Cy

Last seen for girls in 2023 at #12,197 · #2,539 for boys in 2025, 52 births
Given to boys 99.4% of the time

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Peak · boys
1902 · 6 births
Debut · boys
6 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
3,898
since 1902

Cy over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Cy has never cracked the top 1,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201902peak #1,013, 1902boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025—#2,53952
2024—#2,34560
2023#12,1977#2,01475
2022—#2,40858
2021—#2,77545
2020—#2,13965
2019—#2,02072
2018—#2,08368
2017—#2,71545
2016#14,3316#2,18462
2015—#2,21261
2014—#2,00071
2013—#1,56899
2012—#1,478109
2011—#1,57399
2010—#1,415117
2009—#1,60499
2008—#1,543104
2007—#1,433113
2006—#1,460105
2005#16,4625#1,402106
2004—#1,51688
2003—#1,76468
2002—#1,99855
2001—#1,60074
2000—#1,50480
1999#14,4115#1,56071
1998—#1,68061
1997—#1,99145
1996—#1,93346
1995—#1,70652
1994—#1,79548
1993—#1,76948
1992—#1,84444
1991—#1,74446
1990—#1,90940
1989—#2,02735
1988—#2,43724
1987—#2,05729
1986—#1,66238
1985—#1,83432
1984—#1,97927
1983—#1,56238
1982—#1,53940
1981—#1,41145
1980—#1,56938
1979—#1,67034
1978—#1,87027
1977—#1,60734
1976—#1,45338
1975—#1,45537
1974—#1,52033
1973—#1,58630
1972—#1,68027
1971—#2,12619
1970—#1,93921
1969—#2,21715
1968—#1,89418
1967—#2,13914
1966—#1,68421
1965—#1,91817
1964—#1,72921
1963—#1,69522
1962—#1,66923
1961—#1,73122
1960—#1,69223
1959—#1,80620
1958—#2,50611
1957—#1,75121
1956—#1,56825
1955—#1,33932
1954—#1,46627
1953—#1,70920
1952—#1,66521
1951—#1,97215
1950—#1,70119
1949—#2,33711
1948—#3,3166
1947—#1,98815
1946—#2,40310
1945—#2,3939
1944—#2,6338
1943—#3,5385
1942—#2,9407
1941—#2,8727
1940——
1939—#2,8297
1938—#2,6468
1937——
1936—#2,8547
1935—#3,6455
1934—#2,26611
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1932—#2,8498
1931—#2,8648
1930—#3,2897
1929—#3,5596
1928—#3,0768
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1926—#3,1398
1925——
1924—#3,0239
1923—#2,9509
1922—#2,34713
1921—#4,3225
1920—#4,2865
1919—#2,66510
1918—#2,54311
1917—#3,9815
1916—#2,54310
1915—#1,78216
1914—#2,6517
1913—#2,4966
1912—#1,52711
1911—#1,7405
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First appearance
1902

The first year at least five boys were named Cy! It came in at #1,013, and was given to 6 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1903–1911, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Cy is popular in 1902

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

See more about Cy
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 194 spots since 2024 (#2,345 → #2,539)
  • 400 spots since 2020 (#2,139 → #2,539)
  • 327 spots since 2015 (#2,212 → #2,539)
Rise & fade · boys
Peaked on debut
  • Debuted 1902
  • Peaked 1902 at #1,013 (6 births)
  • Births halved by 1903, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 16,399
  • Highest: 1 in 16,399 boys born in 2010 were named Cy (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 32,848 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #1,013 in 1902, was only 1 in 20,443 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2000s
  • 22.9% of all boys named Cy (892) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1900s11#1,013 (1902)#1,179
1910s81#1,527 (1912)#2,436
1920s63#2,347 (1922)#3,338
1930s61#2,266 (1934)#2,905
1940s78#1,988 (1947)#2,713
1950s211#1,339 (1955)#1,748
1960s196#1,669 (1962)#1,837
1970s300#1,453 (1976)#1,691
1980s346#1,411 (1981)#1,808
1990s501#1,560 (1999)#1,793
2000s892#1,402 (2005)#1,582
2010s803#1,415 (2010)#1,925
2020s355#2,014 (2023)#2,370

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Cy in 1902

boys
#1,013
6 births · 1 in 20,443 boys

Top boys' names in 1902

  1. #1John7,907
  2. #2William6,617
  3. #3James5,592
  4. #4George4,223
  5. #5Charles3,361
  6. #6Robert3,180
  7. #7Joseph3,098
  8. #8Frank2,756
  9. #9Edward2,294
  10. #10Henry2,154
  11. #1,013Cy6
More about 1902

boys

122,660 boys got a published name in 1902; 1 in 20,443 of them was named Cy, which outranked 23.3% of the 1,320 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Cy
  1. #933Waymon7
  2. #933Wong7
  3. #933Woodie7
  4. #1,013Cy6
  5. #1,013Alcide6
  6. #1,013Alejandro6
  7. #1,013Arlington6
  8. #1,137Acie5
  9. #1,137Adrien5
  10. #1,137Agnes5

Tied with 123 names at #1,013; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1901
Risers
  1. ↑ 551Judge#1,058 → #507
  2. ↑ 522Ottis#1,058 → #536
  3. ↑ 502Lonzo#1,058 → #556
  4. ↑ 475Eldred#1,058 → #583
  5. ↑ 468Rogers#943 → #475
Fallers
  1. ↓ 541Carmen#596 → #1,137
  2. ↓ 541Alf#596 → #1,137
  3. ↓ 541Orrin#596 → #1,137
  4. ↓ 528Davis#334 → #862
  5. ↓ 500Guadalupe#433 → #933

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1902 →