Sincere

#3,459 for girls in 2025, 44 births · #628 for boys in 2025, 445 births
Given to boys 87.3% of the time

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Peak · boys
2022 · 545 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
10,095
since 1976

Sincere over time

girlsboys

Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202021peak #2,152, 2010girlsboysat peak
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#3,45944#628445
2024#4,03936#600475
2023#3,32948#592479
2022#3,96337#542545
2021#3,73540#603461
2020#2,96654#602455
2019#3,33747#604453
2018#3,85338#587466
2017#3,47944#564481
2016#3,77740#647408
2015#3,02456#626426
2014#2,53570#620428
2013#2,72663#619401
2012#2,73464#705337
2011#2,86860#640365
2010#2,15291#641377
2009#2,18391#700344
2008#2,55773#716324
2007#3,16854#621397
2006#2,94058#641363
2005#3,05252#659326
2004#3,39144#736256
2003#2,63860#718258
2002#2,58260#766225
2001#2,96348#780217
2000#2,67255#845189
1999#3,97029#1,068127
1998#14,1225#4,01917
1997#6,1009
1996#7,1367
1995#4,79112
1994#6,9687
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First appearance
1976

The first year at least five boys were named Sincere! It came in at #5,587, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1976–1993, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Sincere is popular in 2021

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Sincere, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Sincere, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Sincere, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Sincere, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Sincere, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Sincere, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Sincere, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Sincere, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Sincere, so not publishedMNIllinois: #398 for boys · 28 births · 1 in 1,925 boysILWisconsin: #699 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 4,054 boysWIMichigan: #502 for boys · 16 births · 1 in 2,685 boysMINew York: #533 for boys · 29 births · 1 in 3,074 boysNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Sincere, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Sincere, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Sincere, so not publishedORNevada: #294 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 1,078 boysNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Sincere, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Sincere, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Sincere, so not publishedIAIndiana: #562 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 2,978 boysINOhio: #403 for boys · 27 births · 1 in 2,008 boysOHPennsylvania: #355 for boys · 31 births · 1 in 1,789 boysPANew Jersey: #488 for boys · 15 births · 1 in 2,704 boysNJConnecticut: #495 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 2,795 boysCTCalifornia: #1,162 for boys · 17 births · 1 in 11,140 boysCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Sincere, so not publishedUTColorado: #645 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 3,689 boysCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Sincere, so not publishedNEMissouri: #583 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 3,172 boysMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Sincere, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Sincere, so not publishedWVVirginia: #539 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 3,008 boysVAMaryland: #245 for boys · 25 births · 1 in 998 boysMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Sincere, so not publishedDEArizona: #806 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 5,437 boysAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Sincere, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Sincere, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Sincere, so not publishedARTennessee: #1,017 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 7,167 boysTNNorth Carolina: #428 for boys · 24 births · 1 in 2,126 boysNCSouth Carolina: #293 for boys · 17 births · 1 in 1,192 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #216 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 673 boysDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Sincere, so not publishedOKLouisiana: #458 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 1,976 boysLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Sincere, so not publishedMSAlabama: #389 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 1,694 boysALGeorgia: #330 for boys · 34 births · 1 in 1,481 boysGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Sincere, so not publishedHITexas: #836 for boys · 29 births · 1 in 5,901 boysTXFlorida: #523 for boys · 30 births · 1 in 3,092 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. District of Columbia#216 · 1 in 673
  2. Maryland#245 · 1 in 998
  3. South Carolina#293 · 1 in 1,192
  4. Nevada#294 · 1 in 1,078
  5. Georgia#330 · 1 in 1,481

