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Sterling Diplomatic • Independent • Easygoing
Sterling Diplomatic • Independent • Easygoing
Diplomatic • Independent • Easygoing
SterlingDiplomatic • Independent • Easygoing
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It Appears In TV Shows Like Archer, Mad Men And This Is Us (via The Actor Sterling Brown).
Sterling Name Popularity
Boys vs Girls
92.17%
Male
7.83%
Female
Sterling is predominantly a boys name, with 7.83% of Sterlings being girls, and 92.17% being boys.
In the United States there have been a total of 32810 males named Sterling, and 2789 females given the name
Popularity of Sterling by state:
This chart shows the maximum percentage of babys named Sterling in each state. Lighter colors indicate higher percentages and popularity, while lower colors indicate less popularity.
Lighter = More Popular
Darker = Less Popular
Blank States = Few to None
Sterling: Baby name popularity graph, 1880-2024
The below graph, labeled 'Percentage named Sterling' is a graph showing the overall ranking of the boys name Sterling in the USA from 1880-2024. 1 being the highest and most popular, 40337 being the lowest and least used. Through these years over 40337 unique total names have been given to boys living in the United States so far. Sterling's average ranking is 1220.3, with it's highest ever rank being #. Sterling has reach the top 10 most popular boys name 2 times, and has reached the top hundred names 2 times.
Sterling has been used in the United States ever since 1880, with over 35599 boys given the name in the past 200 years. Sterling gained the most popularity as a baby name in 1895, when it's usage went up by 225.01%. During this year, 35 babies were named Sterling, which was 0.0104% of the baby boys born in the USA that year. The most the names popularity ever grew to was 0.018%, in this year alone more than 1000 boys were named Sterling.
Popular 'S' Names for Boys
Boys names starting with 'S'
Listed below are the 20 most commonly used baby names begining with S. These boys names are ordered by their overall popularity of recently named babies in the United states. Also listed is their their rank compared to other 'S' names, their over all rank among all boy names, the total number of baby boys expected to be given this name in 2024, and the total percentage of boys given this name.
| Name | 'S-Name' Rank | Overall Rank | Total Named | Percentage named |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Samuel | 1. | 31. | 10492 | 0.29% |
| Sebastian | 2. | 33. | 10249 | 0.283% |
| Sawyer | 3. | 157. | 4213 | 0.116% |
| Santiago | 4. | 180. | 3700 | 0.102% |
| Silas | 5. | 203. | 3385 | 0.094% |
| Steven | 6. | 296. | 2381 | 0.066% |
| Sean | 7. | 428. | 1657 | 0.046% |
| Simon | 8. | 453. | 1544 | 0.043% |
| Stephen | 9. | 498. | 1367 | 0.038% |
| Spencer | 10. | 503. | 1357 | 0.038% |
| Seth | 11. | 580. | 1147 | 0.032% |
| Shane | 12. | 630. | 1058 | 0.029% |
| Sergio | 13. | 640. | 1038 | 0.029% |
| Shawn | 14. | 705. | 939 | 0.026% |
| Solomon | 15. | 730. | 890 | 0.025% |
| Sullivan | 16. | 827. | 777 | 0.021% |
| Skyler | 17. | 836. | 762 | 0.021% |
| Sterling | 18. | 934. | 661 | 0.018% |
| Scott | 19. | 939. | 655 | 0.018% |
| Saul | 20. | 1083. | 555 | 0.015% |
