Sterlin
Sterlin is a masculine given name. Notable people with the name include:Sterlin Gilbert, American football coach Sterlin Harjo, American filmmaker Sterlin Thompson, American baseball outfielder
Meaning & Origin of Sterlin
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Sterlin is a masculine given name. Notable people with the name include:Sterlin Gilbert, American football coach Sterlin Harjo, American filmmaker Sterlin Thompson, American baseball outfielder
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The Story of Sterlin
The earliest SSA record of Sterlin as a baby boy name dates back to 1916, when 7 babies received it. 1993 was its biggest year on record, with 20 newborns named Sterlin — #3,246 in the national rankings. About 21% of every Sterlin on record arrived during the 1990s, its defining decade. Sterlin last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 12 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 731 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1910s to the 2020s.
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About the name Sterlin
Sterlin is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1916 and has accumulated 731 births in the dataset. Sterlin's peak popularity came in 1993 when it ranked #3,246. Use the chart and map above to compare Sterlin's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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