Sugar is a very rare name used for both girls and boys that was most common in the 1970s and has all but disappeared.
Sugar is predominantly a girl name. It last appears in U.S. records in 2016. Sugar was first reported in SSA data in 1951 and peaked in 1971 (11 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 5 | 5 | #18,560 | — |
| 2007 | 6 | 6 | #17,362 | — |
| 2002 | 5 | 5 | #17,772 | — |
| 1999 | 5 | 5 | #16,599 | — |
| 1996 | 5 | — | #15,571 | — |
| 1993 | 6 | — | #13,229 | — |
| 1990 | 5 | — | #14,978 | — |
| 1988 | 5 | — | #13,623 | — |
| 1987 | 5 | — | #13,015 | — |
| 1982 | 5 | — | #12,074 | — |
| 1981 | 11 | — | — | #3,823 |
| 1980 | 5 | — | #11,923 | — |
| 1979 | 6 | — | #10,044 | — |
| 1978 | 5 | — | #11,244 | — |
| 1977 | 7 | — | #8,322 | — |
| 1976 | 6 | — | #9,096 | — |
| 1975 | 7 | — | #7,852 | — |
| 1974 | 11 | — | #5,304 | — |
| 1973 | 6 | — | #8,286 | — |
| 1972 | 5 | — | #9,447 | — |
| 1971 | 11 | — | #5,082 | — |
| 1970 | 8 | — | #6,292 | — |
| 1965 | 6 | — | #6,440 | — |
| 1958 | 6 | — | — | #3,890 |
| 1957 | 6 | — | — | #3,945 |
| 1955 | 5 | — | — | #4,335 |
| 1953 | 6 | — | — | #3,760 |
| 1952 | 7 | — | — | #3,339 |
| 1951 | 5 | — | — | #4,196 |