Boy Names That Start With S

These are the 71 boy names that start with S, have reached the top 500 as a boy's name at some point since 1880, and still go to boys rather than girls today. Ranked by the number of boys given each name in 2025, most common first.

All 71 names

1. Sebastian #16 8,605
2. Samuel #18 8,334
3. Santiago #26 7,554
4. Silas #71 4,639
5. Sawyer #122 2,941
6. Stetson #136 2,662
7. Simon #230 1,529
8. Shepherd #246 1,408
9. Saint #267 1,286
10. Steven #271 1,261
11. Shiloh #278 1,220
12. Sonny #298 1,137
13. Sullivan #314 1,083
14. Sutton #332 1,018
15. Sterling #345 944
16. Santino #353 934
17. Spencer #360 908
18. Stephen #383 829
19. Solomon #422 767
20. Sylas #440 717
21. Sergio #441 714
22. Sage #455 684
23. Soren #464 665
24. Samson #477 639
25. Sean #489 616
26. Scott #534 561
27. Saul #557 535
28. Seth #581 505
29. Shane #635 439
30. Sam #647 428
31. Shawn #681 399
32. Salvador #754 341
33. Skyler #783 325
34. Stanley #863 278
35. Scottie #906 262
36. Salvatore #943 249
37. Stefan #1021 219
38. Simeon #1091 197
39. Sol #1145 184
40. Sidney #1323 146
41. Scotty #1393 131
42. Smith #1477 120
43. Steve #1609 105
44. Stephan #1837 86
45. Sammy #1852 85
46. Shaun #1942 79
47. Sylvester #2207 64
48. Stuart #2516 53
49. Sheldon #2765 46
50. Shaquille #2884 43
51. Shannon #2991 41
52. Stoney #3240 36
53. Sampson #3379 34
54. Shayne #3513 32
55. Stewart #3949 27
56. Sherman #5045 19
57. Sammie #5608 16
58. Sandy #6803 12
59. Sanford #6803 12
60. Seymour #7194 11
61. Shad #8243 9
62. Shon #8243 9
63. Sheridan #8910 8
64. Sid #9714 7
65. Sigmund #9714 7
66. Stan #9714 7
67. Scot #10695 6
68. Stacey #10695 6
69. Sim
70. Son
71. Squire

Also starting with S, and now given almost only to girls: Skylar, Stevie, Sydney, Shelby, Shirley, Stacy

Boy names that start with S in the 2025 data

S is the tenth most common first letter for boys born in 2025: 81,251 of them, 4.8% of every boy in the file. It has climbed from eleventh place a decade ago, and its share has grown from 3.8% to 4.8%.

This list holds the 71 of those names that reached the top 500 as a boy's name at some point since 1880 and are still given to boys rather than girls. The most common today is Sebastian, #16 with 8,605 boys in 2025. 4 of the 71 are in this year's top 100, and 68 appear in the 2025 file at all — which takes at least five births, the point below which a name is left out. Six other names starting with S are left out — Skylar, Stevie and Sydney among them. Each reached the top 500 among boys at some point, but fewer than one in ten children given it over the last ten years was a boy. Together they account for 59,273 of those 81,251 boys — the remainder go to names that have never reached the top 500, each given to a handful of children.

The fastest climber among them is Saint, up from #2,919 in 2015 to #267 in 2025. Sean has gone the other way, from #210 to #489. The shortest name here is Sam at 3 letters, the longest Sylvester at 9.

Questions about boy names that start with S

What is the most popular boy name that starts with S?

Sebastian. 8,605 boys were given the name in 2025, which put it at #16 nationally.

How many boy names start with S?

71 have reached the top 500 as a boy's name and still go to boys today, which is this list. Counting every spelling in the file, 81,251 boys born in 2025 — 4.8% of the total — were given a name starting with S.

Are boy names that start with S getting more popular?

S is gaining ground. It was eleventh among first letters for boys a decade ago with 3.8% of births, and it is tenth in 2025 with 4.8%.