Sire Boy
How popular is Sire?
#1,466 boy name in 2025
121 baby boys were named Sire in the US in 2025, making it the 1466th most popular boy name.
Sire popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #1,466 for boys (▲ 207 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 121 boys |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+53% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,853 in 2015, #1,225 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2022 (159 boys) |
| Highest rank | #1,225 in 2020 |
| First recorded | 1998 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Sire counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Sire family of names ranked #921 for boys in 2025 (#867 the year before), with 227 babies in all.
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Sire is most popular
Babies named Sire per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Georgia: 0.2 per 1,000 (49 boys)
- Louisiana: 0.1 per 1,000 (13 boys)
- Michigan: 0.1 per 1,000 (25 boys)
- Illinois: 0.1 per 1,000 (30 boys)
- Pennsylvania: 0.1 per 1,000 (29 boys)
Sire by decade
Boy names about as popular as Sire
Questions
- Is Sire a boy or girl name?
- Sire is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Sire were boys.
- How popular is the name Sire?
- 121 baby boys were named Sire in the US in 2025, making it the 1466th most popular boy name.
- When was Sire most popular?
- Sire peaked in 2022, when 159 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #1,225 in 2020.
- How many people are named Sire?
- 1,715 babies have been named Sire in the US since 1880. We estimate about 1,705 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 7.
- Where is Sire most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Sire was most common in Georgia, at 0.2 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.