Sterlin is a rare boys' name that peaked in 1993 and has grown less common since.
Sterlin is a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #11,810 for boy births in the United States (and #24,383 across all names), given to 6 babies. Sterlin was first reported in SSA data in 1916 and peaked in 1993 (20 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | 6 | #11,810 |
| 2024 | 12 | 12 | #7,209 |
| 2023 | 5 | 5 | #13,918 |
| 2021 | 7 | 7 | #10,642 |
| 2020 | 11 | 11 | #7,435 |
| 2019 | 9 | 9 | #8,785 |
| 2018 | 6 | 6 | #11,950 |
| 2017 | 9 | 9 | #8,747 |
| 2016 | 5 | 5 | #13,926 |
| 2015 | 10 | 10 | #7,962 |
| 2014 | 11 | 11 | #7,486 |
| 2013 | 5 | 5 | #13,797 |
| 2012 | 10 | 10 | #8,057 |
| 2011 | 6 | 6 | #12,071 |
| 2010 | 9 | 9 | #8,699 |
| 2009 | 6 | 6 | #12,283 |
| 2008 | 10 | 10 | #8,224 |
| 2006 | 13 | 13 | #6,407 |
| 2005 | 8 | 8 | #8,980 |
| 2004 | 9 | 9 | #8,067 |
| 2003 | 14 | 14 | #5,507 |
| 2002 | 15 | 15 | #5,102 |
| 2001 | 12 | 12 | #5,963 |
| 2000 | 9 | 9 | #7,322 |
| 1999 | 13 | 13 | #5,277 |
| 1998 | 10 | 10 | #6,236 |
| 1997 | 20 | — | #3,570 |
| 1996 | 17 | — | #3,994 |
| 1995 | 19 | — | #3,537 |
| 1994 | 14 | — | #4,502 |
| 1993 | 20 | — | #3,354 |
| 1992 | 19 | — | #3,442 |
| 1991 | 11 | — | #5,048 |
| 1990 | 10 | — | #5,323 |
| 1989 | 13 | — | #4,240 |
| 1988 | 16 | — | #3,327 |
| 1987 | 8 | — | #5,396 |
| 1984 | 9 | — | #4,505 |
| 1983 | 7 | — | #5,418 |
| 1982 | 7 | — | #5,544 |
| 1981 | 12 | — | #3,584 |
| 1979 | 8 | — | #4,796 |
| 1978 | 7 | — | #4,987 |
| 1977 | 10 | — | #3,805 |
| 1976 | 6 | — | #5,513 |
| 1974 | 5 | — | #5,905 |
| 1973 | 6 | — | #5,012 |
| 1972 | 7 | — | #4,382 |
| 1971 | 6 | — | #4,849 |
| 1970 | 5 | — | #5,349 |
| 1969 | 7 | — | #3,897 |
| 1968 | 5 | — | #4,667 |
| 1967 | 10 | — | #2,749 |
| 1964 | 8 | — | #3,253 |
| 1961 | 5 | — | #4,589 |
| 1959 | 6 | — | #3,938 |
| 1958 | 11 | — | #2,626 |
| 1957 | 5 | — | #4,482 |
| 1956 | 5 | — | #4,401 |
| 1955 | 6 | — | #3,837 |
| 1954 | 5 | — | #4,308 |
| 1953 | 6 | — | #3,757 |
| 1951 | 5 | — | #4,193 |
| 1947 | 14 | — | #2,157 |
| 1946 | 5 | — | #3,961 |
| 1945 | 7 | — | #2,967 |
| 1943 | 8 | — | #2,940 |
| 1942 | 6 | — | #3,523 |
| 1939 | 5 | — | #3,922 |
| 1938 | 7 | — | #3,136 |
| 1933 | 10 | — | #2,521 |
| 1932 | 6 | — | #3,730 |
| 1931 | 6 | — | #3,710 |
| 1930 | 7 | — | #3,553 |
| 1927 | 7 | — | #3,737 |
| 1926 | 5 | — | #4,756 |
| 1925 | 5 | — | #4,794 |
| 1924 | 5 | — | #4,867 |
| 1922 | 7 | — | #3,824 |
| 1921 | 7 | — | #3,824 |
| 1920 | 8 | — | #3,465 |
| 1919 | 6 | — | #4,113 |
| 1918 | 13 | — | #2,384 |
| 1916 | 7 | — | #3,470 |