Sigurd
Sigurd was given to 16 boys in 2025, #5,815 among boys’ names; 869 Americans have been recorded with it since 1890 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Sigurd by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Sigurd mean?
Wiktionary, Swedish section
Sigurd is “a male given name of Old Norse origin”
Meaning: Wiktionary, Swedish section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Sigurd?
#5,815 among boys’ names, 2025
Sigurd rose from #11,873 in 2015 to #5,815 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born rose from 3.1 to 9.4 per million.
31 babies in 1916, the peak
Sigurd peaked in 1916, when 31 boys were given it, #1,202 among boys’ names. The 16 births of 2025 are 52% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16 | #5,815 | 9.4 |
| 2024 | 10 | #8,228 | 5.8 |
| 2023 | 15 | #6,169 | 8.8 |
| 2022 | 24 | #4,414 | 13.7 |
| 2021 | 13 | #6,616 | 7.4 |
| 2020 | 10 | #7,960 | 5.8 |
| 2018 | 12 | #7,058 | 6.6 |
| 2017 | 12 | #7,032 | 6.5 |
| 2016 | 7 | #10,568 | 3.7 |
| 2015 | 6 | #11,873 | 3.1 |
Every recorded year (82)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 5 | #13,761 | 2.6 |
| 2013 | 9 | #8,657 | 4.8 |
| 2009 | 6 | #12,254 | 3.0 |
| 2001 | 5 | #12,045 | 2.6 |
| 1983 | 5 | #7,179 | 2.8 |
| 1968 | 6 | #4,077 | 3.5 |
| 1966 | 8 | #3,208 | 4.5 |
| 1965 | 6 | #3,868 | 3.2 |
| 1962 | 5 | #4,543 | 2.4 |
| 1961 | 11 | #2,686 | 5.2 |
| 1960 | 5 | #4,525 | 2.3 |
| 1959 | 5 | #4,495 | 2.3 |
| 1958 | 7 | #3,523 | 3.3 |
| 1957 | 10 | #2,802 | 4.6 |
| 1956 | 5 | #4,394 | 2.4 |
| 1955 | 5 | #4,320 | 2.4 |
| 1954 | 6 | #3,761 | 2.9 |
| 1953 | 12 | #2,378 | 6.1 |
| 1952 | 8 | #3,070 | 4.1 |
| 1951 | 7 | #3,317 | 3.7 |
| 1950 | 8 | #2,990 | 4.5 |
| 1949 | 8 | #2,988 | 4.5 |
| 1948 | 8 | #2,978 | 4.6 |
| 1947 | 6 | #3,685 | 3.3 |
| 1946 | 5 | #3,955 | 3.1 |
| 1945 | 9 | #2,556 | 6.7 |
| 1944 | 8 | #2,838 | 5.9 |
| 1943 | 11 | #2,386 | 7.7 |
| 1942 | 14 | #2,033 | 10.1 |
| 1941 | 11 | #2,320 | 9.0 |
| 1940 | 10 | #2,460 | 8.6 |
| 1939 | 11 | #2,273 | 9.9 |
| 1938 | 11 | #2,308 | 9.9 |
| 1937 | 9 | #2,651 | 8.4 |
| 1936 | 10 | #2,431 | 9.6 |
| 1935 | 12 | #2,232 | 11.5 |
| 1934 | 7 | #3,238 | 6.8 |
| 1933 | 11 | #2,352 | 11.1 |
| 1932 | 8 | #3,057 | 7.7 |
| 1931 | 9 | #2,846 | 8.7 |
| 1930 | 15 | #2,063 | 13.7 |
| 1929 | 14 | #2,185 | 13.0 |
| 1928 | 18 | #1,890 | 16.3 |
| 1927 | 14 | #2,289 | 12.4 |
| 1926 | 18 | #1,900 | 16.2 |
| 1925 | 13 | #2,416 | 11.6 |
| 1924 | 10 | #2,997 | 8.8 |
| 1923 | 17 | #2,011 | 15.5 |
| 1922 | 23 | #1,635 | 21.1 |
| 1921 | 15 | #2,251 | 13.6 |
| 1920 | 20 | #1,811 | 18.8 |
| 1919 | 13 | #2,374 | 13.3 |
| 1918 | 18 | #1,895 | 17.8 |
| 1917 | 22 | #1,577 | 23.8 |
| 1916 | 31 | #1,202 | 34.8 |
| 1915 | 24 | #1,404 | 28.3 |
| 1914 | 20 | #1,381 | 30.5 |
| 1913 | 19 | #1,200 | 37.1 |
| 1912 | 13 | #1,412 | 30.2 |
| 1911 | 7 | #1,516 | 31.0 |
| 1909 | 7 | #1,256 | 42.7 |
| 1905 | 5 | #1,404 | 37.8 |
| 1903 | 6 | #1,115 | 50.3 |
| 1901 | 7 | #934 | 65.7 |
| 1899 | 5 | #1,183 | 47.1 |
| 1897 | 7 | #930 | 62.1 |
| 1896 | 9 | #817 | 75.3 |
| 1895 | 8 | #864 | 68.1 |
| 1893 | 5 | #1,162 | 44.5 |
| 1892 | 5 | #1,232 | 41.0 |
| 1891 | 8 | #756 | 79.1 |
| 1890 | 6 | #983 | 54.0 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Sigurd a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Sigurd has been recorded only for boys: SSA lists no girls with the name in 82 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Sigurd: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Sigurd, and how old are they?
An estimated 285 Americans named Sigurd and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (33% of everyone recorded); the median is 17 years old and half are between 5 and 73. An estimate from SSA’s births and life tables, not a count.
The 2020 Census counted 405 people named Sigurd (1 woman or girl, 404 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 245 born in the U.S. The Census count is 1.7 times that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Sigurd
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
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