How Many People Are Named Stirling?
people named Stirling are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 452,096 people in the US has this name
Based on 929 babies named Stirling in Social Security records from 1912 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
27 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From a surname which was a variant STERLING.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Stirling in English. Counting Stirling and these spellings together, about 32,081 people alive in the US have the name.
Related & Similar Names
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Stirling, 10.2% were girls and 89.8% were boys. The share has stayed close to this since the 1990s: 12.3% of the babies were girls then and 18.4% in the 2020s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Stirling alive today is about 26 years old, and 68% are under 30. Half of them were between 8 and 35 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Stirling first appears in the records in 1912 and was given most often in 2017, to 27 babies. In 2025, 23 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1912 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Stirling has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #1,935, in 1942. In 2025 it ranked #4,516.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #4,516 |
| Best rank | #1,935 (1942) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #5,318 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Stirling alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Stirling were born in California than in any other state: about 12 of those alive today.
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