Sina
Sina is given to both girls and boys: 18 girls and 14 boys were given it in 2025 (#6,516 among girls’ names and #6,395 among boys’, #7,708 among all names counting both); 2,248 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 1,450 Americans named Sina and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (64% of everyone recorded); the median is 32 years old and half are between 17 and 47.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Sina by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Sina mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Sina is “a unisex given name from Scottish Gaelic.”
Also “a transliteration of the Persian male given name سینا (sinâ).”
Anglicization of Irish Síne and Scottish Gaelic Sìne. Doublet of Jane.
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Sina?
#6,516 among girls’ names, 2025
Sina rose from #10,057 in 2015 to #6,516 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born rose from 6.2 to 11.2 per million.
36 babies in 1996, the peak
Sina peaked in 1996, when 36 babies were given it (11 girls, #8,049 among girls’ names). The 32 births of 2025 (girls and boys) are 89% of that peak.
Births by sex.
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 18 | #6,516 | 14 | #6,395 |
| 2024 | 14 | #7,901 | 12 | #7,203 |
| 2023 | 5 | #17,271 | under 5 | |
| 2022 | 13 | #8,461 | 9 | #8,878 |
| 2021 | 18 | #6,645 | 8 | #9,565 |
| 2020 | 10 | #10,163 | 8 | #9,427 |
| 2019 | 10 | #10,377 | 13 | #6,720 |
| 2018 | 14 | #8,101 | 10 | #8,069 |
| 2017 | 11 | #9,849 | 9 | #8,735 |
| 2016 | 20 | #6,373 | 10 | #8,073 |
Every recorded year (144)
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 11 | #10,057 | 7 | #10,453 |
| 2014 | 8 | #12,910 | 7 | #10,547 |
| 2013 | 17 | #7,329 | 15 | #5,874 |
| 2012 | 13 | #9,046 | under 5 | |
| 2011 | 11 | #10,293 | 9 | #8,654 |
| 2010 | 18 | #7,175 | 13 | #6,648 |
| 2009 | 15 | #8,402 | 10 | #8,208 |
| 2008 | 12 | #9,993 | 6 | #12,327 |
| 2007 | 12 | #10,054 | 9 | #8,810 |
| 2006 | 13 | #9,205 | 12 | #6,840 |
| 2005 | 10 | #10,808 | 10 | #7,562 |
| 2004 | 12 | #9,188 | 15 | #5,446 |
| 2003 | 12 | #8,980 | 12 | #6,190 |
| 2002 | 12 | #8,757 | 8 | #8,324 |
| 2001 | 5 | #17,579 | 11 | #6,373 |
| 2000 | 13 | #7,965 | 18 | #4,348 |
| 1999 | 12 | #8,153 | 14 | #4,987 |
| 1998 | 13 | #7,470 | 14 | #4,829 |
| 1997 | 12 | #7,676 | 16 | #4,202 |
| 1996 | 11 | #8,049 | 25 | #3,004 |
| 1995 | 15 | #6,221 | 17 | #3,816 |
| 1994 | 14 | #6,609 | 18 | #3,726 |
| 1993 | 14 | #6,573 | 11 | #5,296 |
| 1992 | 15 | #6,265 | 17 | #3,721 |
| 1991 | 16 | #5,907 | 11 | #5,039 |
| 1990 | 17 | #5,504 | 14 | #4,137 |
| 1989 | 19 | #4,821 | 11 | #4,760 |
| 1988 | 10 | #7,606 | 13 | #3,873 |
| 1987 | 15 | #5,276 | 9 | #4,895 |
| 1986 | 12 | #6,103 | 8 | #5,258 |
| 1985 | 12 | #5,997 | 16 | #3,055 |
| 1984 | 11 | #6,229 | 6 | #6,214 |
| 1983 | 9 | #7,211 | 9 | #4,441 |
| 1982 | 15 | #4,911 | 16 | #2,957 |
| 1981 | 10 | #6,744 | under 5 | |
| 1980 | 11 | #6,263 | 5 | #7,154 |
| 1979 | 19 | #4,022 | 10 | #4,035 |
| 1978 | 9 | #6,864 | 5 | #6,635 |
| 1977 | 12 | #5,483 | under 5 | |
| 1976 | 8 | #7,177 | under 5 | |
| 1975 | 13 | #4,807 | under 5 | |
| 1974 | 13 | #4,682 | under 5 | |
| 1973 | 8 | #6,567 | under 5 | |
| 1972 | 15 | #4,057 | under 5 | |
| 1971 | 19 | #3,481 | under 5 | |
| 1970 | 7 | #6,961 | under 5 | |
| 1969 | 16 | #3,599 | under 5 | |
| 1968 | 12 | #4,191 | under 5 | |
| 1967 | 11 | #4,260 | under 5 | |
| 1966 | 9 | #4,811 | under 5 | |
| 1965 | 7 | #5,739 | under 5 | |
| 1964 | 11 | #4,317 | under 5 | |
| 1963 | 8 | #5,229 | under 5 | |
| 1962 | 9 | #4,815 | under 5 | |
| 1961 | 10 | #4,496 | under 5 | |
| 1960 | 10 | #4,408 | under 5 | |
| 1959 | 10 | #4,257 | under 5 | |
| 1958 | 12 | #3,720 | under 5 | |
| 1957 | 7 | #5,301 | under 5 | |
| 1956 | 6 | #5,869 | under 5 | |
| 1955 | 8 | #4,686 | under 5 | |
| 1954 | 8 | #4,604 | under 5 | |
| 1953 | 8 | #4,548 | under 5 | |
| 1952 | 10 | #3,764 | under 5 | |
| 1951 | 7 | #4,764 | under 5 | |
| 1950 | 9 | #3,924 | under 5 | |
| 1949 | 16 | #2,608 | under 5 | |
| 1948 | 14 | #2,817 | under 5 | |
| 1947 | 19 | #2,342 | under 5 | |
| 1946 | 12 | #3,008 | under 5 | |
| 1945 | 10 | #3,102 | under 5 | |
| 1944 | 6 | #4,509 | under 5 | |
| 1943 | 12 | #2,835 | under 5 | |
| 1942 | 7 | #4,077 | under 5 | |
| 1941 | 9 | #3,217 | under 5 | |
