Sirius
Sirius was the 3500th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 33 babies. Its best year was 2022, when it ranked 2346th with 61 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 545 places. More babies were named Sirius in the 2010s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #3,500 boys, down 376 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 33boys
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a boy’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 202261 babies
- Total since 1880
- 729babies recorded
Sirius popularity since 1880
A few girls are given the name too: 5 since 2016.
| Year | Rank (boys) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #3,500 | 33 |
| 2020 | #3,124 | 37 |
| 2010 | #5,011 | 19 |
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How popular is Sirius, counting every spelling?
Sirius has no other common spelling that sounds the same.
How many kids will share the name Sirius?
33 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Sirius (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Sirius born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 253 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Sirius.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Sirius?
About 700 people born in the US named Sirius are alive today, with a median age of 8; half are between 4 and 14. That makes Sirius a young name: most people with it are children.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Sirius by state
How common Sirius was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. In 47 states fewer than five boys a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Sirius: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Sirius, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Sirius
How popular is the name Sirius?
Sirius was the 3500th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 33 babies. Its best year was 2022, when it ranked 2346th with 61 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 545 places. More babies were named Sirius in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Is Sirius a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a boy’s name given the name Sirius in the US.
Where is Sirius most popular?
In 2021–2025, Sirius was most common in California (0.04 per 1,000 boys), followed by Ohio and Georgia.