Sister
Last seen for girls in 1946 at #4,960
- Peak · girls
- 1891 · 14 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 563since 1883
Sister over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Sister has never cracked the top 700 here.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| 1946 | #4,960 | 5 |
| 1945 | — | |
| 1944 | #3,139 | 9 |
| 1943 | #3,040 | 10 |
| 1942 | #3,194 | 9 |
| 1941 | #3,252 | 8 |
| 1940 | — | |
| 1939 | #3,145 | 8 |
| 1938 | — | |
| 1937 | #3,800 | 6 |
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| 1935 | #3,431 | 7 |
| 1934 | #4,286 | 5 |
| 1933 | #4,218 | 5 |
| 1932 | #3,047 | 9 |
| 1931 | #3,848 | 6 |
| 1930 | #3,055 | 9 |
| 1929 | #3,682 | 7 |
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| 1926 | #4,851 | 5 |
| 1925 | #2,939 | 11 |
| 1924 | #4,434 | 6 |
| 1923 | #4,967 | 5 |
| 1922 | #4,011 | 7 |
| 1921 | #3,666 | 8 |
| 1920 | #3,598 | 8 |
| 1919 | #3,005 | 10 |
| 1918 | #2,674 | 12 |
| 1917 | #1,923 | 18 |
| 1916 | #2,133 | 15 |
| 1915 | #2,384 | 12 |
| 1914 | #1,385 | 21 |
| 1913 | #1,528 | 15 |
| 1912 | #1,218 | 19 |
| 1911 | #982 | 20 |
| 1910 | #1,030 | 18 |
| 1909 | #990 | 17 |
| 1908 | #1,261 | 11 |
| 1907 | #1,821 | 6 |
| 1906 | #1,229 | 10 |
| 1905 | #1,162 | 11 |
| 1904 | #1,659 | 6 |
| 1903 | #896 | 15 |
| 1902 | #849 | 17 |
| 1901 | #961 | 12 |
| 1900 | #1,231 | 10 |
| 1899 | #1,034 | 10 |
| 1898 | #1,171 | 9 |
| 1897 | #931 | 12 |
| 1896 | #950 | 12 |
| 1895 | #932 | 12 |
| 1894 | #850 | 13 |
| 1893 | #1,023 | 9 |
| 1892 | #1,171 | 7 |
| 1891 | #727 | 14 |
| 1890 | #1,210 | 6 |
| 1889 | #1,147 | 6 |
| 1888 | #1,036 | 7 |
| 1887 | — | |
| 1886 | #993 | 6 |
| 1885 | #921 | 6 |
| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | #817 | 6 |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
First appearance
1883
The first year at least five girls were named Sister! It came in at #817, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1884, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
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Momentum · girls
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1946
- Biggest jump: 483 spots in 1891 (#1,210 → #727)
- Biggest drop: 763 spots in 1904 (#896 → #1,659)
Rise & fade · girls
8 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1883
- Peaked 1891 at #727 (14 births)
- Births halved by 1892, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 13 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 13 yrs · run 1894–1897
Share of babies · girls
1 in 13,249
- Highest: 1 in 13,249 girls born in 1891 were named Sister (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 314,261 girls born in 1946 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1910s
- 28.4% of all girls named Sister (160) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 31 | #817 (1883) | #983 |
| 1890s | 104 | #727 (1891) | #1,000 |
| 1900s | 115 | #849 (1902) | #1,206 |
| 1910s | 160 | #982 (1911) | #1,826 |
| 1920s | 57 | #2,939 (1925) | #4,019 |
| 1930s | 55 | #3,047 (1932) | #3,604 |
| 1940s | 41 | #3,040 (1943) | #3,517 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Sister in 1885
girls
#921
6 births · 1 in 22,176 girls
Top girls' names in 1885
More about 1885
girls
133,055 girls got a published name in 1885; 1 in 22,176 of them was named Sister, which outranked 23.1% of the 1,197 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).