Sincere
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- sin-SEER
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #628 for boys
Sincere is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “honest; genuine”. In 2025 it ranked 628th for boys in the US (445 babies).
What does Sincere mean?
English: English word, from Latin sincerus
“honest; genuine”
From Latin sincerus, 'clean, pure'; the popular story that it means 'without wax' is a folk etymology.
Is Sincere a girl's or a boy's name?
Sincere is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 44 girls and 445 boys in the US.
How popular is Sincere in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #628among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 445about 1 in 3,800 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 2% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 445 boys in the US were named Sincere, making it the 628th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 602nd. Its busiest year was 2022, with 545 boys. It first appears in the records in 1976. 44 girls were also named Sincere in 2025 (3,458th for girls).
It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Sincere than any year since 2016.
Half of all the boys named Sincere in the US since 1880 were born between 2008 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 670 boys in the US were given Sincere or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #464, up from #628 for this spelling alone.
Sincere in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 445 | #628 |
| 2024 | 475 | #600 |
| 2023 | 479 | #592 |
| 2022 | 545 | #542 |
| 2021 | 461 | #603 |
| 2020 | 455 | #602 |
| 2019 | 453 | #604 |
| 2018 | 466 | #587 |
| 2017 | 481 | #564 |
| 2016 | 408 | #647 |
| 2015 | 426 | #626 |
| 2014 | 428 | #620 |
| 2013 | 401 | #619 |
| 2012 | 337 | #705 |
| 2011 | 365 | #640 |
| 2010 | 377 | #641 |
| 2009 | 344 | #700 |
| 2008 | 324 | #716 |
| 2007 | 397 | #621 |
| 2006 | 363 | #641 |
| 2005 | 326 | #659 |
| 2004 | 256 | #736 |
| 2003 | 258 | #718 |
| 2002 | 225 | #765 |
| 2001 | 217 | #779 |
| 2000 | 189 | #843 |
| 1999 | 127 | #1,066 |
| 1998 | 17 | #4,015 |
| 1997 | 9 | #6,094 |
| 1996 | 7 | #7,129 |
| 1995 | 12 | #4,785 |
| 1994 | 7 | #6,962 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 5 | #8,426 |
| 1991 | 5 | #8,228 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 5 | #5,584 |
Names like Sincere
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Sage Sawyer Boston Kobe Baylor Colson Cooper Stetson Easton Ace Luca Soren
Other spellings of Sincere
Names related to Sincere
More English names
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Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Sincere: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/sincere, updated 20 October 2026.