Sterling*
#566 most common boys' name of all time · #1,244 across all names · 91% male / 9% female · used 1880–2025 · notable crossover
Rank among boys
#566
Rank overall
#1,244 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
41,197
Since 2016
9,549
Peak year
2025 #346
Best rank
#309 1895
Girls
Boys
peak 1,162/yr
Sterling is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 218 | 944 | 1,162 | #346 |
| 2024 | 219 | 885 | 1,104 | #370 |
| 2023 | 180 | 792 | 972 | #403 |
| 2022 | 171 | 803 | 974 | #397 |
| 2021 | 182 | 844 | 1,026 | #382 |
| 2020 | 122 | 768 | 890 | #399 |
| 2019 | 115 | 753 | 868 | #410 |
| 2018 | 126 | 783 | 909 | #409 |
| 2017 | 127 | 713 | 840 | #434 |
| 2016 | 133 | 671 | 804 | #458 |
| 2015 | 85 | 595 | 680 | #493 |
| 2014 | 97 | 552 | 649 | #507 |
| 2013 | 70 | 441 | 511 | #582 |
| 2012 | 65 | 350 | 415 | #675 |
| 2011 | 64 | 307 | 371 | #737 |
| 2010 | 52 | 299 | 351 | #755 |
| 2009 | 47 | 231 | 278 | #898 |
| 2008 | 45 | 245 | 290 | #866 |
| 2007 | 41 | 269 | 310 | #800 |
| 2006 | 55 | 270 | 325 | #770 |
| 2005 | 39 | 272 | 311 | #742 |
| 2004 | 63 | 300 | 363 | #675 |
| 2003 | 54 | 325 | 379 | #631 |
| 2002 | 77 | 357 | 434 | #589 |
| 2001 | 55 | 395 | 450 | #545 |
| 2000 | 73 | 363 | 436 | #567 |
| 1999 | 55 | 392 | 447 | #528 |
| 1998 | 66 | 424 | 490 | #505 |
| 1997 | 42 | 428 | 470 | #493 |
| 1996 | 61 | 469 | 530 | #462 |
| 1995 | 53 | 511 | 564 | #446 |
| 1994 | 71 | 573 | 644 | #402 |
| 1993 | 76 | 504 | 580 | #437 |
| 1992 | 55 | 503 | 558 | #438 |
| 1991 | 49 | 454 | 503 | #463 |
| 1990 | 41 | 451 | 492 | #463 |
| 1989 | 33 | 389 | 422 | #486 |
| 1988 | 42 | 415 | 457 | #444 |
| 1987 | 32 | 326 | 358 | #491 |
| 1986 | 26 | 297 | 323 | #512 |
| 1985 | 20 | 275 | 295 | #527 |
| 1984 | 23 | 293 | 316 | #490 |
| 1983 | 25 | 276 | 301 | #507 |
| 1982 | 20 | 237 | 257 | #559 |
| 1981 | 20 | 218 | 238 | #579 |
| 1980 | 16 | 242 | 258 | #548 |
| 1979 | 18 | 225 | 243 | #571 |
| 1978 | 16 | 226 | 242 | #555 |
| 1977 | 12 | 214 | 226 | #573 |
| 1976 | 7 | 189 | 196 | #592 |
| 1975 | 7 | 183 | 190 | #596 |
| 1974 | 14 | 195 | 209 | #576 |
| 1973 | 7 | 194 | 201 | #570 |
| 1972 | 7 | 183 | 190 | #590 |
| 1971 | 9 | 242 | 251 | #523 |
| 1970 | 14 | 221 | 235 | #546 |
| 1969 | 10 | 234 | 244 | #508 |
| 1968 | 8 | 246 | 254 | #484 |
| 1967 | 6 | 216 | 222 | #512 |
| 1966 | 6 | 239 | 245 | #490 |
| 1965 | 7 | 215 | 222 | #522 |
| 1964 | 5 | 284 | 289 | #470 |
| 1963 | — | 288 | 288 | #465 |
| 1962 | — | 288 | 288 | #470 |
| 1961 | 6 | 249 | 255 | #504 |
