Girls' name · since 1994
Sinclaire
Sinclaire has 229 recorded births since 1994 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1995 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #18,465 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #11,335 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 229
- born since 1994
- 1990s
- peak decade
Yes -- Sinclaire is the #11335 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 229 recorded since 1994.
Social Security Administration records show Sinclaire recorded 229 times among girls since 1994, holding rank #11335 nationally today, ahead of 34% of girls, peaking in the 1990s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1994 to 2025.
- #18,465 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #11,335 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 229 born since 1994
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Sinclaire ranks #18,465 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #11,335 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 229 born since 1994, peaking in the 1990s.
- #18,465 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #11,335 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 229
- born since 1994
- 1990s
- peak decade
Sinclaire's 229 recorded births place it above 74.46% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Sinclaire compares
229 40th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Sinclaire's all-time total is 39% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Sinclaire | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 229 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 20 | 21 | 19,840 |
Sinclaire's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Sinclaire's full recorded timeline at 2008, 44% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 56% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1997, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1995 peak of 20 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Sinclaire popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1994–2025
- Peak year (1995)
- 20
- Annual births at peak, across 32 years of records
Sinclaire by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (75 births, 33% of the file).
1990s was Sinclaire's strongest decade.
75 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 33% of all-time use.
Sinclaire births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
75 births
- 2000s
2000s
69 births
- 2010s
2010s
53 births
- 2020s
2020s
32 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 75 births (33% of all-time use).
Sinclaire by state
Where Sinclaire concentrates geographically, total births since 1994
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 6 | 2.6% |
6 of 229 births nationwide.
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What to do with Sinclaire's data
- Sinclaire's usage has stayed within range of its 1990s decade-level peak (75 total births) through the 2020s (32) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Sinclaires (6 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Sinclaire: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1995)
Similar record span (~31 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1994–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Sinclaire draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.