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Sincere

Meaning not yet sourced

Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1976, with 5 babies

CommonRare
Rank 2015: #626, 2016: #647, 2017: #564, 2018: #587, 2019: #604, 2020: #602, 2021: #603, 2022: #542, 2023: #592, 2024: #600, 2025: #6281 in 3,838 boys in the US, 2025#628 · steady · was #626 in 2015
CommonRare
–Not in the E&W list, 2025Fewer than 3 babies · #628 in the US

Boy’s name

What Sincere means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Sincere yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1976, with 5 babies Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Sincere?

US 2025
#628
445 babies
▼ 28 vs 2024
England & Wales
–
Not listed
Scotland
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Not listed

US: Steady: #626 in 2015, #628 now.

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US, 1880–2025Babies per 1,000 boys born. Dot: biggest US share (2022)

Biggest US share so far: 2022, when 545 boys got the name (#542 that year). First in the US records in 1976.

How common

  • About 1 in 3,838 baby boys in the US in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in DC (2.37 per 1,000 boys), GA (0.8 per 1,000 boys), SC (0.75 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

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FewerMore · grey: under 5 babies, not listed

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed boys born in each state.

US vs UK

Sincere is #628 in the US. It is not in the England & Wales list for 2025.

Rank 2025BabiesHow commonRank 2015
US#6284451 in 3,838#626
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Same sex as this page (boys). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 91.0% of US babies named Sincere were boys.

GirlsBoys
US 202544445
England & Wales 202500
US all years since 18801,47210,095
England & Wales since 199600

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

  • Syncere170 US
  • Cyncere29 US
  • Cincere26 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

Spelling variants on Wiktionary

  • Cincere

Listed as alternative forms on Wiktionary.

If you like Sincere

Boys

  • Zion#142Editor’s note Up from #227 in 2015 to #142 in 2025 in the US. About 1 in 680 US boys in the 2025 records
  • Carson#124“rock”
  • Elijah#7“Yahweh is my god”
  • Jackson#36Editor’s note Down from #17 in 2015 to #36 in 2025 in the US. About 1 in 260 US boys in the 2025 records
  • Ronan#247Irish, meaning “little seal”
  • Malachi#134“my messenger”

For a sister

  • Amaya#180“the end”
  • Madelyn#70Editor’s note Down from #59 in 2015 to #70 in 2025 in the US
  • Natalia#144“birthday (of the Lord)”
  • Olivia#1“olive; olive branch”
  • Lily#18Diminutive of Lilian, possibly meaning “lily”
  • Riley#48“rye + clearing, meadow”

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Sincere’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.

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