Sigurd

boys:

841 births since 1890

#3746 (18th percentile)

overall:

841 births since 1890

#6898 (11th percentile)

Popularity Trends

The name Sigurd is the #6,898 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 841 recorded births since 1890. This represents the 10.8% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 10.8% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,746 (18.3% percentile) for all time with 841 births since 1890.

Sigurd first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1890 (first recorded for boys in 1890). Birth data for Sigurd is available in 80 out of the 134 years between 1890 and 2023. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.

For boys, Sigurd reached its peak popularity in 1916, achieving the 5.2% percentile (ranked #476) with 34 births per million. The name was most common in 1891, with 73 births per million (ranked 1.5% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2015, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Sigurd ranks #902 for boys (1.0% percentile) with 8 births per million, which is 10.4% of its peak share of births.

This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Sigurd".

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Key Statistics

Total Births
841
Peak Births
31
Peak Year
1916
First Recorded
1890
Peak Percentile
5.2%
Current Percentile
1.0%
Peak Rank
#476
Current Rank
#902
Male statistics

How to Pronounce Sigurd

Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Sigurd. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.

Our model is 80.5% confident that Sigurd is pronounced as SIH-gerd, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is SEE-gerd, at 19.5% confidence, with 2 syllables.

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SIH-gerd (2 syllables)
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80.5% confidence
S IH1 G ER0 D
SEE-gerd (2 syllables)
19.5% confidence
S IY1 G ER0 D

Possible Additional Pronunciations

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About Pronunciation Data

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