Sinclair
#4,661 for girls in 2025, 29 births · #6,143 for boys in 2025, 14 births
Given to boys 75.1% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1900 · 8 births
- Debut · boys
- 8 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,435since 1900
Sinclair over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #4,661 | 29 | #6,143 | 14 |
| 2024 | #4,772 | 28 | #6,469 | 13 |
| 2023 | #5,549 | 22 | #12,239 | 5 |
| 2022 | #8,032 | 13 | #9,823 | 7 |
| 2021 | #6,414 | 18 | #8,825 | 8 |
| 2020 | #10,250 | 9 | #8,067 | 9 |
| 2019 | #8,597 | 12 | #9,756 | 7 |
| 2018 | #6,792 | 17 | #9,670 | 7 |
| 2017 | #7,092 | 16 | #7,546 | 10 |
| 2016 | #10,859 | 9 | #6,726 | 12 |
| 2015 | #6,977 | 17 | #7,491 | 10 |
| 2014 | #11,931 | 8 | — | |
| 2013 | #10,235 | 10 | #8,118 | 9 |
| 2012 | #9,109 | 12 | — | |
| 2011 | #8,196 | 14 | #8,767 | 8 |
| 2010 | #16,992 | 5 | #7,087 | 11 |
| 2009 | #12,429 | 8 | #9,864 | 7 |
| 2008 | #10,084 | 11 | #8,324 | 9 |
| 2007 | #12,676 | 8 | — | |
| 2006 | #7,868 | 15 | — | |
| 2005 | #8,883 | 12 | #11,472 | 5 |
| 2004 | #10,690 | 9 | #8,927 | 7 |
| 2003 | #9,048 | 11 | — | |
| 2002 | #7,816 | 13 | #7,643 | 8 |
| 2001 | #6,956 | 15 | — | |
| 2000 | #6,808 | 15 | #10,349 | 5 |
| 1999 | #5,661 | 18 | #9,912 | 5 |
| 1998 | #7,104 | 13 | #6,843 | 8 |
| 1997 | #7,283 | 12 | #5,642 | 10 |
| 1996 | #5,280 | 18 | #4,878 | 12 |
| 1995 | #5,958 | 15 | #5,501 | 10 |
| 1994 | #4,521 | 22 | #5,868 | 9 |
| 1993 | #7,038 | 12 | #5,002 | 11 |
| 1992 | — | #3,748 | 16 | |
| 1991 | — | #5,942 | 8 | |
| 1990 | #11,409 | 6 | #3,607 | 16 |
| 1989 | #12,362 | 5 | #3,205 | 18 |
| 1988 | — | #2,509 | 23 | |
| 1987 | — | #3,201 | 15 | |
| 1986 | — | #2,429 | 22 | |
| 1985 | — | #3,805 | 11 | |
| 1984 | — | #2,824 | 16 | |
| 1983 | — | #2,577 | 18 | |
| 1982 | — | #3,282 | 13 | |
| 1981 | — | #2,779 | 16 | |
| 1980 | — | #3,430 | 12 | |
| 1979 | — | #2,669 | 17 | |
| 1978 | — | #4,157 | 8 | |
| 1977 | — | #3,203 | 12 | |
| 1976 | — | #3,264 | 11 | |
| 1975 | — | #3,428 | 10 | |
| 1974 | — | #2,799 | 13 | |
| 1973 | — | #4,505 | 6 | |
| 1972 | — | #3,152 | 10 | |
| 1971 | — | #2,686 | 13 | |
| 1970 | — | #2,891 | 11 | |
| 1969 | — | #2,861 | 10 | |
| 1968 | — | #1,962 | 17 | |
| 1967 | — | #3,559 | 6 | |
| 1966 | — | #2,465 | 11 | |
| 1965 | — | #3,244 | 7 | |
| 1964 | — | #2,546 | 11 | |
| 1963 | — | #3,044 | 8 | |
| 1962 | — | #2,673 | 10 | |
| 1961 | — | #2,322 | 13 | |
| 1960 | — | #2,423 | 12 | |
| 1959 | — | #2,111 | 15 | |
| 1958 | — | #1,953 | 17 | |
| 1957 | — | #2,494 | 11 | |
| 1956 | — | #2,015 | 16 | |
| 1955 | — | #1,845 | 18 | |
| 1954 | — | #1,887 | 17 | |
| 1953 | — | #2,186 | 13 | |
| 1952 | — | #1,615 | 22 | |
| 1951 | — | #1,519 | 24 | |
| 1950 | — | #1,941 | 15 | |
| 1949 | — | #2,337 | 11 | |
| 1948 | — | #2,326 | 11 | |
| 1947 | — | #2,169 | 13 | |
| 1946 | — | #1,884 | 15 | |
| 1945 | — | #2,009 | 12 | |
| 1944 | — | #1,988 | 13 | |
| 1943 | — | #1,636 | 19 | |
| 1942 | — | #2,268 | 11 | |
| 1941 | — | #2,491 | 9 | |
| 1940 | — | #3,130 | 6 | |
| 1939 | — | #1,636 | 17 | |
| 1938 | — | #2,084 | 12 | |
| 1937 | — | #1,828 | 15 | |
| 1936 | — | #2,062 | 12 | |
| 1935 | — | #2,029 | 13 | |
| 1934 | — | #2,022 | 13 | |
| 1933 | — | #1,707 | 17 | |
| 1932 | — | #1,584 | 20 | |
| 1931 | — | #1,458 | 23 | |
| 1930 | — | #2,079 | 14 | |
