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.

Sister

#10,266 most common girls' name of all time · #17,061 across all names · 0% boys / 100% girls · used 1883–1946

Rank among girls
#10,266
Rank overall
#17,061 of 105,966
First appeared
1883
Years on the list
56 of 146
All-time
563
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1914 #1,408
Best rank
#745 1891
📖The word “sister” appears in the Bible↗
Girls Boys peak 21/yr
190019201940

Sister first appears in 1883. 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
1946 5 — 5 #5,019
1944 9 — 9 #3,177
1943 10 — 10 #3,072
1942 9 — 9 #3,237
1941 8 — 8 #3,308
1939 8 — 8 #3,208
1937 6 — 6 #3,852
1935 7 — 7 #3,472
1934 5 — 5 #4,341
1933 5 — 5 #4,268
1932 9 — 9 #3,072
1931 6 — 6 #3,895
1930 9 — 9 #3,099
1929 7 — 7 #3,728
1926 5 — 5 #4,907
1925 11 — 11 #2,963
1924 6 — 6 #4,479
1923 5 — 5 #5,013
1922 7 — 7 #4,050
1921 8 — 8 #3,694
1920 8 — 8 #3,631
1919 10 — 10 #3,038
1918 12 — 12 #2,693
1917 18 — 18 #1,942
1916 15 — 15 #2,158
1915 12 — 12 #2,408
1914 21 — 21 #1,408
1913 15 — 15 #1,552
1912 19 — 19 #1,236
1911 20 — 20 #991
1910 18 — 18 #1,046
1909 17 — 17 #1,003
1908 11 — 11 #1,304
1907 6 — 6 #1,875
1906 10 — 10 #1,259
1905 11 — 11 #1,199
1904 6 — 6 #1,715
1903 15 — 15 #920
1902 17 — 17 #866
1901 12 — 12 #980
1900 10 — 10 #1,269
1899 10 — 10 #1,075
1898 9 — 9 #1,214
1897 12 — 12 #962
1896 12 — 12 #988
1895 12 — 12 #963
1894 13 — 13 #886
1893 9 — 9 #1,069
1892 7 — 7 #1,232
1891 14 — 14 #745
1890 6 — 6 #1,269
1889 6 — 6 #1,218
1888 7 — 7 #1,096
1886 6 — 6 #1,065
1885 6 — 6 #1,001
1883 6 — 6 #918