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Sistine

Gender
Girl
Say it
SIS-teen
Origin
Greek
US rank, 2025
#5,916 for girls

Sistine is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “of Sixtus”. In 2025 it ranked 5,916th for girls in the US (20 babies).

What does Sistine mean?

Greek: from the Sistine Chapel, named after Pope Sixtus IV

“of Sixtus”

The Sistine Chapel's ceiling was painted by Michelangelo between 1508 and 1512.

Is Sistine a girl's or a boy's name?

Sistine is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 20 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Sistine in the US?

Rank in 2025
#5,916among girls
Babies in 2025
20about 1 in 80,000 girls
Five-year trend
Rising fastup 300% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 20 girls in the US were named Sistine, making it the 5,916th most popular name for girls. It first appears in the records in 2012.

It has been given to more girls each year for the last 5 years. 2025 had the most girls named Sistine of any year since it first appeared, in 2012.

Half of all the girls named Sistine in the US since 1880 were born between 2017 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.

2012Busiest: 20 in 20252025
Sistine in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
202520#5,916
202415#7,247
20239#10,307
20228#11,225
20215#15,246
20200–
20195#15,532
20186#13,788
20176#14,120
201610#10,109
20155#16,413
20140–
20130–
20125#16,863

Names like Sistine

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

More Greek 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, “Sistine: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/sistine, updated 20 October 2026.