| 1929 | — | #1,523 | 23 | |
| 1928 | — | #1,569 | 23 | |
| 1927 | — | #2,121 | 15 | |
| 1926 | — | #2,436 | 12 | |
| 1925 | — | #2,435 | 12 | |
| 1924 | — | #1,380 | 29 | |
| 1923 | — | #1,460 | 26 | |
| 1922 | — | #1,644 | 22 | |
| 1921 | — | #1,980 | 17 | |
| 1920 | — | #1,820 | 19 | |
| 1919 | — | #2,385 | 12 | |
| 1918 | — | #2,165 | 14 | |
| 1917 | — | #1,587 | 21 | |
| 1916 | — | #1,771 | 17 | |
| 1915 | — | #1,707 | 17 | |
| 1914 | — | #1,687 | 14 | |
| 1913 | — | #1,580 | 12 | |
| 1912 | — | #1,619 | 10 | |
| 1911 | — | — | ||
| 1910 | — | #1,314 | 7 | |
| 1909 | — | — | ||
| 1908 | — | — | ||
| 1907 | — | — | ||
| 1906 | — | — | ||
| 1905 | — | — | ||
| 1904 | — | — | ||
| 1903 | — | — | ||
| 1902 | — | #1,137 | 5 | |
| 1901 | — | — | ||
| 1900 | — | #968 | 8 | |
| 1899 | — | — | ||
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| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five boys were named Sinclair! It came in at #968, and was given to 8 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1901–1909, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Sinclair is popular in 1951
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- South Carolina#335 · 1 in 4,191
- New York#716 · 1 in 31,643
Best ever in a state: #255 in South Carolina, 1923.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Carolina | #335 | 7 | 1 in 4,191 |
| New York | #716 | 5 | 1 in 31,643 |
| Alabama | — | — | — |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
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| Wisconsin | — | — | — |
| Wyoming | — | — | — |
Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Sinclair
- 326 spots since 2024 (#6,469 → #6,143)
- 1,924 spots since 2020 (#8,067 → #6,143)
- 1,348 spots since 2015 (#7,491 → #6,143)
- Debuted 1900
- Peaked 1900 at #968 (8 births)
- Births halved by 1901, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 1 yr · 1900
- Highest: 1 in 18,809 boys born in 1900 were named Sinclair (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 122,005 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 13.8% of all boys named Sinclair (198) were born in this decade
- Mostly boys until 2016, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 13 | #968 (1900) | #1,053 |
| 1910s | 124 | #1,314 (1910) | #1,757 |
| 1920s | 198 | #1,380 (1924) | #1,837 |
| 1930s | 156 | #1,458 (1931) | #1,849 |
| 1940s | 120 | #1,636 (1943) | #2,224 |
| 1950s | 168 | #1,519 (1951) | #1,957 |
| 1960s | 105 | #1,962 (1968) | #2,710 |
| 1970s | 111 | #2,669 (1979) | #3,275 |
| 1980s | 164 | #2,429 (1986) | #3,004 |
| 1990s | 105 | #3,607 (1990) | #5,694 |
| 2000s | 41 | #7,643 (2002) | #9,430 |
| 2010s | 74 | #6,726 (2016) | #8,145 |
| 2020s | 56 | #6,143 (2025) | #8,594 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Sinclair in 1951
Top boys' names in 1951
More about 1951
boys
1,882,837 boys got a published name in 1951; 1 in 78,452 of them was named Sinclair, which outranked 64.3% of the 4,253 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,489Ryland25
- #1,489Seymour25
- #1,489Verl25
- #1,519Sinclair24
- #1,519Ace24
- #1,519Algie24
- #1,519Andrea24
- #1,553Arnie23
- #1,553Caroll23
- #1,553Ceasar23
Tied with 33 names at #1,519; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.