Girl Names Starting With S
50 S names for girls appear in the 2025 table below; Sophia tops them at 12,561 births. 8 of them rank inside the year's overall top 100.
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| #5 | Sophia | 12,561 |
| #9 | Sofia | 8,252 |
| #32 | Scarlett | 5,644 |
| #50 | Sadie | 4,168 |
| #52 | Stella | 4,136 |
| #55 | Sophie | 3,984 |
| #90 | Sarah | 2,710 |
| #94 | Sienna | 2,659 |
| #126 | Scottie | 2,228 |
| #129 | Serenity | 2,209 |
| #135 | Savannah | 2,141 |
| #141 | Sloane | 2,077 |
| #151 | Samantha | 1,973 |
| #152 | Summer | 1,973 |
| #160 | Sage | 1,853 |
| #167 | Skylar | 1,818 |
| #181 | Sutton | 1,697 |
| #198 | Sara | 1,568 |
| #203 | Stevie | 1,496 |
| #216 | Selah | 1,416 |
| #217 | Saylor | 1,415 |
| #268 | Selena | 1,170 |
| #281 | Shiloh | 1,098 |
| #282 | Sylvie | 1,096 |
| #291 | Sawyer | 1,056 |
| #300 | Sylvia | 1,017 |
| #320 | Samara | 957 |
| #321 | Sabrina | 956 |
| #325 | Serena | 942 |
| #348 | Sydney | 873 |
| #390 | Sunny | 798 |
| #425 | Sarai | 733 |
| #436 | Salem | 711 |
| #480 | Saige | 640 |
| #495 | Solana | 599 |
| #510 | Scarlet | 581 |
| #532 | Skye | 569 |
| #557 | Stephanie | 543 |
| #575 | Sevyn | 518 |
| #600 | Seraphina | 489 |
| #610 | Siena | 479 |
| #616 | Sierra | 476 |
| #623 | Selene | 469 |
| #625 | Sariyah | 468 |
| #649 | Shelby | 444 |
| #671 | Skyler | 422 |
| #684 | Sasha | 414 |
| #722 | Sol | 389 |
| #723 | Samira | 387 |
| #758 | Soleil | 358 |
Ranks are overall positions among all 2025 girl names, so gaps between rows are real. For a random shortlist, spin S girl names in the generator, or scan the full top 100 girl names.
How common is S as a first letter for girls in 2025?
Across the 2025 top 1,000 girl names, the 63 that start with S hold 7.7% of the list's births between them, placing S 5th of the 26 initials. Tier by tier, the 2025 overall top 100 claims 8 of the table's 50 names (2 of those inside the top 10), the 101–500 band claims 27, the 501–1,000 band claims 15, and none rank past #1,000, outside the committed top-1,000 file. The table's last row, Soleil, still carries 358 births at #758; any S girl names below it are outside the committed per-letter depth of 50 and are not shown.
Summed, the 50 names in the 2025 S table account for 87,630 births, and the first count, Sophia's 12,561, is 35.1 times the last, Soleil's 358. The middle row, the 25th, is Sawyer at #291 with 1,056 births in 2025. The widest jump between consecutive rows is 51 ranks, from Saylor (#217) to Selena (#268); every 2025 girl name at the ranks between them begins with another letter. 1 row carries exactly the count of the row above it, ordered by the SSA's alphabetical tie rule; the first such pair is Samantha (#151) and Summer (#152), at 1,973 births each. Inside the 2025 overall top 100, S contributes Sophia (#5), Sofia (#9), Scarlett (#32), Sadie (#50), Stella (#52), Sophie (#55), Sarah (#90) and Sienna (#94) — 8 names in all.
How a rank like #5 is assigned, including the SSA's alphabetical tie-break between equal counts, is explained in Reading ranks and counts.
S girl names across the decade snapshots
S girl names reached the top 200 in every one of the 7 snapshot years: 17 of them in 1955, 14 in 2015. The most S names in a single snapshot was 26 in 1965, led by Susan at #5 with 26,321 births; the fewest was 14 in 1985. The lead changed hands among 5 names across those 7 snapshots (Susan, Stephanie, Sarah, Samantha and Sophia), and Sophia leads again in 2025, at #5.
| Snapshot | S names in top 200 | Leading S name | Rank | Babies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s (1955) | 17 | Susan | #5 | 47,418 |
| 1960s (1965) | 26 | Susan | #5 | 26,321 |
| 1970s (1975) | 21 | Stephanie | #9 | 15,775 |
| 1980s (1985) | 14 | Sarah | #5 | 24,879 |
| 1990s (1995) | 14 | Samantha | #4 | 21,644 |
| 2000s (2005) | 16 | Samantha | #8 | 13,642 |
| 2010s (2015) | 14 | Sophia | #3 | 17,454 |
Snapshot by snapshot, the share of top-200 girl births going to S names reads 10.1% in 1955, 10.7% in 1965, 9.8% in 1975, 8.6% in 1985, 10.1% in 1995, 9.2% in 2005 and 9.4% in 2015, highest in 1965 and lowest in 1985. Cut to the same top-200 depth, the 2025 list holds 18 S names with 9.0% of its births, led by Sophia at #5. S's 10.1% in 1955 and 9.4% in 2015 are two cells of the girls' table in First-letter trends since 1955, which sets every initial beside the other 25 for each snapshot year; it is one of the site's data guides.
