Sigurd
Boy · SIG-erd · Old Norse
Sigurd is a boys' name of Old Norse origin, meaning “victory + guardian”. In 2025 it ranked 5,606th for boys in the US (16 babies).
What does Sigurd mean?
Old Norse: from Sigurðr
“victory + guardian”
Sigurd slays the dragon Fafnir in the Völsunga saga; he is Siegfried in German legend.
- Say it
- SIG-erd
Is Sigurd a girl's or a boy's name?
Sigurd is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 16 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Sigurd in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,606among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 16about 1 in 110,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 16 boys in the US were named Sigurd, making it the 5,606th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,497th. Its busiest year was 1916, with 31 boys. It first appears in the records in 1890.
Half of all the boys named Sigurd in the US since 1880 were born between 1918 and 1957, the years shaded on the chart below.
Sigurd in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16 | #5,606 |
| 2024 | 10 | #7,760 |
| 2023 | 15 | #5,922 |
| 2022 | 24 | #4,299 |
| 2021 | 13 | #6,330 |
| 2020 | 10 | #7,497 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 12 | #6,699 |
| 2017 | 12 | #6,681 |
| 2016 | 7 | #9,659 |
| 2015 | 6 | #10,638 |
| 2014 | 5 | #12,102 |
| 2013 | 9 | #8,113 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 6 | #10,989 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 5 | #10,548 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 5 | #6,234 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 6 | #3,672 |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 8 | #2,985 |
| 1965 | 6 | #3,535 |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 5 | #4,031 |
| 1961 | 11 | #2,536 |
| 1960 | 5 | #4,036 |
| 1959 | 5 | #3,986 |
| 1958 | 7 | #3,273 |
| 1957 | 10 | #2,629 |
| 1956 | 5 | #3,940 |
| 1955 | 5 | #3,884 |
| 1954 | 6 | #3,450 |
| 1953 | 12 | #2,286 |
| 1952 | 8 | #2,872 |
| 1951 | 7 | #3,064 |
| 1950 | 8 | #2,769 |
| 1949 | 8 | #2,801 |
| 1948 | 8 | #2,787 |
| 1947 | 6 | #3,369 |
| 1946 | 5 | #3,523 |
| 1945 | 9 | #2,392 |
| 1944 | 8 | #2,632 |
| 1943 | 11 | #2,276 |
| 1942 | 14 | #1,946 |
| 1941 | 11 | #2,207 |
| 1940 | 10 | #2,322 |
| 1939 | 11 | #2,159 |
| 1938 | 11 | #2,185 |
| 1937 | 9 | #2,479 |
| 1936 | 10 | #2,301 |
| 1935 | 12 | #2,127 |
| 1934 | 7 | #2,972 |
| 1933 | 11 | #2,213 |
| 1932 | 8 | #2,849 |
| 1931 | 9 | #2,650 |
| 1930 | 15 | #1,964 |
| 1929 | 14 | #2,095 |
| 1928 | 18 | #1,822 |
| 1927 | 14 | #2,193 |
| 1926 | 18 | #1,846 |
| 1925 | 13 | #2,312 |
| 1924 | 10 | #2,821 |
| 1923 | 17 | #1,940 |
| 1922 | 23 | #1,591 |
| 1921 | 15 | #2,151 |
| 1920 | 20 | #1,747 |
| 1919 | 13 | #2,264 |
| 1918 | 18 | #1,826 |
| 1917 | 22 | #1,528 |
| 1916 | 31 | #1,176 |
| 1915 | 24 | #1,372 |
| 1914 | 20 | #1,342 |
| 1913 | 19 | #1,173 |
| 1912 | 13 | #1,352 |
| 1911 | 7 | #1,386 |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 7 | #1,155 |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 5 | #1,232 |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 6 | #1,009 |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 7 | #857 |
| 1900 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 5 | #1,050 |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 7 | #851 |
| 1896 | 9 | #778 |
| 1895 | 8 | #794 |
| 1894 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 5 | #1,034 |
| 1892 | 5 | #1,065 |
| 1891 | 8 | #699 |
| 1890 | 6 | #884 |
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