
Since 2016
888
Peak year
2021 #1,461
Best rank
#1,461 2021
Girls Boys peak 123/yr
198020002020

Sir first appears in 1967. 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 — 66 66 #2,175
2024 — 80 80 #1,965
2023 — 84 84 #1,885
2022 — 96 96 #1,743
2021 — 123 123 #1,461
2020 — 110 110 #1,524
2019 — 111 111 #1,527
2018 — 111 111 #1,532
2017 — 56 56 #2,334
2016 — 51 51 #2,495
2015 — 55 55 #2,372
2014 — 58 58 #2,287
2013 — 55 55 #2,315
2012 — 33 33 #3,324
2011 — 34 34 #3,266
2010 — 49 49 #2,528
2009 — 34 34 #3,300
2008 — 47 47 #2,653
2007 — 43 43 #2,792
2006 — 41 41 #2,806
2005 — 47 47 #2,447
2004 — 44 44 #2,505
2003 — 44 44 #2,411
2002 — 35 35 #2,706
2001 — 29 29 #3,093
2000 — 20 20 #3,987
1999 — 27 27 #3,063
1998 — 25 25 #3,139
1997 — 31 31 #2,579
1996 — 19 19 #3,602
1995 — 16 16 #3,942
1994 — 26 26 #2,813
1993 — 27 27 #2,672
1992 — 30 30 #2,448
1991 — 43 43 #1,851
1990 — 39 39 #1,962
1989 — 17 17 #3,396
1988 — 24 24 #2,487
1987 — 15 15 #3,287
1986 — 17 17 #2,967
1985 — 17 17 #2,906
1984 — 30 30 #1,878
1983 — 22 22 #2,325
1982 — 27 27 #2,045
1981 — 21 21 #2,396
1980 — 22 22 #2,346
1979 — 19 19 #2,544
1978 — 20 20 #2,353
1977 — 15 15 #2,877
1976 — 14 14 #2,923
1975 — 7 7 #4,647
1974 — 9 9 #3,773
1973 — 8 8 #3,970
1972 — 5 5 #5,489
1971 — 7 7 #4,297
1970 — 6 6 #4,618
1968 — 6 6 #4,093
1967 — 5 5 #4,539