How rare is the name Sincere?

6,315 people in the United States have the first name Sincere, about 1 in 47,828. It ranks #3,361 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

SINCERE

#3,361

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
6,315
About
1 in 47,828
This common or more
82.2%
Who bears it

Of the 6,315 people named Sincere, 75.9% reported their origin as Black, 12.2% as Hispanic or Latino and 7.9% as two or more races. 84.7% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Sincere peaked in 2022, when 582 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19762025
Peak year
2022
Births that year
582
In 2025*
489 ▼16%
Recorded as
mostly male

At least 11,567 babies have been given the name since 1976. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Sincere by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #1,131. The largest share of babies named Sincere, 56.5%, were born in 2013 or later.

1970s#24,5405
1980s#29,8365
1990s#7,352229
2000s#1,3833,494
2010s#1,1924,715
2020s#1,1313,119
Generation X 1965–800%
Millennials 1981–960.4%
Generation Z 1997–1243%
2013 and later56.5%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Sincere is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Sincere has been most common in South Carolina (3.3×), District of Columbia (2.7×), and North Carolina (2.6×), and least common in Washington (0.24×).

9,344 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Exactly as common as Sincere

1 other first name also has 6,315 people.

#3,361 Corinna · 6,315

Either side of Sincere

#3,359 Karolina · 6,318#3,361 Corinna · 6,315#3,363 Ekaterina · 6,313#3,364 Sherrill · 6,311

Also a last name

As a last name, Sincere ranks #71,480 of 156,621, with 294 people. See Sincere as a last name

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