Cylus

Peak · boys
2012 · 77 births
Debut · boys
6 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
902
since 1997

Cylus over time

boys

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

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank1990200020102020peak #1,882, 2012boys
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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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Yearboys
rankbirths
2025#3,51332
2024#3,79329
2023#2,89543
2022#3,21637
2021#2,97241
2020#2,75944
2019#2,89742
2018#3,37333
2017#3,00639
2016#2,38754
2015#2,42952
2014#1,92075
2013#2,20559
2012#1,88277
2011#2,05965
2010#2,55648
2009#2,94640
2008#4,26723
2007#4,49321
2006#9,5857
2005#6,22612
2004#8,1438
2003#8,6437
2002#7,6438
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First appearance
1997

The first year at least five boys were named Cylus! It came in at #8,110, and was given to 6 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1998–2001, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

Where Cylus is popular in 2025

No state had 5 or more boys named Cylus in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.

See more about Cylus
Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 280 spots since 2024 (#3,793 → #3,513)
  • 754 spots since 2020 (#2,759 → #3,513)
Rise & fade · boys
15 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1997
  • Peaked 2012 at #1,882 (77 births)
  • Births halved by 2018, 6 yrs 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 24,636
  • Highest: 1 in 24,636 boys born in 2012 were named Cylus (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 53,377 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 2010s
  • 60.3% of all boys named Cylus (544) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1990s6#8,110 (1997)#8,110
2000s126#2,946 (2009)#6,493
2010s544#1,882 (2012)#2,471
2020s226#2,759 (2020)#3,191

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.

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