Sire
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Sire is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “lord; father”. In 2025 it ranked 3,747th for boys in the UK (5 babies) and 1,466th for boys in the US (121 babies).
What does Sire mean?
English: English word, from Old French
“lord; father”
Sire was a form of address for a king, ultimately from Latin senior, 'older'.
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Is Sire a girl's or a boy's name?
Sire is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the UK and 121 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Sire in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,747among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 60,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 23% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 5 boys in the UK were named Sire, making it the 3,747th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2018, with 7 boys.
Among boys in 2025, it was 3,656th in England and Wales.
Sire in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #3,747 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 5 | #3,712 |
| 2022 | 6 | #3,219 |
| 2021 | 5 | #3,614 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 6 | #3,184 |
| 2018 | 7 | #2,823 |
| 2017 | 3 | #4,995 |
| 2016 | 3 | #5,015 |
How popular is Sire in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,466among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 121about 1 in 14,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 13% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 121 boys in the US were named Sire, making it the 1,466th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,225th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 159 boys. It first appears in the records in 1998.
Half of all the boys named Sire in the US since 1880 were born between 2015 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 161 boys in the US were given Sire or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,123, up from #1,466 for this spelling alone.
- Sire 121
- Syre 40
Sire in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 121 | #1,466 |
| 2024 | 100 | #1,673 |
| 2023 | 125 | #1,449 |
| 2022 | 159 | #1,237 |
| 2021 | 147 | #1,291 |
| 2020 | 153 | #1,225 |
| 2019 | 121 | #1,441 |
| 2018 | 123 | #1,418 |
| 2017 | 103 | #1,575 |
| 2016 | 98 | #1,628 |
| 2015 | 79 | #1,853 |
| 2014 | 60 | #2,228 |
| 2013 | 58 | #2,224 |
| 2012 | 58 | #2,237 |
| 2011 | 28 | #3,694 |
| 2010 | 33 | #3,307 |
| 2009 | 36 | #3,161 |
| 2008 | 19 | #4,897 |
| 2007 | 24 | #4,125 |
| 2006 | 13 | #6,090 |
| 2005 | 16 | #5,029 |
| 2004 | 6 | #9,941 |
| 2003 | 5 | #10,886 |
| 2002 | 11 | #6,081 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 5 | #10,341 |
| 1999 | 8 | #7,132 |
| 1998 | 6 | #8,472 |
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