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
- Peak · boys
- 1902 · 6 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 3,898since 1902
Cy over time
Rank among boys' names. Cy has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #2,539 | 52 | |
| 2024 | — | #2,345 | 60 | |
| 2023 | #12,197 | 7 | #2,014 | 75 |
| 2022 | — | #2,408 | 58 | |
| 2021 | — | #2,775 | 45 | |
| 2020 | — | #2,139 | 65 | |
| 2019 | — | #2,020 | 72 | |
| 2018 | — | #2,083 | 68 | |
| 2017 | — | #2,715 | 45 | |
| 2016 | #14,331 | 6 | #2,184 | 62 |
| 2015 | — | #2,212 | 61 | |
| 2014 | — | #2,000 | 71 | |
| 2013 | — | #1,568 | 99 | |
| 2012 | — | #1,478 | 109 | |
| 2011 | — | #1,573 | 99 | |
| 2010 | — | #1,415 | 117 | |
| 2009 | — | #1,604 | 99 | |
| 2008 | — | #1,543 | 104 | |
| 2007 | — | #1,433 | 113 | |
| 2006 | — | #1,460 | 105 | |
| 2005 | #16,462 | 5 | #1,402 | 106 |
| 2004 | — | #1,516 | 88 | |
| 2003 | — | #1,764 | 68 | |
| 2002 | — | #1,998 | 55 | |
| 2001 | — | #1,600 | 74 | |
| 2000 | — | #1,504 | 80 | |
| 1999 | #14,411 | 5 | #1,560 | 71 |
| 1998 | — | #1,680 | 61 | |
| 1997 | — | #1,991 | 45 | |
| 1996 | — | #1,933 | 46 | |
| 1995 | — | #1,706 | 52 | |
| 1994 | — | #1,795 | 48 | |
| 1993 | — | #1,769 | 48 | |
| 1992 | — | #1,844 | 44 | |
| 1991 | — | #1,744 | 46 | |
| 1990 | — | #1,909 | 40 | |
| 1989 | — | #2,027 | 35 | |
| 1988 | — | #2,437 | 24 | |
| 1987 | — | #2,057 | 29 | |
| 1986 | — | #1,662 | 38 | |
| 1985 | — | #1,834 | 32 | |
| 1984 | — | #1,979 | 27 | |
| 1983 | — | #1,562 | 38 | |
| 1982 | — | #1,539 | 40 | |
| 1981 | — | #1,411 | 45 | |
| 1980 | — | #1,569 | 38 | |
| 1979 | — | #1,670 | 34 | |
| 1978 | — | #1,870 | 27 | |
| 1977 | — | #1,607 | 34 | |
| 1976 | — | #1,453 | 38 | |
| 1975 | — | #1,455 | 37 | |
| 1974 | — | #1,520 | 33 | |
| 1973 | — | #1,586 | 30 | |
| 1972 | — | #1,680 | 27 | |
| 1971 | — | #2,126 | 19 | |
| 1970 | — | #1,939 | 21 | |
| 1969 | — | #2,217 | 15 | |
| 1968 | — | #1,894 | 18 | |
| 1967 | — | #2,139 | 14 | |
| 1966 | — | #1,684 | 21 | |
| 1965 | — | #1,918 | 17 | |
| 1964 | — | #1,729 | 21 | |
| 1963 | — | #1,695 | 22 | |
| 1962 | — | #1,669 | 23 | |
| 1961 | — | #1,731 | 22 | |
| 1960 | — | #1,692 | 23 | |
| 1959 | — | #1,806 | 20 | |
| 1958 | — | #2,506 | 11 | |
| 1957 | — | #1,751 | 21 | |
| 1956 | — | #1,568 | 25 | |
| 1955 | — | #1,339 | 32 | |
| 1954 | — | #1,466 | 27 | |
| 1953 | — | #1,709 | 20 | |
| 1952 | — | #1,665 | 21 | |
| 1951 | — | #1,972 | 15 | |
| 1950 | — | #1,701 | 19 | |
| 1949 | — | #2,337 | 11 | |
| 1948 | — | #3,316 | 6 | |
| 1947 | — | #1,988 | 15 | |
| 1946 | — | #2,403 | 10 | |
| 1945 | — | #2,393 | 9 | |
| 1944 | — | #2,633 | 8 | |
| 1943 | — | #3,538 | 5 | |
| 1942 | — | #2,940 | 7 | |
| 1941 | — | #2,872 | 7 | |
| 1940 | — | — | ||
| 1939 | — | #2,829 | 7 | |
| 1938 | — | #2,646 | 8 | |
| 1937 | — | — | ||
| 1936 | — | #2,854 | 7 | |
| 1935 | — | #3,645 | 5 | |
| 1934 | — | #2,266 | 11 | |
| 1933 | — | — | ||
| 1932 | — | #2,849 | 8 | |
| 1931 | — | #2,864 | 8 | |
| 1930 | — | #3,289 | 7 | |
| 1929 | — | #3,559 | 6 | |
