Sierra
Rank in 2025
#614
recorded as girls
—
recorded as boys
Babies in 2025
476
girls 476
Peak year
1998
5,841 babies recorded as girls
All-time total
100,866
since 1940
Born a Sierra? See how many share your birth year.
Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
Sierra was most popular in 1998, when 5,841 babies recorded as girls got the name (3.3 per 1,000). In 2025, 476 babies were named Sierra, ranking #614 for babies recorded as girls. Compared with 2018–2020, it's down 18%.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 476 | 614 | <5 | — |
| 2024 | 508 | 593 | <5 | — |
| 2023 | 525 | 566 | <5 | — |
| 2022 | 552 | 551 | <5 | — |
| 2021 | 612 | 508 | <5 | — |
| 2020 | 568 | 531 | <5 | — |
| 2019 | 630 | 497 | <5 | — |
| 2018 | 699 | 452 | <5 | — |
| 2017 | 704 | 449 | <5 | — |
| 2016 | 771 | 424 | <5 | — |
| 2015 | 800 | 404 | <5 | — |
| 2014 | 949 | 350 | <5 | — |
| 2013 | 945 | 342 | <5 | — |
| 2012 | 1,170 | 278 | <5 | — |
| 2011 | 1,149 | 278 | <5 | — |
| 2010 | 1,455 | 214 | <5 | — |
| 2009 | 1,676 | 196 | <5 | — |
| 2008 | 1,903 | 175 | <5 | — |
| 2007 | 2,114 | 168 | <5 | — |
| 2006 | 2,466 | 140 | 5 | 12055 |
| 2005 | 3,049 | 105 | 5 | 11472 |
| 2004 | 3,520 | 92 | 16 | 5007 |
| 2003 | 4,242 | 73 | 11 | 6258 |
| 2002 | 4,807 | 62 | 7 | 8456 |
| 2001 | 5,237 | 55 | 7 | 8339 |
| 2000 | 5,520 | 53 | 8 | 7416 |
| 1999 | 5,715 | 49 | 9 | 6530 |
| 1998 | 5,841 | 51 | 12 | 5159 |
| 1997 | 5,688 | 56 | 10 | 5642 |
| 1996 | 5,487 | 62 | 12 | 4878 |
| 1995 | 5,495 | 60 | 10 | 5501 |
| 1994 | 4,853 | 71 | 18 | 3596 |
| 1993 | 3,473 | 91 | 8 | 6228 |
| 1992 | 2,614 | 129 | 8 | 6128 |
| 1991 | 2,302 | 138 | 10 | 5096 |
| 1990 | 2,170 | 141 | 11 | 4673 |
| 1989 | 1,863 | 155 | 13 | 4017 |
| 1988 | 1,550 | 181 | 10 | 4450 |
| 1987 | 1,620 | 173 | 8 | 4968 |
| 1986 | 1,610 | 169 | 8 | 4853 |
| 1985 | 1,198 | 216 | 8 | 4698 |
| 1984 | 231 | 715 | 5 | 6315 |
| 1983 | 193 | 804 | 7 | 4907 |
| 1982 | 210 | 780 | <5 | — |
| 1981 | 187 | 835 | 8 | 4509 |
| 1980 | 184 | 845 | <5 | — |
| 1979 | 159 | 923 | <5 | — |
| 1978 | 158 | 903 | 15 | 2799 |
| 1977 | 134 | 1004 | 10 | 3606 |
| 1976 | 91 | 1237 | 5 | 5587 |
| 1975 | 76 | 1381 | 5 | 5464 |
| 1974 | 57 | 1630 | <5 | — |
| 1973 | 41 | 1979 | <5 | — |
| 1972 | 24 | 2820 | <5 | — |
| 1971 | 24 | 2874 | <5 | — |
| 1970 | 23 | 2938 | <5 | — |
| 1969 | 11 | 4418 | <5 | — |
| 1968 | 5 | 7016 | <5 | — |
| 1967 | 16 | 3211 | <5 | — |
| 1966 | 7 | 5273 | <5 | — |
| 1965 | 7 | 5289 | <5 | — |
| 1964 | 9 | 4636 | <5 | — |
| 1963 | 11 | 4019 | <5 | — |
| 1962 | 7 | 5293 | <5 | — |
| 1961 | 8 | 4882 | <5 | — |
| 1960 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1959 | 6 | 5566 | <5 | — |
| 1958 | 7 | 4890 | <5 | — |
| 1957 | 7 | 4918 | <5 | — |
| 1956 | 8 | 4467 | <5 | — |
| 1955 | 8 | 4376 | <5 | — |
| 1954 | 8 | 4278 | <5 | — |
| 1953 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1952 | 5 | 5563 | <5 | — |
| 1951 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1950 | 5 | 5301 | <5 | — |
| 1949 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1948 | 11 | 3137 | <5 | — |
| 1947 | 5 | 5295 | <5 | — |
| 1946 | 11 | 3034 | <5 | — |
| 1945 | 14 | 2339 | <5 | — |
| 1944 | 15 | 2287 | <5 | — |
| 1943 | 19 | 1994 | <5 | — |
| 1942 | 13 | 2537 | <5 | — |
| 1941 | 24 | 1610 | <5 | — |
| 1940 | 32 | 1313 | <5 | — |
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Where Sierra is most popular
- New Mexico2.5×
- Nevada2.3×
- California2.0×
- Idaho2.0×
- Oregon1.9×
Times more common than the national rate, 2016–2025.
Recorded as girls 100% · boys <1% across all years