Stirling*
#5,029 most common boys' name of all time · #12,453 across all names · 92% male / 8% female · used 1912–2025 · notable crossover
Rank among boys
#5,029
Rank overall
#12,453 of 105,966
First appeared
1912
Years on the list
86 of 146
All-time
929
Since 2016
215
Peak year
2017 #4,767
Best rank
#1,925 1942
Girls
Boys
peak 27/yr
Stirling first appears in 1912. 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 | — | 23 | 23 | #4,408 |
| 2024 | 10 | 15 | 25 | #5,929 |
| 2023 | — | 21 | 21 | #4,754 |
| 2022 | — | 12 | 12 | #6,866 |
| 2021 | 8 | 13 | 21 | #6,368 |
| 2020 | 5 | 18 | 23 | #5,061 |
| 2019 | — | 17 | 17 | #5,355 |
| 2018 | 7 | 18 | 25 | #5,128 |
| 2017 | 7 | 20 | 27 | #4,767 |
| 2016 | — | 21 | 21 | #4,641 |
| 2015 | — | 24 | 24 | #4,189 |
| 2014 | — | 17 | 17 | #5,276 |
| 2013 | — | 16 | 16 | #5,429 |
| 2012 | — | 11 | 11 | #7,081 |
| 2011 | — | 14 | 14 | #5,972 |
| 2010 | — | 16 | 16 | #5,510 |
| 2009 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 2008 | — | 14 | 14 | #6,101 |
| 2007 | — | 11 | 11 | #7,150 |
| 2006 | — | 10 | 10 | #7,479 |
| 2005 | — | 11 | 11 | #6,680 |
| 2004 | 7 | 14 | 21 | #5,538 |
| 2003 | — | 14 | 14 | #5,297 |
| 2002 | 7 | 12 | 19 | #5,765 |
| 2001 | 6 | 12 | 18 | #5,701 |
| 2000 | — | 11 | 11 | #5,974 |
| 1999 | — | 14 | 14 | #4,799 |
| 1998 | — | 11 | 11 | #5,509 |
| 1997 | 6 | 19 | 25 | #3,627 |
| 1996 | 10 | 13 | 23 | #4,653 |
| 1995 | — | 17 | 17 | #3,725 |
| 1994 | — | 6 | 6 | #7,874 |
| 1993 | — | 5 | 5 | #8,829 |
| 1992 | — | 6 | 6 | #7,542 |
| 1991 | — | 10 | 10 | #5,159 |
| 1990 | — | 13 | 13 | #4,214 |
| 1989 | — | 7 | 7 | #6,336 |
| 1988 | — | 7 | 7 | #5,858 |
| 1987 | — | 6 | 6 | #6,207 |
| 1986 | — | 5 | 5 | #6,885 |
| 1985 | — | 10 | 10 | #4,109 |
| 1982 | — | 6 | 6 | #5,745 |
| 1981 | — | 6 | 6 | #5,592 |
| 1979 | — | 8 | 8 | #4,489 |
| 1977 | — | 8 | 8 | #4,247 |
| 1976 | — | 9 | 9 | #3,809 |
| 1975 | — | 7 | 7 | #4,420 |
| 1973 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,784 |
| 1970 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,624 |
| 1969 | — | 6 | 6 | #4,063 |
| 1968 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,818 |
| 1967 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,343 |
| 1965 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,651 |
| 1964 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,189 |
| 1963 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,942 |
| 1962 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,317 |
| 1961 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,786 |
| 1959 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,414 |
| 1958 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,703 |
| 1957 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,919 |
| 1956 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,347 |
| 1954 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,302 |
| 1952 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,905 |
| 1948 | — | 8 | 8 | #2,893 |
| 1947 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,214 |
| 1942 | — | 15 | 15 | #1,925 |
| 1941 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,304 |
| 1940 | — | 8 | 8 | #2,769 |
| 1939 | — | 7 | 7 | #2,969 |
| 1937 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,332 |
| 1932 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,945 |
| 1931 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,952 |
| 1930 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,405 |
| 1929 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,133 |
| 1928 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,319 |
| 1927 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,828 |
| 1925 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,882 |
| 1924 | — | 6 | 6 | #4,009 |
| 1923 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,298 |
| 1922 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,365 |
| 1921 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,652 |
| 1919 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,241 |
| 1918 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,330 |
| 1916 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,080 |
| 1915 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,977 |
| 1912 | — | 6 | 6 | #2,527 |