Faded and new S girl names
Between the snapshots and 2025, 27 S girl names dropped out at the committed depths — each inside some snapshot's top 200, none among the 50 names in the 2025 table; the 15 rows below are ordered by the most recent snapshot each charted in, then by best rank, and 12 more are omitted. Absent means absent from the 2025 top-50 S list, which stops at Soleil (#758, 358 births); a faded name may still be registered below that cut.
| Name | Best rank (year) | Snapshots in top 200 | Last charted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sandra | #13 (1955) | 5 of 7 | 1995 |
| Shannon | #21 (1975) | 4 of 7 | 1995 |
| Susan | #5 (1955) | 4 of 7 | 1985 |
| Sharon | #16 (1955) | 4 of 7 | 1985 |
| Stacy | #34 (1975) | 3 of 7 | 1985 |
| Stacey | #44 (1975) | 3 of 7 | 1985 |
| Sheena | #91 (1985) | 1 of 7 | 1985 |
| Stefanie | #185 (1985) | 1 of 7 | 1985 |
| Shana | #189 (1985) | 1 of 7 | 1985 |
| Sheila | #50 (1965) | 3 of 7 | 1975 |
| Sherry | #56 (1955) | 3 of 7 | 1975 |
| Suzanne | #65 (1965) | 3 of 7 | 1975 |
| Sherri | #91 (1965) | 3 of 7 | 1975 |
| Shelly | #98 (1965) | 2 of 7 | 1975 |
| Stacie | #146 (1975) | 1 of 7 | 1975 |
The 2025 table also carries 30 names that no snapshot top 200 contains: Sienna (#94), Scottie (#126), Sloane (#141), Sage (#160), Sutton (#181), Stevie (#203), Selah (#216), Saylor (#217), Shiloh (#281), Sylvie (#282), Sawyer (#291) and Samara (#320), and 18 more. Sienna, the best-ranked of the 30 at #94, could still have been given to girls below rank 200 in 1955 or in any later snapshot year, because the decade files record nothing beneath that depth.
The shape of the 2025 S list
Short names (four letters or fewer) number 4 in the 2025 S table, medium ones (five to seven) 40, and long ones (eight or more) 6. Ranked within each class, the 2025 S table has 4 short spellings from Sage at #160 to Sol at #722, 40 medium spellings from Sophia at #5 to Soleil at #758, and 6 long spellings from Scarlett at #32 to Seraphina at #600. By letter count, Sol is the shortest spelling in the 2025 table (3 letters, #722) and Stephanie the longest (9 letters, #557). "a" is the second letter of 16 of the 50 names in the 2025 S table, "e" of 7, and "o" of 6; 11 second letters are used in total.
Across the sexes, 8 of these 50 spellings also sit on the 2025 boys' S list, where the SSA ranks each sex on its own: Scottie (#126 for girls, #909 for boys), Sage (#160 for girls, #456 for boys), Sutton (#181 for girls, #332 for boys), Shiloh (#281 for girls, #278 for boys), Sawyer (#291 for girls, #122 for boys), Salem (#436 for girls, #679 for boys), Sevyn (#575 for girls, #697 for boys) and Skyler (#671 for girls, #783 for boys).
S girl names: questions the data answers
What is the most popular girl name starting with S in 2025?
Sophia. The 2025 SSA data records 12,561 girls named Sophia, which places it at #5 among all girl names that year, inside the overall top 10.
How many girl names starting with S are in the 2025 top 1,000?
63. Together they account for 7.7% of the births in the 2025 top 1,000, the 5th-largest share among the 26 initials.
Why does this page list 50 S girl names?
The committed per-letter file holds the 50 most-registered 2025 girl names for each initial, and S fills it: the 50th row is Soleil at #758. Any S names below that cut are outside the committed depth and are not shown.
Which S girl name on this page has the lowest rank?
Soleil, at #758 with 358 births in 2025. Ranks are overall positions among all 2025 girl names, so the span from #5 to #758 covers names that start with other letters.
How many S girl names were in the top 200 in 1955 and in 2015?
17 in 1955 (led by Susan at #5) and 14 in 2015 (led by Sophia at #3). The 7 snapshots are single SSA years cut at rank 200; between them they hold 122 S entries, and the S count ranges from 14 (1985) to 26 (1965).
Do any of these S girl names also appear on the boys' S list for 2025?
Yes, 8 of the 50: Scottie (#126 for girls, #909 for boys), Sage (#160 for girls, #456 for boys), Sutton (#181 for girls, #332 for boys), Shiloh (#281 for girls, #278 for boys), Sawyer (#291 for girls, #122 for boys), Salem (#436 for girls, #679 for boys), Sevyn (#575 for girls, #697 for boys) and Skyler (#671 for girls, #783 for boys). Each shared spelling is ranked once per sex: for Scottie that is #126 and 2,228 births on the girls' side against #909 and 262 on the boys'.
Other letters
Boy names for this letter: boy names starting with S.
Source: every name, rank, and count on this page comes from the U.S. Social Security Administration's national baby-names dataset (2025 data, from Social Security card applications). It is public-domain U.S. government data; names given fewer than 5 times in a year are excluded by the SSA, spelling variants are counted separately, and the data covers U.S. births only. Full caveats on the methodology page.