How Many People Are Named Sigurd?
people named Sigurd are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 1,174,518 people in the US has this name
Based on 869 babies named Sigurd in Social Security records from 1890 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
31 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From the Old Norse name Sigurðr, which was derived from the elements sigr "victory" and varðr "guardian". Sigurd was the hero of the Norse legend the 'Volsungasaga', which tells how his foster-father Regin sent him to recover a hoard of gold guarded by the dragon Fafnir. After slaying the dragon Sigurd tasted some of its blood, enabling him to understand the language of birds, who told him that Regin was planning to betray him. In a later adventure, Sigurd disguised himself as Gunnar (his wife Gudrun's brother) and rescued the maiden Brynhildr from a ring of fire, with the result that Gunnar and Brynhildr were married. When the truth eventually came out, Brynhildr took revenge upon Sigurd. The stories of the German hero Siegfried were in part based on him.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Sigurd in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Sigurd alive today is about 38 years old, and 51% are under 30. Half of them were between 4 and 72 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Sigurd first appears in the records in 1890 and was given most often in 1916, to 31 babies. In 2025, 16 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1890 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Sigurd has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #756, in 1891. In 2025 it ranked #5,815.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #5,815 |
| Best rank | #756 (1891) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,490 in the 1910s |
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