boys:
2k births since 1967
#2789 (39th percentile)
overall:
2k births since 1967
#5754 (26th percentile)
The name Sir is the #5,754 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 2,023 recorded births since 1967. This represents the 25.6% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 25.6% of all names). For boys, it ranks #2,789 (39.2% percentile) for all time with 2,023 births since 1967.
Sir first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1967 (first recorded for boys in 1967). Birth data for Sir is available in 56 out of the 57 years between 1967 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, Sir reached its peak popularity in 2021, achieving the 12.7% percentile (ranked #812) with 66 births per million. The name was most common in 2021, with 66 births per million (ranked 12.7% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2012, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Sir ranks #833 for boys (8.6% percentile) with 45 births per million, which is 69.0% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Sir".
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Our model found one way to pronounce the name Sir. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 100.0% confident that Sir is pronounced as ser, which has 1 syllables.
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