Sterling
Rank in 2025
#1098
recorded as girls
#345
recorded as boys
Babies in 2025
1,162
girls 218 · boys 944
Peak year
2025
944 babies recorded as boys
All-time total
41,197
since 1880
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Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
Sterling was most popular in 2025, when 944 babies recorded as boys got the name (0.55 per 1,000). In 2025, 944 babies were named Sterling, ranking #345 for babies recorded as boys. Compared with 2018–2020, it's about the same.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 218 | 1098 | 944 | 345 |
| 2024 | 219 | 1114 | 885 | 370 |
| 2023 | 180 | 1273 | 792 | 403 |
| 2022 | 171 | 1362 | 803 | 397 |
| 2021 | 182 | 1273 | 844 | 382 |
| 2020 | 122 | 1678 | 768 | 399 |
| 2019 | 115 | 1773 | 753 | 410 |
| 2018 | 126 | 1663 | 783 | 409 |
| 2017 | 127 | 1686 | 713 | 433 |
| 2016 | 133 | 1636 | 671 | 458 |
| 2015 | 85 | 2209 | 595 | 493 |
| 2014 | 97 | 2027 | 552 | 507 |
| 2013 | 70 | 2533 | 441 | 582 |
| 2012 | 65 | 2708 | 350 | 675 |
| 2011 | 64 | 2725 | 307 | 737 |
| 2010 | 52 | 3159 | 299 | 755 |
| 2009 | 47 | 3460 | 231 | 898 |
| 2008 | 45 | 3584 | 245 | 866 |
| 2007 | 41 | 3848 | 269 | 800 |
| 2006 | 55 | 3054 | 270 | 769 |
| 2005 | 39 | 3730 | 272 | 742 |
| 2004 | 63 | 2620 | 300 | 675 |
| 2003 | 54 | 2840 | 325 | 631 |
| 2002 | 77 | 2158 | 357 | 589 |
| 2001 | 55 | 2700 | 395 | 545 |
| 2000 | 73 | 2174 | 363 | 567 |
| 1999 | 55 | 2567 | 392 | 528 |
| 1998 | 66 | 2164 | 424 | 505 |
| 1997 | 42 | 2874 | 428 | 493 |
| 1996 | 61 | 2207 | 469 | 462 |
| 1995 | 53 | 2421 | 511 | 446 |
| 1994 | 71 | 1972 | 573 | 402 |
| 1993 | 76 | 1865 | 504 | 437 |
| 1992 | 55 | 2351 | 503 | 438 |
| 1991 | 49 | 2519 | 454 | 463 |
| 1990 | 41 | 2799 | 451 | 463 |
| 1989 | 33 | 3165 | 389 | 486 |
| 1988 | 42 | 2539 | 415 | 443 |
| 1987 | 32 | 2972 | 326 | 490 |
| 1986 | 26 | 3360 | 297 | 512 |
| 1985 | 20 | 3983 | 275 | 527 |
| 1984 | 23 | 3527 | 293 | 490 |
| 1983 | 25 | 3242 | 276 | 507 |
| 1982 | 20 | 3898 | 237 | 559 |
| 1981 | 20 | 3859 | 218 | 579 |
| 1980 | 16 | 4517 | 242 | 548 |
| 1979 | 18 | 4052 | 225 | 571 |
| 1978 | 16 | 4242 | 226 | 555 |
| 1977 | 12 | 5213 | 214 | 573 |
| 1976 | 7 | 7296 | 189 | 591 |
| 1975 | 7 | 7173 | 183 | 596 |
| 1974 | 14 | 4227 | 195 | 575 |
| 1973 | 7 | 6666 | 194 | 570 |
| 1972 | 7 | 6558 | 183 | 589 |
| 1971 | 9 | 5543 | 242 | 522 |
| 1970 | 14 | 4038 | 221 | 546 |
| 1969 | 10 | 4723 | 234 | 508 |
| 1968 | 8 | 5147 | 246 | 483 |
| 1967 | 6 | 6042 | 216 | 511 |
| 1966 | 6 | 5809 | 239 | 490 |
| 1965 | 7 | 5289 | 215 | 522 |
| 1964 | 5 | 6767 | 284 | 470 |
| 1963 | <5 | — | 288 | 464 |
