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Sterling

Pronounced /ˈstɝ.lɪŋ/

Rank in 2024
#1,116
Born in 2024
218
Peak year
2024 · #1116
Origin
Not recorded
Also recorded for boys:880 in 2024 (#372)

1880 to 2024

Uncommon
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Its story in numbers

  • In 2024, 218 girls were named Sterling, about 1 in every 7,400.
  • 2024 is its biggest year on record.
  • It first shows up in the records in 1913.
  • 3,504 girls have been named Sterling since 1880.

Who else has this name

Babies named Sterling per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.

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Greatest: 49 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Silent: 66 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Boomers: 59 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Gen X: 164 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Millennials: 647 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Gen Z: 893 babies, 0.03 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 1,626 babies, 0.08 per 1,000.

Meaning and origin

See Stirling.

  • A unisex given name transferred from the surname.
Origin
Not recorded
Say it
/ˈstɝ.lɪŋ/

From Wiktionary’s entry for Sterling, CC BY-SA 4.0.