Stirling
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- STUR-ling
- Origin
- Scottish
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,771 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #4,395 for boys
Stirling is a boys' name of Scottish origin. In 2025 it ranked 1,771st for boys in the UK (15 babies) and 4,395th for boys in the US (23 babies).
What does Stirling mean?
Scottish: from the Scottish city and surname
From Stirling, the Scottish city whose castle and bridge were central to the Wars of Independence, including Wallace's victory in 1297.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Stirling a girl's or a boy's name?
Stirling is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 15 boys in the UK and 23 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Stirling in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,771among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 15about 1 in 20,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 8% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 15 boys in the UK were named Stirling, making it the 1,771st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,185th. Its busiest year was 2015, with 29 boys.
Half of all the boys named Stirling in the UK since 1996 were born between 2009 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,265th in England and Wales and 560th in Scotland.
Stirling in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 | #1,771 |
| 2024 | 10 | #2,328 |
| 2023 | 14 | #1,812 |
| 2022 | 19 | #1,452 |
| 2021 | 22 | #1,298 |
| 2020 | 10 | #2,185 |
| 2019 | 15 | #1,683 |
| 2018 | 11 | #2,088 |
| 2017 | 13 | #1,922 |
| 2016 | 18 | #1,512 |
| 2015 | 29 | #1,064 |
| 2014 | 15 | #1,650 |
| 2013 | 11 | #2,033 |
| 2012 | 9 | #2,382 |
| 2011 | 16 | #1,542 |
| 2010 | 13 | #1,805 |
| 2009 | 9 | #2,241 |
| 2008 | 7 | #2,616 |
| 2007 | 8 | #2,337 |
| 2006 | 8 | #2,193 |
| 2005 | 7 | #2,292 |
| 2004 | 12 | #1,494 |
| 2003 | 5 | #2,574 |
| 2002 | 9 | #1,594 |
| 2001 | 5 | #2,326 |
| 2000 | 7 | #1,775 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 4 | #2,531 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 3 | #2,949 |
How popular is Stirling in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,395among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 23about 1 in 74,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 11% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 23 boys in the US were named Stirling, making it the 4,395th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,037th. Its busiest year was 2015, with 24 boys. It first appears in the records in 1912.
2025 had more boys named Stirling than any year since 2015.
Half of all the boys named Stirling in the US since 1880 were born between 1962 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
Stirling in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 23 | #4,395 |
| 2024 | 15 | #5,899 |
| 2023 | 21 | #4,738 |
| 2022 | 12 | #6,822 |
| 2021 | 13 | #6,330 |
| 2020 | 18 | #5,037 |
| 2019 | 17 | #5,336 |
| 2018 | 18 | #5,102 |
| 2017 | 20 | #4,742 |
| 2016 | 21 | #4,623 |
| 2015 | 24 | #4,177 |
| 2014 | 17 | #5,248 |
| 2013 | 16 | #5,400 |
| 2012 | 11 | #7,044 |
| 2011 | 14 | #5,939 |
| 2010 | 16 | #5,475 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 14 | #6,065 |
| 2007 | 11 | #7,090 |
| 2006 | 10 | #7,422 |
| 2005 | 11 | #6,628 |
| 2004 | 14 | #5,487 |
| 2003 | 14 | #5,265 |
| 2002 | 12 | #5,718 |
| 2001 | 12 | #5,660 |
| 2000 | 11 | #5,913 |
| 1999 | 14 | #4,756 |
| 1998 | 11 | #5,460 |
| 1997 | 19 | #3,596 |
| 1996 | 13 | #4,606 |
| 1995 | 17 | #3,687 |
| 1994 | 6 | #7,764 |
| 1993 | 5 | #8,693 |
| 1992 | 6 | #7,414 |
| 1991 | 10 | #5,088 |
| 1990 | 13 | #4,161 |
| 1989 | 7 | #6,222 |
| 1988 | 7 | #5,745 |
| 1987 | 6 | #6,083 |
| 1986 | 5 | #6,715 |
| 1985 | 10 | #4,047 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 6 | #5,617 |
| 1981 | 6 | #5,466 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 8 | #4,401 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 8 | #4,162 |
| 1976 | 9 | #3,722 |
| 1975 | 7 | #4,307 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 8 | #3,692 |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 8 | #3,519 |
| 1969 | 6 | #3,934 |
| 1968 | 6 | #3,672 |
| 1967 | 7 | #3,229 |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 6 | #3,535 |
| 1964 | 5 | #4,038 |
| 1963 | 9 | #2,857 |
| 1962 | 13 | #2,278 |
| 1961 | 6 | #3,650 |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 7 | #3,289 |
| 1958 | 6 | #3,557 |
| 1957 | 9 | #2,820 |
| 1956 | 7 | #3,214 |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 7 | #3,174 |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 5 | #3,731 |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 8 | #2,787 |
| 1947 | 7 | #3,095 |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 15 | #1,867 |
| 1941 | 6 | #3,132 |
| 1940 | 8 | #2,671 |
| 1939 | 7 | #2,829 |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 6 | #3,175 |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 5 | #3,774 |
| 1931 | 5 | #3,761 |
| 1930 | 7 | #3,287 |
| 1929 | 5 | #3,957 |
| 1928 | 5 | #4,149 |
| 1927 | 10 | #2,702 |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 6 | #3,739 |
| 1924 | 6 | #3,865 |
| 1923 | 8 | #3,173 |
| 1922 | 8 | #3,250 |
| 1921 | 7 | #3,516 |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 8 | #3,114 |
| 1918 | 5 | #4,178 |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 5 | #3,896 |
| 1915 | 5 | #3,824 |
| 1914 | 0 | – |
| 1913 | 0 | – |
| 1912 | 6 | #2,268 |
Names like Stirling
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Names related to Stirling
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Stirling: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/stirling, updated 20 October 2026.