Sincere

Sincere was the #628 boys' name in the US in 2025 (445 babies).

Sincere as a boy’s name

  • US
  • Canada
Sincere as a boy’s name, US, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020US
Sincere as a boy’s name, US, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSCanada
2025#628 (445)—
2024#600 (475)—
2023#592 (479)#1,810 (10)
2022#542 (545)—
2021#603 (461)—
2020#602 (455)—
2019#604 (453)—
2018#587 (466)#2,740 (5)
2017#564 (481)—
2016#647 (408)#2,428 (6)
2015#626 (426)—
2014#620 (428)—
2013#619 (401)—
2012#705 (337)—
2011#640 (365)—

Sincere as a girl’s name

  • US
Sincere as a girl’s name, USBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.030.050.080.118801900192019401960198020002020US
Sincere as a girl’s name, USBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.030.050.080.11880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUS
2025#3,459 (44)
2024#4,039 (36)
2023#3,329 (48)
2022#3,963 (37)
2021#3,735 (40)
2020#2,966 (54)
2019#3,337 (47)
2018#3,853 (38)
2017#3,479 (44)
2016#3,777 (40)
2015#3,024 (56)
2014#2,535 (70)
2013#2,726 (63)
2012#2,734 (64)
2011#2,868 (60)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2022 at #542.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1976.
  • In 2025, 9% of US babies named Sincere were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 3,800 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 3,800uncommon
USGirls2025about 1 in 37,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Sincere is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 3,800 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 3,200 to 1 in 4,400.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Sincere by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #807MNIllinois: #350ILMichigan: #461MINew York: #562NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: #516NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: #412INOhio: #650OHPennsylvania: #324PANew Jersey: #655NJConnecticut: #440CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,150CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #525VAMaryland: #407MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #781AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #520TNNorth Carolina: #498NCSouth Carolina: #327SCDistrict of Columbia: #139DCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: #450LAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: #525ALGeorgia: #308GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #749TXFlorida: #489FL
Sincere (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
SincereCanadaBoys—too few
SincereUSGirls#3,45944
SincereUSBoys#628445