Sterling: Meaning, origin and popularity

Pronounced STER-ling · 2 syllables

See Stirling.

How popular is Sterling?

Sterling was the #345 name in the US in 2025, given to 1,162 babies. It’s rising: up 97% on 2011–2015. It peaked around 2020.

Babies named Sterling in the US by five-year period, relative to its peak (around 2020).

Half of US adults named Sterling are older than 39; most are between 21 and 80. (Estimated from US births by year and life tables.)

Names that real brothers and sisters of people named Sterling have, from family records on Wikidata, most common first.

Chosen by the same families or with a similar style and era.

Sterling is pronounced STER-ling.

Sterling was the #345 name in the US in 2025, given to 1,162 babies. It’s rising: up 97% on 2011–2015. It peaked around 2020.

Half of US adults named Sterling are older than 39. Most are between 21 and 80.