Sugar

The name Sugar is the #7,558 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 181 recorded births since 1951. This represents the 2.3% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 2.3% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,581 (2.3% percentile) for all time with 135 births since 1965. For boys, it ranks #4,540 (0.9% percentile) for all time with 46 births since 1951.

Sugar first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1951 (1951 for boys and 1965 for girls). Birth data for Sugar is available in 29 out of the 66 years between 1951 and 2016 (22 years for girls and 7 years for boys). 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 Sugar has been given predominantly to girls, with 74.6% of all recorded births being female. In 2016, 100.0% of babies named Sugar were girls. Interestingly, until around 1965, the name was more popular for boys (100.0% boys from 1951 to 1964), but since then it has been more commonly used for girls (92.5% girls from 1965 to 2016).

For girls, Sugar reached its peak popularity in 1974, achieving the 0.8% percentile (ranked #740) with 7 births per million. The name was most common in 1974, with 7 births per million (ranked 0.8% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2016.

For boys, Sugar reached its peak popularity in 1981, achieving the 0.9% percentile (ranked #676) with 6 births per million. The name was most common in 1981, with 6 births per million (ranked 0.9% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1981.