Masculine dossier · first seen 1900

Sinclair

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Sinclair
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

1924

Peak rank proxy

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Greatest Generation

1900Peak 19242024

Peak year

1924

Decline from peak

55.2%

2024

All-time

1,421

Sinclair has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 1924, when 29 boys were named Sinclair.

In 2024, only 13 boys were given the name.

Down 55.2% from its peak.

All told, about 1,421 Americans have been named Sinclair and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1900.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationGreatest Generation

StabilityModerate cultural durability

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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