Sterlin
- #10,695 for boys in 2025, 6 births
- Peak · boys
- 1947 · 14 births
- Debut · boys
- 7 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 737since 1916
Sterlin over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Sterlin has never cracked the top 2,000 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #10,695 | 6 |
| 2024 | #6,832 | 12 |
| 2023 | #12,239 | 5 |
| 2022 | — | |
| 2021 | #9,714 | 7 |
| 2020 | #7,034 | 11 |
| 2019 | #8,215 | 9 |
| 2018 | #10,760 | 6 |
| 2017 | #8,140 | 9 |
| 2016 | #12,185 | 5 |
| 2015 | #7,491 | 10 |
| 2014 | #7,048 | 11 |
| 2013 | #12,136 | 5 |
| 2012 | #7,559 | 10 |
| 2011 | #10,808 | 6 |
| 2010 | #8,139 | 9 |
| 2009 | #10,994 | 6 |
| 2008 | #7,698 | 10 |
| 2007 | — | |
| 2006 | #6,094 | 13 |
| 2005 | #8,299 | 8 |
| 2004 | #7,536 | 9 |
| 2003 | #5,271 | 14 |
| 2002 | #4,919 | 15 |
| 2001 | #5,667 | 12 |
| 2000 | #6,839 | 9 |
| 1999 | #5,035 | 13 |
| 1998 | #5,840 | 10 |
| 1997 | #3,455 | 20 |
| 1996 | #3,830 | 17 |
| 1995 | #3,432 | 19 |
| 1994 | #4,290 | 14 |
| 1993 | #3,246 | 20 |
| 1992 | #3,338 | 19 |
| 1991 | #4,760 | 11 |
| 1990 | #4,993 | 10 |
| 1989 | #4,017 | 13 |
| 1988 | #3,203 | 16 |
| 1987 | #4,968 | 8 |
| 1986 | — | |
| 1985 | — | |
| 1984 | #4,215 | 9 |
| 1983 | #4,907 | 7 |
| 1982 | #5,003 | 7 |
| 1981 | #3,412 | 12 |
| 1980 | — | |
| 1979 | #4,403 | 8 |
| 1978 | #4,554 | 7 |
| 1977 | #3,606 | 10 |
| 1976 | #4,935 | 6 |
| 1975 | — | |
| 1974 | #5,227 | 5 |
| 1973 | #4,505 | 6 |
| 1972 | #3,963 | 7 |
| 1971 | #4,375 | 6 |
| 1970 | #4,724 | 5 |
| 1969 | #3,595 | 7 |
| 1968 | #4,136 | 5 |
| 1967 | #2,611 | 10 |
| 1966 | — | |
| 1965 | — | |
| 1964 | #3,050 | 8 |
| 1963 | — | |
| 1962 | — | |
| 1961 | #4,065 | 5 |
| 1960 | — | |
| 1959 | #3,619 | 6 |
| 1958 | #2,506 | 11 |
| 1957 | #3,993 | 5 |
| 1956 | #3,942 | 5 |
| 1955 | #3,505 | 6 |
| 1954 | #3,827 | 5 |
| 1953 | #3,425 | 6 |
| 1952 | — | |
| 1951 | #3,714 | 5 |
| 1950 | — | |
| 1949 | — | |
| 1948 | — | |
| 1947 | #2,076 | 14 |
| 1946 | #3,525 | 5 |
| 1945 | #2,743 | 7 |
| 1944 | — | |
| 1943 | #2,732 | 8 |
| 1942 | #3,212 | 6 |
| 1941 | — | |
| 1940 | — | |
| 1939 | #3,480 | 5 |
| 1938 | #2,868 | 7 |
| 1937 | — | |
| 1936 | — | |
| 1935 | — | |
| 1934 | — | |
| 1933 | #2,368 | 10 |
| 1932 | #3,361 | 6 |
| 1931 | #3,390 | 6 |
| 1930 | #3,289 | 7 |
| 1929 | — | |
| 1928 | — | |
| 1927 | #3,451 | 7 |
| 1926 | #4,201 | 5 |
| 1925 | #4,197 | 5 |
| 1924 | #4,347 | 5 |
| 1923 | — | |
| 1922 | #3,532 | 7 |
| 1921 | #3,517 | 7 |
| 1920 | #3,208 | 8 |
| 1919 | #3,736 | 6 |
| 1918 | #2,260 | 13 |
| 1917 | — | |
| 1916 | #3,177 | 7 |
| 1915 | — | |
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| 1887 | — | |
| 1886 | — | |
| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
First appearance
1916
The first year at least five boys were named Sterlin! It came in at #3,177, and was given to 7 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1917, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Sterlin is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Sterlin in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Sterlin
Momentum · boys
Falling
- 3,863 spots since 2024 (#6,832 → #10,695)
- 3,661 spots since 2020 (#7,034 → #10,695)
- 3,204 spots since 2015 (#7,491 → #10,695)
Rise & fade · boys
31 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1916
- Peaked 1947 at #2,076 (14 births)
- Births halved by 1948, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 77,960
- Highest: 1 in 77,960 boys born in 1918 were named Sterlin (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 284,679 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #2,076 in 1947, was only 1 in 130,686 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1990s
- 20.8% of all boys named Sterlin (153) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 26 | #2,260 (1918) | #3,058 |
| 1920s | 44 | #3,208 (1920) | #3,779 |
| 1930s | 41 | #2,368 (1933) | #3,126 |
| 1940s | 40 | #2,076 (1947) | #2,858 |
| 1950s | 49 | #2,506 (1958) | #3,566 |
| 1960s | 35 | #2,611 (1967) | #3,491 |
| 1970s | 60 | #3,606 (1977) | #4,477 |
| 1980s | 72 | #3,203 (1988) | #4,246 |
| 1990s | 153 | #3,246 (1993) | #4,222 |
| 2000s | 96 | #4,919 (2002) | #7,035 |
| 2010s | 80 | #7,048 (2014) | #9,248 |
| 2020s | 41 | #6,832 (2024) | #9,303 |
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.
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