| 1962 | <5 | — | 288 | 470 |
| 1961 | 6 | 5851 | 249 | 504 |
| 1960 | <5 | — | 237 | 515 |
| 1959 | <5 | — | 259 | 487 |
| 1958 | 5 | 6103 | 245 | 496 |
| 1957 | <5 | — | 246 | 497 |
| 1956 | 5 | 5952 | 279 | 455 |
| 1955 | 9 | 4069 | 267 | 455 |
| 1954 | <5 | — | 252 | 457 |
| 1953 | <5 | — | 255 | 449 |
| 1952 | 8 | 4123 | 255 | 440 |
| 1951 | <5 | — | 260 | 420 |
| 1950 | <5 | — | 252 | 421 |
| 1949 | 7 | 4235 | 260 | 422 |
| 1948 | 5 | 5243 | 255 | 419 |
| 1947 | <5 | — | 281 | 409 |
| 1946 | 9 | 3430 | 232 | 417 |
| 1945 | 7 | 3676 | 216 | 409 |
| 1944 | <5 | — | 211 | 416 |
| 1943 | 5 | 4691 | 217 | 422 |
| 1942 | 9 | 3194 | 258 | 377 |
| 1941 | 7 | 3559 | 200 | 413 |
| 1940 | <5 | — | 204 | 402 |
| 1939 | 5 | 4250 | 177 | 428 |
| 1938 | 6 | 3847 | 188 | 414 |
| 1937 | <5 | — | 166 | 439 |
| 1936 | <5 | — | 194 | 392 |
| 1935 | <5 | — | 179 | 411 |
| 1934 | 5 | 4286 | 186 | 405 |
| 1933 | <5 | — | 186 | 397 |
| 1932 | 5 | 4411 | 227 | 369 |
| 1931 | 5 | 4331 | 193 | 404 |
| 1930 | <5 | — | 208 | 402 |
| 1929 | 6 | 4053 | 250 | 356 |
| 1928 | 6 | 4195 | 229 | 392 |
| 1927 | 6 | 4286 | 236 | 385 |
| 1926 | <5 | — | 246 | 371 |
| 1925 | <5 | — | 241 | 384 |
| 1924 | <5 | — | 280 | 356 |
| 1923 | 7 | 3971 | 253 | 376 |
| 1922 | 9 | 3379 | 270 | 364 |
| 1921 | 6 | 4464 | 269 | 372 |
| 1920 | 7 | 3957 | 259 | 373 |
| 1919 | <5 | — | 254 | 361 |
| 1918 | 8 | 3512 | 249 | 376 |
| 1917 | <5 | — | 218 | 383 |
| 1916 | <5 | — | 202 | 390 |
| 1915 | <5 | — | 209 | 372 |
| 1914 | <5 | — | 151 | 385 |
| 1913 | 6 | 2827 | 132 | 362 |
| 1912 | <5 | — | 100 | 384 |
| 1911 | <5 | — | 47 | 420 |
| 1910 | <5 | — | 46 | 383 |
| 1909 | <5 | — | 47 | 339 |
| 1908 | <5 | — | 44 | 341 |
| 1907 | <5 | — | 39 | 351 |
| 1906 | <5 | — | 32 | 378 |
| 1905 | <5 | — | 30 | 384 |
| 1904 | <5 | — | 33 | 351 |
| 1903 | <5 | — | 31 | 346 |
| 1902 | <5 | — | 30 | 360 |
| 1901 | <5 | — | 28 | 347 |
| 1900 | <5 | — | 38 | 354 |
| 1899 | <5 | — | 18 | 438 |
| 1898 | <5 | — | 26 | 385 |
| 1897 | <5 | — | 25 | 375 |
| 1896 | <5 | — | 21 | 424 |
| 1895 | <5 | — | 35 | 305 |
| 1894 | <5 | — | 15 | 521 |
| 1893 | <5 | — | 30 | 317 |
| 1892 | <5 | — | 23 | 394 |
| 1891 | <5 | — | 25 | 340 |
| 1890 | <5 | — | 15 | 489 |
| 1889 | <5 | — | 15 | 482 |
| 1888 | <5 | — | 25 | 369 |
| 1887 | <5 | — | 19 | 377 |
| 1886 | <5 | — | 10 | 605 |
| 1885 | <5 | — | 18 | 422 |
| 1884 | <5 | — | 20 | 399 |
| 1883 | <5 | — | 20 | 381 |
| 1882 | <5 | — | 16 | 453 |
| 1881 | <5 | — | 8 | 653 |
| 1880 | <5 | — | 17 | 425 |
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Times more common than the national rate, 2016–2025.
Recorded as girls 9% · boys 91% across all years