Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Sterlin isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1916. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Sterlin through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 737
- 737 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1993
- 20 babies
- 2025
- 6
- #11,810 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −25%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 6 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 11,810 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 595 as a first name in 2020; 351 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Sterlin’s family of names
The ring: spellings.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Similar names
If you love Sterlin, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
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>99% boys
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>99% boys
Deon
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99% boys · 1% girls