Sturgill
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- STUR-gil
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #5,207 for boys
Sturgill is a boys' name of English origin. In 2025 it ranked 5,207th for boys in the US (18 babies).
What does Sturgill mean?
English: English surname
Known through American country singer Sturgill Simpson.
Is Sturgill a girl's or a boy's name?
Sturgill is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 18 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Sturgill in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,207th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 18 about 1 in 95,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 563% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 18 boys in the US were named Sturgill, making it the 5,207th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,734th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 20 boys. It first appears in the records in 2017.
Half of all the boys named Sturgill in the US since 1880 were born between 2021 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
Sturgill in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 18 | #5,207 |
| 2024 | 15 | #5,899 |
| 2023 | 20 | #4,882 |
| 2022 | 9 | #8,293 |
| 2021 | 12 | #6,693 |
| 2020 | 8 | #8,734 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 6 | #10,770 |
Names like Sturgill
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Royal, Fletcher, August, Otto, Henry, Miller, Silas, Charlie, Shepherd, Sevyn, Dutton, Major
More English names
Lily, Evelyn, Hudson, Ivy, Harper, Grace, Violet, Willow, Daisy, Poppy, Riley, Oakley, Mason, Cooper, Ruby, Hallie
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, “Sturgill: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/sturgill, updated 20 October 2026.