Stirling
- Last seen for girls in 2024 at #9,556
- #4,396 for boys in 2025, 23 births
- Given to boys 91.6% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 1942 · 15 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 851since 1912
Stirling over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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 | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #4,396 | 23 | |
| 2024 | #9,556 | 10 | #5,904 | 15 |
| 2023 | — | #4,742 | 21 | |
| 2022 | — | #6,828 | 12 | |
| 2021 | #11,146 | 8 | #6,335 | 13 |
| 2020 | #15,088 | 5 | #5,041 | 18 |
| 2019 | — | #5,340 | 17 | |
| 2018 | #12,464 | 7 | #5,106 | 18 |
| 2017 | #12,713 | 7 | #4,746 | 20 |
| 2016 | — | #4,624 | 21 | |
| 2015 | — | #4,179 | 24 | |
| 2014 | — | #5,252 | 17 | |
| 2013 | — | #5,404 | 16 | |
| 2012 | — | #7,050 | 11 | |
| 2011 | — | #5,945 | 14 | |
| 2010 | — | #5,478 | 16 | |
| 2009 | #17,294 | 5 | — | |
| 2008 | — | #6,070 | 14 | |
| 2007 | — | #7,094 | 11 | |
| 2006 | — | #7,427 | 10 | |
| 2005 | — | #6,634 | 11 | |
| 2004 | #12,761 | 7 | #5,492 | 14 |
| 2003 | — | #5,271 | 14 | |
| 2002 | #12,187 | 7 | #5,725 | 12 |
| 2001 | #13,521 | 6 | #5,667 | 12 |
| 2000 | — | #5,920 | 11 | |
| 1999 | — | #4,762 | 14 | |
| 1998 | — | #5,466 | 11 | |
| 1997 | #12,070 | 6 | #3,601 | 19 |
| 1996 | #8,132 | 10 | #4,613 | 13 |
| 1995 | — | #3,693 | 17 | |
| 1994 | — | #7,770 | 6 | |
| 1993 | — | #8,700 | 5 | |
| 1992 | — | #7,422 | 6 | |
| 1991 | — | #5,096 | 10 | |
| 1990 | — | #4,167 | 13 | |
| 1989 | — | #6,229 | 7 | |
| 1988 | — | #5,751 | 7 | |
| 1987 | — | #6,089 | 6 | |
| 1986 | — | #6,721 | 5 | |
| 1985 | — | #4,052 | 10 | |
| 1984 | — | — | ||
| 1983 | — | — | ||
| 1982 | — | #5,619 | 6 | |
| 1981 | — | #5,468 | 6 | |
| 1980 | — | — | ||
| 1979 | — | #4,403 | 8 | |
| 1978 | — | — | ||
| 1977 | — | #4,164 | 8 | |
| 1976 | — | #3,724 | 9 | |
| 1975 | — | #4,309 | 7 | |
| 1974 | — | — | ||
| 1973 | — | #3,694 | 8 | |
| 1972 | — | — | ||
| 1971 | — | — | ||
| 1970 | — | #3,521 | 8 | |
| 1969 | — | #3,935 | 6 | |
| 1968 | — | #3,673 | 6 | |
| 1967 | — | #3,231 | 7 | |
| 1966 | — | — | ||
| 1965 | — | #3,537 | 6 | |
| 1964 | — | #4,039 | 5 | |
| 1963 | — | #2,858 | 9 | |
| 1962 | — | #2,279 | 13 | |
| 1961 | — | #3,652 | 6 | |
| 1960 | — | — | ||
| 1959 | — | #3,290 | 7 | |
| 1958 | — | #3,559 | 6 | |
| 1957 | — | #2,822 | 9 | |
| 1956 | — | #3,216 | 7 | |
| 1955 | — | — | ||
| 1954 | — | #3,176 | 7 | |
| 1953 | — | — | ||
| 1952 | — | #3,734 | 5 | |
| 1951 | — | — | ||
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| 1949 | — | — | ||
| 1948 | — | #2,788 | 8 | |
| 1947 | — | #3,096 | 7 | |
| 1946 | — | — | ||
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| 1943 | — | — | ||
| 1942 | — | #1,867 | 15 | |
| 1941 | — | #3,133 | 6 | |
| 1940 | — | #2,671 | 8 | |
| 1939 | — | #2,829 | 7 | |
| 1938 | — | — | ||
| 1937 | — | #3,175 | 6 | |
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| 1933 | — | — | ||
| 1932 | — | #3,776 | 5 | |
| 1931 | — | #3,763 | 5 | |
| 1930 | — | #3,289 | 7 | |
| 1929 | — | #3,959 | 5 | |
| 1928 | — | #4,151 | 5 | |
| 1927 | — | #2,703 | 10 | |
| 1926 | — | — | ||
| 1925 | — | #3,741 | 6 | |
| 1924 | — | #3,867 | 6 | |
| 1923 | — | #3,175 | 8 | |
| 1922 | — | #3,252 | 8 | |
| 1921 | — | #3,517 | 7 | |
| 1920 | — | — | ||
| 1919 | — | #3,115 | 8 | |
| 1918 | — | #4,179 | 5 | |
| 1917 | — | — | ||
| 1916 | — | #3,897 | 5 | |
| 1915 | — | #3,825 | 5 | |
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| 1912 | — | #2,269 | 6 | |
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First appearance
1912
The first year at least five boys were named Stirling! It came in at #2,269, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1913–1918, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Stirling is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Stirling in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
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Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 1,508 spots since 2024 (#5,904 → #4,396)
- 645 spots since 2020 (#5,041 → #4,396)
- 217 spots since 2015 (#4,179 → #4,396)
Rise & fade · boys
30 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1912
- Peaked 1942 at #1,867 (15 births)
- Births halved by 1943, 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 71,657
- Highest: 1 in 71,657 boys born in 1912 were named Stirling (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 74,264 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #1,867 in 1942, was only 1 in 92,077 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2010s
- 20.4% of all boys named Stirling (174) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 2010
- Mostly girls until 2009, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 29 | #2,269 (1912) | #3,457 |
| 1920s | 55 | #2,703 (1927) | #3,546 |
| 1930s | 30 | #2,829 (1939) | #3,366 |
| 1940s | 44 | #1,867 (1942) | #2,711 |
| 1950s | 41 | #2,822 (1957) | #3,300 |
| 1960s | 58 | #2,279 (1962) | #3,401 |
| 1970s | 48 | #3,521 (1970) | #3,969 |
| 1980s | 47 | #4,052 (1985) | #5,704 |
| 1990s | 114 | #3,601 (1997) | #5,529 |
| 2000s | 109 | #5,271 (2003) | #6,144 |
| 2010s | 174 | #4,179 (2015) | #5,312 |
| 2020s | 102 | #4,396 (2025) | #5,541 |
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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