Best ever in a state: #93 in District of Columbia, 2023.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
District of Columbia#21651 in 673
Maryland#245251 in 998
South Carolina#293171 in 1,192
Nevada#294111 in 1,078
Georgia#330341 in 1,481
Pennsylvania#355311 in 1,789
Alabama#389131 in 1,694
Illinois#398281 in 1,925
Ohio#403271 in 2,008
North Carolina#428241 in 2,126
Louisiana#458111 in 1,976
New Jersey#488151 in 2,704
Connecticut#49551 in 2,795
Michigan#502161 in 2,685
Florida#523301 in 3,092
New York#533291 in 3,074
Virginia#539131 in 3,008
Indiana#562111 in 2,978
Missouri#58391 in 3,172
Colorado#64571 in 3,689
Wisconsin#69961 in 4,054
Arizona#80661 in 5,437
Texas#836291 in 5,901
Tennessee#1,01751 in 7,167
California#1,162171 in 11,140
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Sincere
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 28 spots since 2024 (#600#628)
  • 26 spots since 2020 (#602#628)
  • 2 spots since 2015 (#626#628)
  • Biggest jump: 223 spots in 2000 (#1,068#845)
  • Biggest drop: 95 spots in 2008 (#621#716)
Rise & fade · boys
46 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1976
  • Peaked 2022 at #542 (545 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 26 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 26 yrs · run 2000–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 3,204
  • Highest: 1 in 3,204 boys born in 2022 were named Sincere (0.03%)
  • Latest: 1 in 3,838 boys born in 2025 (0.03%)
Era · boys
The 2010s
  • 41.0% of all boys named Sincere (4,142) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1992
  • Mostly girls until 1991, mostly boys since
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Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1970s5#5,587 (1976)#5,587
1980s0
1990s189#1,068 (1999)#5,844
2000s2,899#621 (2007)#718
2010s4,142#564 (2017)#625
2020s2,860#542 (2022)#595

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Sincere in 2021

girls
#3,735
40 births · 1 in 41,022 girls
boys
#603
461 births · 1 in 3,795 boys

Top girls' names in 2021

  1. #1Olivia17,847
  2. #2Emma15,549
  3. #3Charlotte13,368
  4. #4Amelia13,041
  5. #5Ava12,873
  6. #6Sophia12,585
  7. #7Isabella11,309
  8. #8Mia11,177
  9. #9Evelyn9,495
  10. #10Harper8,448
  11. #3,735Sincere40

Top boys' names in 2021

  1. #1Liam20,424
  2. #2Noah18,919
  3. #3Oliver14,713
  4. #4Elijah12,845
  5. #5James12,474
  6. #6William12,170
  7. #7Benjamin11,895
  8. #8Lucas11,584
  9. #9Henry11,370
  10. #10Theodore9,600
  11. #603Sincere461
More about 2021

girls

1,640,861 girls got a published name in 2021; 1 in 41,022 of them was named Sincere, which outranked 78.9% of the 17,676 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Sincere
  1. #3,678Zamirah41
  2. #3,678Zanyla41
  3. #3,678Zephyr41
  4. #3,735Sincere40
  5. #3,735Acadia40
  6. #3,735Alaysha40
  7. #3,735Aleyza40
  8. #3,801Aarvi39
  9. #3,801Aislin39
  10. #3,801Aleeah39

Tied with 65 names at #3,735; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2020
Risers
  1. 437Raya#932#495
  2. 396Wrenley#893#497
  3. 298Angelique#1,173#875
  4. 283Emberlynn#1,241#958
  5. 276Flora#924#648
Fallers
  1. 475Denisse#852#1,327
  2. 347Denise#876#1,223
  3. 267Karen#821#1,088
  4. 227Keily#854#1,081
  5. 227Nathalie#911#1,138

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,749,482 boys got a published name in 2021; 1 in 3,795 of them was named Sincere, which outranked 95.7% of the 14,096 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Sincere
  1. #599Axton464
  2. #599Boston464
  3. #599Westin464
  4. #603Sincere461
  5. #604Chandler460
  6. #605Reign459
  7. #606Derrick458
Biggest movers since 2020
Risers
  1. 536Amiri#1,295#759
  2. 438Eliam#1,177#739
  3. 343Colter#972#629
  4. 333Ozzy#1,046#713
  5. 299Loyal#1,053#754
Fallers
  1. 352Jaxtyn#585#937
  2. 259Karsyn#698#957
  3. 231Xzavier#976#1,207
  4. 208Tristen#846#1,054
  5. 208Willie#992#1,200

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 2021