# Sina (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/sina/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys and girls |
| Origin | Scottish Gaelic |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 2,248 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 520 / 1,728 (77% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 154, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Anglicization of Irish Síne and Scottish Gaelic Sìne. Doublet of Jane.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 11 | 10,297 |
| 2012 | 13 | 9,050 |
| 2013 | 17 | 7,333 |
| 2014 | 8 | 12,916 |
| 2015 | 11 | 10,062 |
| 2016 | 20 | 6,376 |
| 2017 | 11 | 9,853 |
| 2018 | 14 | 8,105 |
| 2019 | 10 | 10,382 |
| 2020 | 10 | 10,168 |
| 2021 | 18 | 6,650 |
| 2022 | 13 | 8,466 |
| 2023 | 5 | 17,277 |
| 2024 | 14 | 7,906 |
| 2025 | 18 | 6,517 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 10 | 8,213 |
| 2010 | 13 | 6,654 |
| 2011 | 9 | 8,661 |
| 2013 | 15 | 5,878 |
| 2014 | 7 | 10,553 |
| 2015 | 7 | 10,459 |
| 2016 | 10 | 8,078 |
| 2017 | 9 | 8,740 |
| 2018 | 10 | 8,073 |
| 2019 | 13 | 6,725 |
| 2020 | 8 | 9,432 |
| 2021 | 8 | 9,570 |
| 2022 | 9 | 8,883 |
| 2024 | 12 | 7,208 |
| 2025 | 14 | 6,399 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 3 | 3,900 |
| 2005 | 3 | 4,798 |
| 2006 | 6 | 3,116 |
| 2008 | 4 | 4,524 |
| 2010 | 4 | 4,688 |
| 2011 | 4 | 4,764 |
| 2013 | 4 | 4,739 |
| 2017 | 3 | 5,765 |
| 2020 | 3 | 5,493 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 5 | 3,095 |
| 2008 | 6 | 2,775 |
| 2009 | 9 | 2,126 |
| 2011 | 6 | 2,892 |
| 2012 | 3 | 4,805 |
| 2013 | 5 | 3,315 |
| 2014 | 6 | 2,964 |
| 2015 | 7 | 2,707 |
| 2017 | 4 | 3,996 |
| 2018 | 4 | 3,959 |
| 2019 | 4 | 3,937 |
| 2020 | 4 | 3,848 |
| 2023 | 6 | 3,112 |
| 2024 | 5 | 3,688 |
| 2025 | 3 | 5,137 |

## People named Sina

- Sina Mesdag-van Houten, Dutch painter (1834-1909)
- Sina Mayer, German athletics competitor

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.