Sterling in North Carolina
Babies in North Carolina
1,434
since 1912
Rank in North Carolina · 2025
#1,281
recorded as girls
#348
recorded as boys
Peak year in North Carolina
1912
Babies per 1,000 (same sex) in North Carolina, 1910–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
US overall
Yearly share of babies named Sterling in North Carolina from 1910 to 2025, compared with the national share (dashed line).
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | 1,281 | 33 | 348 |
| 2024 | 10 | 899 | 30 | 373 |
| 2023 | <5 | — | 24 | 423 |
| 2022 | 5 | 1,448 | 27 | 400 |
| 2021 | 9 | 947 | 23 | 440 |
| 2020 | <5 | — | 21 | 445 |
| 2019 | 8 | 1,016 | 19 | 478 |
| 2018 | <5 | — | 26 | 382 |
| 2017 | 6 | 1,242 | 21 | 430 |
| 2016 | <5 | — | 26 | 385 |
| 2015 | <5 | — | 12 | 625 |
| 2014 | 5 | 1,363 | 13 | 581 |
| 2013 | <5 | — | 20 | 414 |
| 2012 | <5 | — | 10 | 671 |
| 2011 | 5 | 1,320 | 12 | 596 |
| 2010 | <5 | — | 12 | 589 |
| 2009 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2008 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2007 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2006 | <5 | — | 16 | 492 |
| 2005 | <5 | — | 7 | 782 |
| 2004 | <5 | — | 12 | 541 |
| 2003 | <5 | — | 13 | 519 |
| 2002 | 9 | 735 | 12 | 526 |
| 2001 | <5 | — | 10 | 580 |
| 2000 | <5 | — | 12 | 532 |
| 1999 | <5 | — | 16 | 419 |
| 1998 | <5 | — | 17 | 385 |
| 1997 | <5 | — | 20 | 341 |
| 1996 | <5 | — | 18 | 341 |
| 1995 | <5 | — | 21 | 304 |
| 1994 | 6 | 757 | 18 | 329 |
| 1993 | <5 | — | 20 | 299 |
| 1992 | 5 | 896 | 20 | 309 |
| 1991 | <5 | — | 17 | 336 |
| 1990 | <5 | — | 16 | 342 |
| 1989 | <5 | — | 20 | 287 |
| 1988 | <5 | — | 16 | 316 |
| 1987 | <5 | — | 10 | 385 |
| 1986 | <5 | — | 13 | 343 |
| 1985 | <5 | — | 6 | 526 |
| 1984 | <5 | — | 15 | 291 |
| 1983 | <5 | — | 11 | 341 |
| 1982 | <5 | — | 6 | 500 |
| 1981 | <5 | — | 6 | 480 |
| 1980 | <5 | — | 13 | 313 |
| 1979 | <5 | — | 5 | 536 |
| 1978 | <5 | — | 9 | 394 |
| 1977 | <5 | — | 10 | 385 |
| 1976 | <5 | — | 5 | 524 |
| 1975 | <5 | — | 11 | 356 |
| 1974 | <5 | — | 12 | 332 |
| 1973 | <5 | — | 7 | 450 |
| 1972 | <5 | — | 8 | 423 |
| 1971 | <5 | — | 13 | 346 |
| 1970 | <5 | — | 11 | 372 |
| 1969 | <5 | — | 10 | 381 |
| 1968 | <5 | — | 12 | 337 |
| 1967 | <5 | — | 11 | 346 |
| 1966 | <5 | — | 8 | 403 |
| 1965 | <5 | — | 7 | 446 |
| 1964 | <5 | — | 8 | 446 |
| 1963 | <5 | — | 19 | 297 |
| 1962 | <5 | — | 15 | 327 |
| 1961 | <5 | — | 11 | 376 |
| 1960 | <5 | — | 12 | 375 |
| 1959 | <5 | — | 11 | 387 |
| 1958 | <5 | — | 11 | 384 |
| 1957 | <5 | — | 14 | 334 |
| 1956 | <5 | — | 8 | 442 |
| 1955 | <5 | — | 13 | 332 |
| 1954 | <5 | — | 9 | 411 |
| 1953 | <5 | — | 16 | 304 |
| 1952 | <5 | — | 21 | 268 |
| 1951 | <5 | — | 14 | 327 |
| 1950 | <5 | — | 16 | 290 |
| 1949 | <5 | — | 14 | 302 |
| 1948 | <5 | — | 10 | 363 |
| 1947 | <5 | — | 19 | 273 |
| 1946 | <5 | — | 15 | 284 |
| 1945 | <5 | — | 9 | 352 |
| 1944 | <5 | — | 14 | 286 |
| 1943 | <5 | — | 14 | 303 |
| 1942 | <5 | — | 10 | 346 |
| 1941 | <5 | — | 18 | 252 |
| 1940 | <5 | — | 8 | 371 |
| 1939 | <5 | — | 6 | 434 |
| 1938 | <5 | — | 6 | 426 |
| 1937 | <5 | — | 12 | 287 |
| 1936 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1935 | <5 | — | 8 | 375 |
| 1934 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1933 | <5 | — | 9 | 336 |
| 1932 | <5 | — | 9 | 339 |
| 1931 | <5 | — | 9 | 338 |
| 1930 | <5 | — | 9 | 357 |
| 1929 | <5 | — | 15 | 249 |
| 1928 | <5 | — | 7 | 413 |
| 1927 | <5 | — | 9 | 364 |
| 1926 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1925 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1924 | <5 | — | 10 | 347 |
| 1923 | <5 | — | 11 | 317 |
| 1922 | <5 | — | 9 | 370 |
| 1921 | <5 | — | 12 | 307 |
| 1920 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1919 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1918 | <5 | — | 9 | 352 |
| 1917 | <5 | — | 5 | 494 |
| 1916 | <5 | — | 7 | 371 |
| 1915 | <5 | — | 5 | 473 |
| 1914 | <5 | — | 6 | 345 |
| 1913 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1912 | <5 | — | 9 | 205 |
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