Sterlin
#5,768 most common boys' name of all time · #14,377 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1916–2025
Rank among boys
#5,768
Rank overall
#14,377 of 105,966
First appeared
1916
Years on the list
84 of 146
All-time
737
Since 2016
70
Peak year
1993 #3,272
Best rank
#2,159 1947
Girls
Boys
peak 20/yr
Sterlin first appears in 1916. 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 | — | 6 | 6 | #10,808 |
| 2024 | — | 12 | 12 | #6,876 |
| 2023 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,420 |
| 2021 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,820 |
| 2020 | — | 11 | 11 | #7,089 |
| 2019 | — | 9 | 9 | #8,283 |
| 2018 | — | 6 | 6 | #10,893 |
| 2017 | — | 9 | 9 | #8,230 |
| 2016 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,356 |
| 2015 | — | 10 | 10 | #7,570 |
| 2014 | — | 11 | 11 | #7,111 |
| 2013 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,297 |
| 2012 | — | 10 | 10 | #7,630 |
| 2011 | — | 6 | 6 | #10,961 |
| 2010 | — | 9 | 9 | #8,223 |
| 2009 | — | 6 | 6 | #11,136 |
| 2008 | — | 10 | 10 | #7,788 |
| 2006 | — | 13 | 13 | #6,145 |
| 2005 | — | 8 | 8 | #8,409 |
| 2004 | — | 9 | 9 | #7,623 |
| 2003 | — | 14 | 14 | #5,309 |
| 2002 | — | 15 | 15 | #4,963 |
| 2001 | — | 12 | 12 | #5,723 |
| 2000 | — | 9 | 9 | #6,927 |
| 1999 | — | 13 | 13 | #5,082 |
| 1998 | — | 10 | 10 | #5,911 |
| 1997 | — | 20 | 20 | #3,493 |
| 1996 | — | 17 | 17 | #3,871 |
| 1995 | — | 19 | 19 | #3,464 |
| 1994 | — | 14 | 14 | #4,337 |
| 1993 | — | 20 | 20 | #3,272 |
| 1992 | — | 19 | 19 | #3,377 |
| 1991 | — | 11 | 11 | #4,845 |
| 1990 | — | 10 | 10 | #5,071 |
| 1989 | — | 13 | 13 | #4,079 |
| 1988 | — | 16 | 16 | #3,250 |
| 1987 | — | 8 | 8 | #5,084 |
| 1984 | — | 9 | 9 | #4,306 |
| 1983 | — | 7 | 7 | #5,043 |
| 1982 | — | 7 | 7 | #5,156 |
| 1981 | — | 12 | 12 | #3,475 |
| 1979 | — | 8 | 8 | #4,529 |
| 1978 | — | 7 | 7 | #4,693 |
| 1977 | — | 10 | 10 | #3,680 |
| 1976 | — | 6 | 6 | #5,134 |
| 1974 | — | 5 | 5 | #5,421 |
| 1973 | — | 6 | 6 | #4,682 |
| 1972 | — | 7 | 7 | #4,121 |
| 1971 | — | 6 | 6 | #4,569 |
| 1970 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,977 |
| 1969 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,744 |
| 1968 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,381 |
| 1967 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,689 |
| 1964 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,186 |
| 1961 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,339 |
| 1959 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,818 |
| 1958 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,593 |
| 1957 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,267 |
| 1956 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,186 |
| 1955 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,720 |
| 1954 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,102 |
| 1953 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,644 |
| 1951 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,009 |
| 1947 | — | 14 | 14 | #2,159 |
| 1946 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,829 |
| 1945 | — | 7 | 7 | #2,941 |
| 1943 | — | 8 | 8 | #2,921 |
| 1942 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,460 |
| 1939 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,803 |
| 1938 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,118 |
| 1933 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,527 |
| 1932 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,658 |
| 1931 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,654 |
| 1930 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,508 |
| 1927 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,696 |
| 1926 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,554 |
| 1925 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,588 |
| 1924 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,686 |
| 1922 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,790 |
| 1921 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,786 |
| 1920 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,436 |
| 1919 | — | 6 | 6 | #4,042 |
| 1918 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,396 |
| 1916 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,505 |