Sister

Last seen for girls in 1946 at #4,960

Peak · girls
1891 · 14 births
Debut · girls
6 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
563
since 1883

Sister over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Sister has never cracked the top 700 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201909peak #727, 1891girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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1946#4,9605
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1944#3,1399
1943#3,04010
1942#3,1949
1941#3,2528
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1939#3,1458
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1937#3,8006
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1935#3,4317
1934#4,2865
1933#4,2185
1932#3,0479
1931#3,8486
1930#3,0559
1929#3,6827
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1926#4,8515
1925#2,93911
1924#4,4346
1923#4,9675
1922#4,0117
1921#3,6668
1920#3,5988
1919#3,00510
1918#2,67412
1917#1,92318
1916#2,13315
1915#2,38412
1914#1,38521
1913#1,52815
1912#1,21819
1911#98220
1910#1,03018
1909#99017
1908#1,26111
1907#1,8216
1906#1,22910
1905#1,16211
1904#1,6596
1903#89615
1902#84917
1901#96112
1900#1,23110
1899#1,03410
1898#1,1719
1897#93112
1896#95012
1895#93212
1894#85013
1893#1,0239
1892#1,1717
1891#72714
1890#1,2106
1889#1,1476
1888#1,0367
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1886#9936
1885#9216
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1883#8176
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First appearance
1883

The first year at least five girls were named Sister! It came in at #817, and was given to 6 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1884, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Sister is popular in 1909

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

See more about Sister
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1946
  • Biggest jump: 483 spots in 1891 (#1,210 → #727)
  • Biggest drop: 763 spots in 1904 (#896 → #1,659)
Rise & fade · girls
8 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1883
  • Peaked 1891 at #727 (14 births)
  • Births halved by 1892, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 13 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 13 yrs · run 1894–1897
Share of babies · girls
1 in 13,249
  • Highest: 1 in 13,249 girls born in 1891 were named Sister (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 314,261 girls born in 1946 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1910s
  • 28.4% of all girls named Sister (160) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s31#817 (1883)#983
1890s104#727 (1891)#1,000
1900s115#849 (1902)#1,206
1910s160#982 (1911)#1,826
1920s57#2,939 (1925)#4,019
1930s55#3,047 (1932)#3,604
1940s41#3,040 (1943)#3,517

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Sister in 1909

girls
#990
17 births · 1 in 20,425 girls

Top girls' names in 1909

  1. #1Mary19,259
  2. #2Helen9,250
  3. #3Margaret7,358
  4. #4Ruth6,509
  5. #5Dorothy6,253
  6. #6Anna5,804
  7. #7Elizabeth5,176
  8. #8Mildred5,054
  9. #9Marie4,301
  10. #10Alice4,170
  11. #990Sister17
More about 1909

girls

347,228 girls got a published name in 1909; 1 in 20,425 of them was named Sister, which outranked 61.1% of the 2,548 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Sister
  1. #961Nella18
  2. #961Reatha18
  3. #961Zada18
  4. #990Sister17
  5. #990Adelle17
  6. #990Aimee17
  7. #990Anner17
  8. #1,015Ammie16
  9. #1,015Antonetta16
  10. #1,015Arietta16

Tied with 24 names at #990; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1908
Risers
  1. ↑ 994Laverna#1,862 → #868
  2. ↑ 994Nevada#1,862 → #868
  3. ↑ 901Gayle#1,862 → #961
  4. ↑ 686Elba#1,676 → #990
  5. ↑ 612Gertha#1,547 → #935
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,045Arnetta#912 → #1,957
  2. ↓ 987Launa#970 → #1,957
  3. ↓ 668Buna#939 → #1,607
  4. ↓ 540Arlena#829 → #1,369
  5. ↓ 540Elta#829 → #1,369

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1909 →