Boy
Sterling
Sterling is a boy's name, a solidly familiar choice, that has stayed remarkably steady since peaking in the 1990s.
Middle EnglishMiddle English
EtymologyMeaning "little star"; or "of high quality" (as in sterling silver)
Births by decade
1900s
352
1910s
1,622
1920s
2,580
1930s
1,930
1940s
2,383
1950s
2,596
1960s
2,545
1970s
2,184
1980s
3,223
1990s
5,279
2000s
3,573
2010s
4,601
Peaked in the 1990s · 32,868 total U.S. births since 1900