Is Sirius a boy or girl name?

Sirius is a boy’s name. Of the 729 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 0.7% were girls and 99.3% were boys.

Sirius

Recorded 1999–2025 · United States

Sirius was most popular in 2022, when 61 American babies were given the name — ranking #4,942 that year. In 2025 it ranked #7,425, with 33 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 729 people named Sirius.

Sirius over time

Births per year. The dot marks Sirius’s peak in 2022. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Sirius a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Sirius is a boy’s name — 0.7% of the 729 Americans given it were girls and 99.3% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 1% girls and 99% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org