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Sterling Name Origin: English
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Pronunciation: s-terli-ng, st(er)-ling
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Infographic of Sterling name meaning, which is “A man of quality,” in allusion to the standard meaning of the word sterling, based on the Anglo-Saxon steorra (a star) and ling (a suffix designating smallness ).
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Sterling Name Popularity
How popular is the name Sterling? Here’s everything we know.
Year |
Rank |
# Births |
% Births |
1910 |
463 |
11 |
0.0031% |
1911 |
— |
0 |
0% |
1912 |
406 |
51 |
0.0101% |
1913 |
371 |
85 |
0.015% |
1914 |
392 |
107 |
0.0154% |
1915 |
377 |
165 |
0.0182% |
1916 |
376 |
173 |
0.0179% |
1917 |
393 |
165 |
0.0165% |
1918 |
383 |
199 |
0.0185% |
1919 |
356 |
214 |
0.0204% |
1920 |
388 |
194 |
0.0174% |
1921 |
371 |
228 |
0.0199% |
1922 |
364 |
233 |
0.0209% |
1923 |
377 |
213 |
0.019% |
1924 |
350 |
248 |
0.0214% |
1925 |
395 |
193 |
0.0171% |
1926 |
376 |
204 |
0.0185% |
1927 |
403 |
186 |
0.0168% |
1928 |
409 |
175 |
0.0164% |
1929 |
369 |
201 |
0.0194% |
1930 |
415 |
161 |
0.0154% |
1931 |
407 |
152 |
0.0154% |
1932 |
372 |
191 |
0.0193% |
1933 |
412 |
134 |
0.0144% |
1934 |
438 |
124 |
0.0128% |
1935 |
423 |
135 |
0.0139% |
1936 |
410 |
141 |
0.0146% |
1937 |
453 |
116 |
0.0118% |
1938 |
413 |
152 |
0.0148% |
1939 |
445 |
125 |
0.0123% |
1940 |
412 |
158 |
0.0149% |
1941 |
435 |
140 |
0.0124% |
1942 |
380 |
219 |
0.0173% |
1943 |
428 |
168 |
0.0129% |
1944 |
424 |
164 |
0.0132% |
1945 |
409 |
172 |
0.0141% |
1946 |
413 |
196 |
0.0133% |
1947 |
417 |
230 |
0.0138% |
1948 |
425 |
205 |
0.0128% |
1949 |
417 |
219 |
0.0136% |
1950 |
430 |
197 |
0.0122% |
1951 |
420 |
219 |
0.0129% |
1952 |
444 |
207 |
0.0119% |
1953 |
445 |
211 |
0.0119% |
1954 |
459 |
203 |
0.0111% |
1955 |
457 |
219 |
0.0119% |
1956 |
458 |
224 |
0.0119% |
1957 |
512 |
187 |
0.0097% |
1958 |
496 |
200 |
0.0106% |
1959 |
493 |
206 |
0.0108% |
1960 |
527 |
179 |
0.0094% |
1961 |
516 |
195 |
0.0103% |
1962 |
475 |
237 |
0.0129% |
1963 |
488 |
222 |
0.0124% |
1964 |
482 |
232 |
0.0132% |
1965 |
530 |
164 |
0.01% |
1966 |
497 |
194 |
0.0124% |
1967 |
528 |
158 |
0.0104% |
1968 |
488 |
192 |
0.0128% |
1969 |
513 |
187 |
0.0121% |
1970 |
541 |
174 |
0.0109% |
1971 |
516 |
204 |
0.0136% |
1972 |
591 |
135 |
0.0099% |
1973 |
567 |
148 |
0.0114% |
1974 |
586 |
139 |
0.0107% |
1975 |
611 |
127 |
0.0099% |
1976 |
593 |
142 |
0.011% |
1977 |
589 |
152 |
0.0113% |
1978 |
567 |
173 |
0.0129% |
1979 |
577 |
173 |
0.0123% |
1980 |
555 |
197 |
0.0135% |
1981 |
596 |
155 |
0.0105% |
1982 |
572 |
179 |
0.012% |
1983 |
524 |
207 |
0.014% |
1984 |
502 |
235 |
0.0158% |
1985 |
513 |
240 |
0.0158% |
1986 |
514 |
248 |
0.0164% |
1987 |
494 |
277 |
0.0182% |
1988 |
438 |
379 |
0.0243% |
1989 |
490 |
336 |
0.0208% |
1990 |
469 |
397 |
0.024% |
1991 |
461 |
414 |
0.0254% |
1992 |
434 |
473 |
0.0296% |
1993 |
445 |
453 |
0.0291% |
1994 |
396 |
550 |
0.0358% |
1995 |
435 |
483 |
0.032% |
1996 |
460 |
433 |
0.0289% |
1997 |
497 |
377 |
0.0255% |
1998 |
509 |
372 |
0.0249% |
1999 |
535 |
343 |
0.0229% |
2000 |
572 |
311 |
0.0204% |
2001 |
560 |
335 |
0.0222% |
2002 |
589 |
310 |
0.0207% |
2003 |
629 |
281 |
0.0185% |
2004 |
695 |
240 |
0.0157% |
2005 |
737 |
223 |
0.0146% |
2006 |
800 |
206 |
0.0132% |
2007 |
805 |
218 |
0.0138% |
2008 |
841 |
205 |
0.0133% |
2009 |
930 |
158 |
0.0106% |
2010 |
750 |
244 |
0.0169% |
2011 |
753 |
244 |
0.0171% |
2012 |
663 |
308 |
0.0216% |
2013 |
566 |
409 |
0.0287% |
2014 |
501 |
511 |
0.0351% |
2015 |
485 |
555 |
0.0381% |
2016 |
456 |
624 |
0.0433% |
2017 |
430 |
672 |
0.0481% |
2018 |
398 |
750 |
0.0546% |
2019 |
399 |
723 |
0.0534% |
2020 |
396 |
727 |
0.0571% |
2021 |
383 |
812 |
0.0664% |
District of Columbia (DC)
Data via SSA.gov.
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Name |
Meaning |
Origin |
Popularity |
Other Gender |
Sterlyn
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Genuine, of high quality
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English
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Stirling
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Genuine, of high quality
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English
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Name |
Meaning |
Origin |
Popularity |
Other Gender |
Starling
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Starling bird
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English
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Sutherland
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Southern island
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