Stirling is a rare variant of Sterling that peaked in 2017 and remains in steady use.
Stirling is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #4,517 for boy births in the United States (and #9,616 across all names), given to 23 babies. Stirling first appears in 1912 and peaked in 2015 (24 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 23 | 23 | — | #4,517 |
| 2024 | 25 | 25 | #10,183 | #6,149 |
| 2023 | 21 | 21 | — | #4,864 |
| 2022 | 12 | 12 | — | #7,200 |
| 2021 | 21 | 21 | #12,071 | #6,628 |
| 2020 | 23 | 23 | #17,221 | #5,200 |
| 2019 | 17 | 17 | — | #5,526 |
| 2018 | 25 | 25 | #13,645 | #5,287 |
| 2017 | 27 | 27 | #13,944 | #4,913 |
| 2016 | 21 | 21 | — | #4,751 |
| 2015 | 24 | 24 | — | #4,274 |
| 2014 | 17 | 17 | — | #5,453 |
| 2013 | 16 | 16 | — | #5,620 |
| 2012 | 11 | 11 | — | #7,481 |
| 2011 | 14 | 14 | — | #6,203 |
| 2010 | 16 | 16 | — | #5,696 |
| 2009 | 5 | 5 | #19,851 | — |
| 2008 | 14 | 14 | — | #6,355 |
| 2007 | 11 | 11 | — | #7,519 |
| 2006 | 10 | 10 | — | #7,915 |
| 2005 | 11 | 11 | — | #7,038 |
| 2004 | 21 | 21 | #14,012 | #5,755 |
| 2003 | 14 | 14 | — | #5,508 |
| 2002 | 19 | 19 | #13,443 | #6,024 |
| 2001 | 18 | 18 | #15,107 | #5,965 |
| 2000 | 11 | 11 | — | #6,252 |
| 1999 | 14 | 14 | — | #4,999 |
| 1998 | 11 | 11 | — | #5,787 |
| 1997 | 25 | — | #13,501 | #3,713 |
| 1996 | 23 | — | #8,747 | #4,844 |
| 1995 | 17 | — | — | #3,823 |
| 1994 | 6 | — | — | #8,666 |
| 1993 | 5 | — | — | #9,963 |
| 1992 | 6 | — | — | #8,311 |
| 1991 | 10 | — | — | #5,461 |
| 1990 | 13 | — | — | #4,371 |
| 1989 | 7 | — | — | #6,841 |
| 1988 | 7 | — | — | #6,335 |
| 1987 | 6 | — | — | #6,836 |
| 1986 | 5 | — | — | #7,686 |
| 1985 | 10 | — | — | #4,300 |
| 1982 | 6 | — | — | #6,299 |
| 1981 | 6 | — | — | #6,156 |
| 1979 | 8 | — | — | #4,797 |
| 1977 | 8 | — | — | #4,532 |
| 1976 | 9 | — | — | #3,967 |
| 1975 | 7 | — | — | #4,733 |
| 1973 | 8 | — | — | #4,016 |
| 1970 | 8 | — | — | #3,799 |
| 1969 | 6 | — | — | #4,351 |
| 1968 | 6 | — | — | #4,092 |
| 1967 | 7 | — | — | #3,515 |
| 1965 | 6 | — | — | #3,880 |
| 1964 | 5 | — | — | #4,540 |
| 1963 | 9 | — | — | #3,028 |
| 1962 | 13 | — | — | #2,351 |
| 1961 | 6 | — | — | #4,013 |
| 1959 | 7 | — | — | #3,578 |
| 1958 | 6 | — | — | #3,888 |
| 1957 | 9 | — | — | #2,999 |
| 1956 | 7 | — | — | #3,507 |
| 1954 | 7 | — | — | #3,424 |
| 1952 | 5 | — | — | #4,200 |
| 1948 | 8 | — | — | #2,983 |
| 1947 | 7 | — | — | #3,336 |
| 1942 | 15 | — | — | #1,935 |
| 1941 | 6 | — | — | #3,456 |
| 1940 | 8 | — | — | #2,839 |
| 1939 | 7 | — | — | #3,079 |
| 1937 | 6 | — | — | #3,488 |
| 1932 | 5 | — | — | #4,224 |
| 1931 | 5 | — | — | #4,263 |
| 1930 | 7 | — | — | #3,554 |
| 1929 | 5 | — | — | #4,470 |
| 1928 | 5 | — | — | #4,658 |
| 1927 | 10 | — | — | #2,891 |
| 1925 | 6 | — | — | #4,139 |
| 1924 | 6 | — | — | #4,288 |
| 1923 | 8 | — | — | #3,431 |
| 1922 | 8 | — | — | #3,499 |
| 1921 | 7 | — | — | #3,826 |
| 1919 | 8 | — | — | #3,356 |
| 1918 | 5 | — | — | #4,724 |
| 1916 | 5 | — | — | #4,445 |
| 1915 | 5 | — | — | #4,324 |
| 1912 | 6 | — | — | #2,508 |