| 1940 | 11 | #2,709 | under 5 | |
| 1939 | 5 | #4,868 | under 5 | |
| 1938 | 11 | #2,708 | under 5 | |
| 1937 | 7 | #3,753 | under 5 | |
| 1936 | 13 | #2,372 | under 5 | |
| 1935 | 10 | #2,903 | under 5 | |
| 1934 | 7 | #3,756 | under 5 | |
| 1933 | 11 | #2,667 | under 5 | |
| 1932 | 9 | #3,245 | under 5 | |
| 1931 | 9 | #3,187 | under 5 | |
| 1930 | 8 | #3,620 | under 5 | |
| 1928 | 18 | #2,083 | under 5 | |
| 1927 | 16 | #2,325 | under 5 | |
| 1926 | 13 | #2,693 | under 5 | |
| 1925 | 11 | #3,097 | under 5 | |
| 1924 | 13 | #2,795 | under 5 | |
| 1923 | 16 | #2,355 | under 5 | |
| 1922 | 14 | #2,587 | under 5 | |
| 1921 | 14 | #2,617 | under 5 | |
| 1920 | 13 | #2,713 | under 5 | |
| 1919 | 18 | #2,049 | under 5 | |
| 1918 | 17 | #2,191 | under 5 | |
| 1917 | 23 | #1,645 | under 5 | |
| 1916 | 9 | #3,219 | under 5 | |
| 1915 | 14 | #2,241 | under 5 | |
| 1914 | 8 | #2,838 | under 5 | |
| 1913 | 16 | #1,517 | under 5 | |
| 1912 | 16 | #1,411 | under 5 | |
| 1911 | 14 | #1,291 | under 5 | |
| 1910 | 5 | #2,741 | under 5 | |
| 1909 | 12 | #1,277 | under 5 | |
| 1908 | 11 | #1,341 | under 5 | |
| 1907 | 14 | #1,082 | under 5 | |
| 1906 | 7 | #1,697 | under 5 | |
| 1905 | 11 | #1,228 | under 5 | |
| 1904 | 8 | #1,462 | under 5 | |
| 1903 | 11 | #1,129 | under 5 | |
| 1902 | 10 | #1,206 | under 5 | |
| 1901 | 8 | #1,321 | under 5 | |
| 1900 | 14 | #1,049 | under 5 | |
| 1899 | 12 | #976 | under 5 | |
| 1898 | 11 | #1,090 | under 5 | |
| 1897 | 14 | #892 | under 5 | |
| 1896 | 11 | #1,037 | under 5 | |
| 1895 | 14 | #889 | under 5 | |
| 1894 | 11 | #991 | under 5 | |
| 1893 | 16 | #765 | under 5 | |
| 1892 | 12 | #902 | under 5 | |
| 1891 | 17 | #663 | under 5 | |
| 1890 | 17 | #663 | under 5 | |
| 1889 | 18 | #615 | under 5 | |
| 1888 | 10 | #885 | under 5 | |
| 1887 | 8 | #931 | under 5 | |
| 1886 | 12 | #687 | under 5 | |
| 1885 | 6 | #1,032 | under 5 | |
| 1884 | 19 | #477 | under 5 | |
| 1883 | 14 | #535 | under 5 | |
| 1881 | 13 | #488 | under 5 | |
| 1880 | 12 | #516 | under 5 |
Ranks: girls’ names and boys’ names ranked separately in each year’s SSA file; “under 5” is a year SSA did not list the name for that sex.
Is Sina a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 2,248 Americans recorded as Sina, 77% are girls and 23% boys.
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Sina: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Sina, and how old are they?
1,450 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 64% of the 2,248 Americans ever recorded as Sina. The median Sina alive today is 32 years old; half are between 17 and 47.
The 2020 Census counted 3,063 people named Sina (1,626 women and girls, 1,437 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 1,386 born in the U.S. The Census count is 2.2 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.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 48 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 148 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 194 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 401 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 367 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 289 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
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).
Where are babies named Sina born?
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 140 | not ranked | 0.7× |
| Texas | 5 | not ranked | 0.0× |
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Sina with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 8 names spelled alike, given to 60,647 babies since 1880, Sina is the fourth most given (3.7% of them). In 2025 it was given to 32 of their 3,431 babies (<1%), the seventh most given that year.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Sina
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.
More about Sina and names like it
- Compare Sina and SiennaBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1990sSina peaked in 1996.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Sina since 1910.
- Scottish Gaelic namesWiktionary’s origin for Sina: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1996The year the most babies were named Sina.
- The names of the MillennialsMost people named Sina alive today were born 1981-1996.
- Names starting with SMost given first.