Total births
40
Boys' name · since 2015
Sitka
Sitka has 40 recorded births since 2015 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2025 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #13653
- among boys today
- 40
- born since 2015
- 2020s
- peak decade
- 4%
- more common than other boys
Yes -- Sitka is the #13653 most popular boys' name in the U.S. today, with 40 recorded since 2015.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Sitka has been recorded 40 times among boys since 2015, currently ranked #13653 nationally and more common than 4% of boys, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2015 to 2025.
- #13653 among boys today
- 40 born since 2015
- 2020s peak decade
- 4% more common than other boys
Data updated Jun 2026
The verdict
Sitka is currently the #13653 boys' name in America, more common than 4% of boys - 40 born since 2015, peaking in the 2020s.
- #13653
- among boys today
- 40
- born since 2015
- 2020s
- peak decade
- 4%
- more common than other boys
Sitka vs. every other boys name in current SSA rankings
#13653
of 14,294 boys in use
More common than 4% of names given to boys today.
2020s
Peak decade
88% of everyone ever named Sitka was born in this single decade.
2025
Single peak year
10 babies were named Sitka in 2025 - its busiest year on record.
How Sitka compares
40 14th percentile among 14,294 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys 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
Sitka's all-time total is 89% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Sitka | Median boys name (Elchonon) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 40 | 367 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 10 | 23 | 22,252 |
Sitka's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Sitka's full recorded timeline at 2023, 60% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 40% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 2015, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2025 peak of 10 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Sitka at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
2025
Current rank
#13,653
Active since
2015
Sitka popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2015–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 11 years of records
Sitka by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
2020s was Sitka's strongest decade.
35 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 88% of all-time use.
Sitka births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s 5
2010s
5 births
- 2020s
2020s
35 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 35 births (88% of all-time use).
Frequently Asked Questions
How popular is the name Sitka? ▼
Sitka has been given to 40 babies in the U.S. since 2015, according to SSA data. Among boys, it ranks #13653 as of the latest data. 10 babies were born in 2025, its single highest year.
When was Sitka most popular? ▼
Sitka was most popular in the 2020s decade with 35 total births. The single peak year was 2025.
How long has the name Sitka been used? ▼
Sitka has been recorded in Social Security data since 2015, spanning 11 years of data through 2025.
What names are similar to Sitka? ▼
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Sitiveni, Sitha. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.
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Data Sources
Data as of June 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, 2015–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac Editorial. "Sitka: #13653 Boys' Name - 40 Births, Peak 2025." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/sitka. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 Sitka 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 June 2026.