Sterling in California
Babies in California
2,937
since 1915
Rank in California · 2025
#1,948
recorded as girls
#572
recorded as boys
Peak year in California
1915
Babies per 1,000 (same sex) in California, 1910–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
US overall
Yearly share of babies named Sterling in California from 1910 to 2025, compared with the national share (dashed line).
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | 1,948 | 52 | 572 |
| 2024 | 10 | 2,037 | 63 | 514 |
| 2023 | 12 | 1,793 | 44 | 645 |
| 2022 | 13 | 1,765 | 52 | 577 |
| 2021 | 13 | 1,715 | 63 | 505 |
| 2020 | <5 | — | 56 | 543 |
| 2019 | 10 | 2,083 | 60 | 526 |
| 2018 | 6 | 2,887 | 59 | 525 |
| 2017 | 9 | 2,256 | 57 | 553 |
| 2016 | 12 | 1,899 | 53 | 586 |
| 2015 | 9 | 2,307 | 52 | 596 |
| 2014 | 8 | 2,517 | 46 | 646 |
| 2013 | 9 | 2,311 | 37 | 723 |
| 2012 | <5 | — | 36 | 729 |
| 2011 | 8 | 2,538 | 29 | 806 |
| 2010 | <5 | — | 34 | 733 |
| 2009 | 6 | 3,207 | 22 | 980 |
| 2008 | 7 | 2,896 | 24 | 900 |
| 2007 | 6 | 3,245 | 25 | 891 |
| 2006 | 7 | 2,882 | 22 | 937 |
| 2005 | <5 | — | 30 | 747 |
| 2004 | 8 | 2,485 | 20 | 941 |
| 2003 | 9 | 2,265 | 30 | 715 |
| 2002 | 6 | 2,908 | 37 | 628 |
| 2001 | <5 | — | 43 | 560 |
| 2000 | 9 | 2,170 | 22 | 814 |
| 1999 | <5 | — | 37 | 589 |
| 1998 | 6 | 2,723 | 44 | 532 |
| 1997 | 6 | 2,680 | 44 | 533 |
| 1996 | 9 | 2,094 | 37 | 595 |
| 1995 | 5 | 3,110 | 41 | 565 |
| 1994 | 5 | 3,168 | 58 | 467 |
| 1993 | 11 | 1,909 | 51 | 513 |
| 1992 | 8 | 2,366 | 51 | 504 |
| 1991 | 5 | 3,202 | 48 | 525 |
| 1990 | 7 | 2,538 | 56 | 482 |
| 1989 | 5 | 3,040 | 54 | 473 |
| 1988 | 9 | 1,920 | 51 | 469 |
| 1987 | <5 | — | 39 | 528 |
| 1986 | <5 | — | 33 | 554 |
| 1985 | <5 | — | 27 | 602 |
| 1984 | 7 | 1,945 | 34 | 513 |
| 1983 | <5 | — | 25 | 600 |
| 1982 | <5 | — | 25 | 594 |
| 1981 | <5 | — | 36 | 486 |
| 1980 | <5 | — | 19 | 685 |
| 1979 | 6 | 1,969 | 27 | 535 |
| 1978 | <5 | — | 17 | 667 |
| 1977 | <5 | — | 16 | 686 |
| 1976 | <5 | — | 20 | 590 |
| 1975 | <5 | — | 14 | 710 |
| 1974 | <5 | — | 16 | 634 |
| 1973 | <5 | — | 11 | 779 |
| 1972 | <5 | — | 19 | 572 |
| 1971 | <5 | — | 16 | 651 |
| 1970 | <5 | — | 12 | 776 |
| 1969 | <5 | — | 23 | 536 |
| 1968 | <5 | — | 28 | 475 |
| 1967 | <5 | — | 11 | 708 |
| 1966 | <5 | — | 20 | 540 |
| 1965 | <5 | — | 17 | 588 |
| 1964 | <5 | — | 25 | 498 |
| 1963 | <5 | — | 21 | 529 |
| 1962 | <5 | — | 22 | 513 |
| 1961 | <5 | — | 26 | 479 |
| 1960 | <5 | — | 17 | 581 |
| 1959 | <5 | — | 18 | 556 |
| 1958 | <5 | — | 21 | 497 |
| 1957 | <5 | — | 23 | 460 |
| 1956 | <5 | — | 25 | 422 |
| 1955 | <5 | — | 16 | 512 |
| 1954 | <5 | — | 17 | 480 |
| 1953 | <5 | — | 18 | 461 |
| 1952 | <5 | — | 11 | 547 |
| 1951 | <5 | — | 20 | 389 |
| 1950 | <5 | — | 11 | 518 |
| 1949 | <5 | — | 17 | 410 |
| 1948 | <5 | — | 13 | 464 |
| 1947 | <5 | — | 23 | 351 |
| 1946 | <5 | — | 9 | 539 |
| 1945 | <5 | — | 10 | 468 |
| 1944 | <5 | — | 6 | 579 |
| 1943 | <5 | — | 12 | 431 |
| 1942 | <5 | — | 17 | 329 |
| 1941 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1940 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1939 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1938 | <5 | — | 6 | 493 |
| 1937 | <5 | — | 7 | 417 |
| 1936 | <5 | — | 6 | 431 |
| 1935 | <5 | — | 7 | 390 |
| 1934 | <5 | — | 5 | 473 |
| 1933 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1932 | <5 | — | 9 | 348 |
| 1931 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1930 | <5 | — | 5 | 526 |
| 1929 | <5 | — | 5 | 527 |
| 1928 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1927 | <5 | — | 12 | 312 |
| 1926 | <5 | — | 6 | 454 |
| 1925 | <5 | — | 5 | 516 |
| 1924 | <5 | — | 9 | 378 |
| 1923 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1922 | <5 | — | 11 | 284 |
| 1921 | <5 | — | 5 | 460 |
| 1920 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1919 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1918 | <5 | — | 5 | 401 |
| 1917 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1916 | <5 | — | 7 | 294 |
| 1915 | <5 | — | 8 | 254 |