| 1960 | — | 237 | 237 | #516 |
| 1959 | — | 259 | 259 | #487 |
| 1958 | 5 | 245 | 250 | #496 |
| 1957 | — | 246 | 246 | #497 |
| 1956 | 5 | 279 | 284 | #455 |
| 1955 | 9 | 267 | 276 | #457 |
| 1954 | — | 252 | 252 | #457 |
| 1953 | — | 255 | 255 | #449 |
| 1952 | 8 | 255 | 263 | #440 |
| 1951 | — | 260 | 260 | #421 |
| 1950 | — | 252 | 252 | #422 |
| 1949 | 7 | 260 | 267 | #422 |
| 1948 | 5 | 255 | 260 | #421 |
| 1947 | — | 281 | 281 | #409 |
| 1946 | 9 | 232 | 241 | #417 |
| 1945 | 7 | 216 | 223 | #409 |
| 1944 | — | 211 | 211 | #416 |
| 1943 | 5 | 217 | 222 | #422 |
| 1942 | 9 | 258 | 267 | #377 |
| 1941 | 7 | 200 | 207 | #413 |
| 1940 | — | 204 | 204 | #402 |
| 1939 | 5 | 177 | 182 | #428 |
| 1938 | 6 | 188 | 194 | #415 |
| 1937 | — | 166 | 166 | #439 |
| 1936 | — | 194 | 194 | #393 |
| 1935 | — | 179 | 179 | #412 |
| 1934 | 5 | 186 | 191 | #405 |
| 1933 | — | 186 | 186 | #397 |
| 1932 | 5 | 227 | 232 | #370 |
| 1931 | 5 | 193 | 198 | #405 |
| 1930 | — | 208 | 208 | #404 |
| 1929 | 6 | 250 | 256 | #356 |
| 1928 | 6 | 229 | 235 | #392 |
| 1927 | 6 | 236 | 242 | #386 |
| 1926 | — | 246 | 246 | #371 |
| 1925 | — | 241 | 241 | #385 |
| 1924 | — | 280 | 280 | #356 |
| 1923 | 7 | 253 | 260 | #376 |
| 1922 | 9 | 270 | 279 | #364 |
| 1921 | 6 | 269 | 275 | #372 |
| 1920 | 7 | 259 | 266 | #374 |
| 1919 | — | 254 | 254 | #361 |
| 1918 | 8 | 249 | 257 | #376 |
| 1917 | — | 218 | 218 | #384 |
| 1916 | — | 202 | 202 | #391 |
| 1915 | — | 209 | 209 | #372 |
| 1914 | — | 151 | 151 | #385 |
| 1913 | 6 | 132 | 138 | #362 |
| 1912 | — | 100 | 100 | #385 |
| 1911 | — | 47 | 47 | #422 |
| 1910 | — | 46 | 46 | #385 |
| 1909 | — | 47 | 47 | #342 |
| 1908 | — | 44 | 44 | #343 |
| 1907 | — | 39 | 39 | #355 |
| 1906 | — | 32 | 32 | #383 |
| 1905 | — | 30 | 30 | #389 |
| 1904 | — | 33 | 33 | #351 |
| 1903 | — | 31 | 31 | #350 |
| 1902 | — | 30 | 30 | #363 |
| 1901 | — | 28 | 28 | #349 |
| 1900 | — | 38 | 38 | #355 |
| 1899 | — | 18 | 18 | #448 |
| 1898 | — | 26 | 26 | #390 |
| 1897 | — | 25 | 25 | #379 |
| 1896 | — | 21 | 21 | #433 |
| 1895 | — | 35 | 35 | #309 |
| 1894 | — | 15 | 15 | #530 |
| 1893 | — | 30 | 30 | #322 |
| 1892 | — | 23 | 23 | #398 |
| 1891 | — | 25 | 25 | #346 |
| 1890 | — | 15 | 15 | #499 |
| 1889 | — | 15 | 15 | #486 |
| 1888 | — | 25 | 25 | #373 |
| 1887 | — | 19 | 19 | #386 |
| 1886 | — | 10 | 10 | #611 |
| 1885 | — | 18 | 18 | #429 |
| 1884 | — | 20 | 20 | #409 |
| 1883 | — | 20 | 20 | #395 |
| 1882 | — | 16 | 16 | #460 |
| 1881 | — | 8 | 8 | #663 |
| 1880 | — | 17 | 17 | #440 |