Sterlyn — boys' name
29 babies named Sterlyn in U.S. Social Security records since 1993, with the highest year being 1999. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
79% of everyone ever named Sterlyn was born in this single decade.
7 babies were named Sterlyn in 1999 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Sterlyn
The Social Security Administration has registered 29 babies named Sterlyn between 1993 and 2008, spanning 16 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Sterlyn currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2008. The name reached its historical peak in 1999, when 7 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Sterlyn performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 23 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Sterlyn shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Sterlyn in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 29 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Sterlyn at a glance
Last recorded 2008Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Sterlyn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2008–1993
- Peak year (1999)
- 7
- Annual births at peak — across 16 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2008.
29 total births across 16 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1999 with 7 births in a single year.
Sterlyn by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 23 births that decade — 79% of Sterlyn's all-time total
Sterlyn decade highlights
- Peak decade 23 births
- Runner-up 6 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Sterlyn's strongest decade
23 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 79% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1993–2008 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.