girls:
1.4k births since 1982
#4337 (24th percentile)
boys:
9.2k births since 1976
#1232 (73rd percentile)
overall:
10.6k births since 1976
#2575 (67th percentile)
The name Sincere is the #2,575 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 10,559 recorded births since 1976. This represents the 66.7% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 66.7% of all names). For boys, it ranks #1,232 (73.1% percentile) for all time with 9,168 births since 1976. For girls, it ranks #4,337 (24.1% percentile) for all time with 1,391 births since 1982.
Sincere first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1976 (1976 for boys and 1982 for girls). Birth data for Sincere is available in 34 out of the 48 years between 1976 and 2023 (33 years for boys and 28 years for girls). 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.
The name Sincere has been given predominantly to boys, with 86.8% of all recorded births being male. In 2023, 90.9% of babies named Sincere were boys.
For boys, Sincere reached its peak popularity in 2022, achieving the 48.9% percentile (ranked #473) with 290 births per million. The name was most common in 2022, with 290 births per million (ranked 48.9% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 1993, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Sincere ranks #506 for boys (44.5% percentile) with 260 births per million, which is 89.7% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Sincere reached its peak popularity in 2010, achieving the 9.1% percentile (ranked #858) with 46 births per million. The name was most common in 2010, with 46 births per million (ranked 9.1% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2019, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Sincere ranks #904 for girls (4.5% percentile) with 27 births per million, which is 59.1% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Sincere".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Sincere. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 65.9% confident that Sincere is pronounced as sihn-SIHR, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is sihn-SEAR, at 25.0% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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