| 1928 | — | #3,076 | 8 | |
| 1927 | — | — | ||
| 1926 | — | #3,139 | 8 | |
| 1925 | — | — | ||
| 1924 | — | #3,023 | 9 | |
| 1923 | — | #2,950 | 9 | |
| 1922 | — | #2,347 | 13 | |
| 1921 | — | #4,322 | 5 | |
| 1920 | — | #4,286 | 5 | |
| 1919 | — | #2,665 | 10 | |
| 1918 | — | #2,543 | 11 | |
| 1917 | — | #3,981 | 5 | |
| 1916 | — | #2,543 | 10 | |
| 1915 | — | #1,782 | 16 | |
| 1914 | — | #2,651 | 7 | |
| 1913 | — | #2,496 | 6 | |
| 1912 | — | #1,527 | 11 | |
| 1911 | — | #1,740 | 5 | |
| 1910 | — | — | ||
| 1909 | — | — | ||
| 1908 | — | — | ||
| 1907 | — | #1,345 | 5 | |
| 1906 | — | — | ||
| 1905 | — | — | ||
| 1904 | — | — | ||
| 1903 | — | — | ||
| 1902 | — | #1,013 | 6 | |
| 1901 | — | — | ||
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| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
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 2019
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- New York#1,141 · 1 in 9,355
- California#1,529 · 1 in 18,468
- Texas#2,393 · 1 in 34,907
Best ever in a state: #202 in Hawaii, 2001.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York | #1,141 | 10 | 1 in 9,355 |
| California | #1,529 | 11 | 1 in 18,468 |
| Texas | #2,393 | 5 | 1 in 34,907 |
| Alabama | — | — | — |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Arizona | — | — | — |
| Arkansas | — | — | — |
| Colorado | — | — | — |
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| Delaware | — | — | — |
| District of Columbia | — | — | — |
| Florida | — | — | — |
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| Wyoming | — | — | — |
Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Cy
- 194 spots since 2024 (#2,345 → #2,539)
- 400 spots since 2020 (#2,139 → #2,539)
- 327 spots since 2015 (#2,212 → #2,539)
- Debuted 1902
- Peaked 1902 at #1,013 (6 births)
- Births halved by 1903, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- 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
- 22.9% of all boys named Cy (892) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 11 | #1,013 (1902) | #1,179 |
| 1910s | 81 | #1,527 (1912) | #2,436 |
| 1920s | 63 | #2,347 (1922) | #3,338 |
| 1930s | 61 | #2,266 (1934) | #2,905 |
| 1940s | 78 | #1,988 (1947) | #2,713 |
| 1950s | 211 | #1,339 (1955) | #1,748 |
| 1960s | 196 | #1,669 (1962) | #1,837 |
| 1970s | 300 | #1,453 (1976) | #1,691 |
| 1980s | 346 | #1,411 (1981) | #1,808 |
| 1990s | 501 | #1,560 (1999) | #1,793 |
| 2000s | 892 | #1,402 (2005) | #1,582 |
| 2010s | 803 | #1,415 (2010) | #1,925 |
| 2020s | 355 | #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 2019
Top boys' names in 2019
More about 2019
boys
1,794,216 boys got a published name in 2019; 1 in 24,920 of them was named Cy, which outranked 85.7% of the 14,133 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #2,001Treyson73
- #2,001Yasiel73
- #2,001Yisrael73
- #2,020Cy72
- #2,020Aharon72
- #2,020Amaziah72
- #2,020Andrei72
- #2,042Advaith71
- #2,042Alexandre71
- #2,042Amadeus71
Tied with 21 names at #2,020; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.