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Sinead

/sɪˈneɪæd/ · 100% girls · 11 born in 2025

Sinead has been given to about 1,340 people in the United States since 1880. It was most common in 1990, which makes it a Gen X and millennial name.

Meaning
Origin
Syllables2
Pronunciation/sɪˈneɪæd/
Nicknames
Living in the US≈ 1,318
Median age today32 years

Popularity, 1880–2025

Babies named Sinead per year · SSA, ONS, NRS, CSO, INSEE and SSB
18802025
United StatesEngland & WalesScotlandIrelandFranceeach scaled to its own peak
  • Peak year1990 · 160
  • Born in 202511
  • All time1,340
  • England & Wales, 20257

How popular is Sinead?

Its best year was 1990, when 160 babies were given the name, ranking 1099th. The typical living American called Sinead is about 32 years old today.

Names that sound like Sinead

Phonetic similarity, 0–1
  1. Soledad0.63
  2. Trinidad0.57
  3. Zina0.57
  4. Sienna0.53
  5. Siena0.53
  6. Sierra0.49
  7. Sidney0.47
  8. Shea0.47

Middle names for Sinead

Ranked by flow score
  1. Sinead Eve0.80
  2. Sinead Elizabeth0.78
  3. Sinead Josephine0.78
  4. Sinead Anne0.78
  5. Sinead Rose0.77
  6. Sinead Louise0.77

Sibling names for Sinead

Same era, comparable use, no clash
  1. Ravensister · 0.76
  2. Dariusbrother · 0.76
  3. Biancasister · 0.76
  4. Alejandrasister · 0.74
  5. Alvarobrother · 0.73
  6. Zachariahbrother · 0.73

Where Sinead is strongest

Share of 2025 births by state

    With a common surname

    Flow score against the most-used American surnames · try your own
    1. Sinead Anderson0.74
    2. Sinead White0.72
    3. Sinead Reyes0.72
    4. Sinead Nguyen0.72
    5. Sinead Moore0.72
    6. Sinead Lee0.72

    How to read these numbers

    Every score on this page is explained
    1. Phonetic similarity0–1
    2. Middle-name flow0–1
    3. Sibling fit0–1
    4. Living population estimatemethod
    5. PronunciationCMU dictionary

    Sources for Sinead

    Every figure on this page is public record
    1. United States1880–2025
    2. England & Wales1996–2025
    3. Scotland1974–2020
    4. Ireland1998–2019
    5. France1900–2025
    6. PronunciationCMU dictionary

    Source: US Social Security Administration, national and state name files, 2025 release, and the Office for National Statistics for England and Wales. Etymology researched and written by our editors. Living-population and median-age figures are our own estimates, described in the methodology.