Cyril

Last seen for girls in 1988 at #11,798 · #3,128 for boys in 2025, 38 births
Given to boys 99.2% of the time

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Peak · boys
1902 · 50 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
12,034
since 1880

Cyril over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Cyril has never cracked the top 200 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201899peak #261, 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—#3,12838
2024—#3,00141
2023—#3,29336
2022—#2,87344
2021—#2,58850
2020—#2,88641
2019—#2,94341
2018—#2,23061
2017—#3,78128
2016—#2,83842
2015—#2,80942
2014—#2,66145
2013—#2,66844
2012—#2,81142
2011—#2,85241
2010—#2,63246
2009—#2,94640
2008—#2,58348
2007—#2,81142
2006—#2,54247
2005—#2,52844
2004—#2,48944
2003—#2,57939
2002—#2,42841
2001—#2,08650
2000—#1,96852
1999—#2,19942
1998—#2,50734
1997—#2,39634
1996—#3,02124
1995—#1,91444
1994—#2,01241
1993—#1,66253
1992—#1,77847
1991—#1,58953
1990—#1,66249
1989—#1,95337
1988#11,7985#1,76839
1987—#1,46749
1986—#1,66238
1985—#1,56941
1984—#1,36548
1983—#1,49041
1982—#1,22957
1981—#1,15463
1980—#1,61936
1979—#1,53238
1978—#1,32647
1977—#1,36744
1976—#1,28647
1975—#1,22848
1974#8,7755#1,40937
1973—#1,16350
1972—#1,12053
1971—#1,18148
1970—#1,10355
1969—#1,06453
1968—#1,08347
1967—#1,04349
1966—#96856
1965—#95759
1964—#1,00057
1963—#93664
1962—#85079
1961—#89673
1960—#87076
1959—#90372
1958—#80786
1957—#81885
1956—#77891
1955—#82978
1954—#74592
1953—#77484
1952—#75587
1951—#74088
1950—#75882
1949—#681101
1948—#71787
1947—#677104
1946#4,9605#67492
1945—#64089
1944#4,5745#63394
1943—#592115
1942—#536130
1941—#571108
1940—#532121
1939—#552108
1938—#62291
1937#4,2555#532118
1936—#494132
1935—#505129
1934—#460149
1933—#449151
1932—#448158
1931—#428176
1930#4,5505#398211
1929—#420197
1928—#384234
1927—#359265
1926#4,8515#359264
1925#4,0287#363267
1924#4,0027#353282
1923—#367260
1922#5,0095#339299
1921—#323328
1920#4,9755#355277
1919#3,8177#319304
1918#3,5128#322312
1917#4,0836#302307
1916#2,83310#283328
1915—#309273
1914—#293232
1913#2,5407#302172
1912—#296146
1911—#31275
1910—#31860
1909—#33448
1908—#33545
1907—#31346
1906—#30445
1905—#32238
1904—#31240
1903—#29242
1902—#26150
1901—#30234
1900—#33741
1899—#27639
1898—#37727
1897—#30636
1896—#30637
1895—#42621
1894—#33628
1893—#33028
1892—#33531
1891—#59710
1890—#45816
1889—#54912
1888—#64810
1887—#54411
1886——
1885—#54712
1884—#9715
1883—#7207
1882——
1881——
1880—#9095
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Cyril was already there! It came in at #909, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1880–1882, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Cyril is popular in 1899

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

See more about Cyril
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 127 spots since 2024 (#3,001 → #3,128)
  • 242 spots since 2020 (#2,886 → #3,128)
  • 319 spots since 2015 (#2,809 → #3,128)
  • Biggest jump: 424 spots in 1885 (#971 → #547)
  • Biggest drop: 251 spots in 1884 (#720 → #971)
Rise & fade · boys
22 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1902 at #261 (50 births)
  • Births halved by 1996, 94 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 84 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 84 yrs · run 1887–1966
Share of babies · boys
1 in 2,453
  • Highest: 1 in 2,453 boys born in 1902 were named Cyril (0.04%)
  • Latest: 1 in 44,949 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 22.2% of all boys named Cyril (2,673) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s62#544 (1887)#698
1890s273#276 (1899)#375
1900s429#261 (1902)#311
1910s2,209#283 (1916)#306
1920s2,673#323 (1921)#362
1930s1,423#398 (1930)#489
1940s1,041#532 (1940)#625
1950s845#740 (1951)#791
1960s613#850 (1962)#967
1970s467#1,103 (1970)#1,272
1980s449#1,154 (1981)#1,528
1990s421#1,589 (1991)#2,074
2000s447#1,968 (2000)#2,496
2010s432#2,230 (2018)#2,823
2020s250#2,588 (2021)#2,962

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.

Cyril in 1899

boys
#276
39 births · 1 in 2,723 boys

Top boys' names in 1899

  1. #1John6,990
  2. #2William6,086
  3. #3James4,597
  4. #4George4,018
  5. #5Charles3,147
  6. #6Joseph2,679
  7. #7Robert2,609
  8. #8Frank2,550
  9. #9Edward1,901
  10. #10Henry1,831
  11. #276Cyril39
More about 1899

boys

106,211 boys got a published name in 1899; 1 in 2,723 of them was named Cyril, which outranked 77.0% of the 1,200 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 34.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Cyril
  1. #266Enoch41
  2. #274Columbus40
  3. #274Grant40
  4. #276Cyril39
  5. #276Abe39
  6. #276Cleveland39
  7. #276Mathew39
  8. #281Eli38
  9. #281Emery38
  10. #281Forest38

Tied with 4 names at #276; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1898
Risers
  1. ↑ 640Rogers#1,121 → #481
  2. ↑ 600Edna#1,121 → #521
  3. ↑ 545Giles#1,002 → #457
  4. ↑ 508Sarah#1,121 → #613
  5. ↑ 461Thaddeus#885 → #424
Fallers
  1. ↓ 566Jason#485 → #1,051
  2. ↓ 564Fitzhugh#364 → #928
  3. ↓ 508Oran#543 → #1,051
  4. ↓ 493Wilber#435 → #928
  5. ↓ 443Hosea#485 → #928

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

See the top 100 for 1899 →