Sister

Girl · recorded 1883–1946

  • 1946last recorded
  • 1891best year

Most popular in 1891.

Last recorded in 1946. Fewer than five girls a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1883

0387518831899191519301946

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 56 recorded years as a table
Sister, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
188353
188545
188642
188839
188934
189032
189175
189233
189342
189458
189551
189650
189751
189835
189943
190033
190150
190264
190357
190422
190538
190634
190719
190833
190949
191045
191148
191234
191324
191428
191512
191614
191717
191810
19199
19207
19216
19226
19234
19245
19259
19264
19296
19308
19316
19328
19335
19345
19357
19376
19397
19417
19427
19437
19447
19463

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Sister isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 1946
5
Rank in 1946
#4,960
How rare
1 in 314,261 girls
Since 1883
563

Sister was last recorded in 1946. Fewer than five girls have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1891, at 75 per million girls born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Sister doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.