Sibyl
#5,410 for girls in 2025, 23 births
- Peak · girls
- 1919 · 299 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 4,464since 1880
Sibyl over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Sibyl has never cracked the top 300 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #5,410 | 23 |
| 2024 | #8,946 | 11 |
| 2023 | #7,247 | 15 |
| 2022 | #6,984 | 16 |
| 2021 | #7,630 | 14 |
| 2020 | #7,212 | 15 |
| 2019 | #6,414 | 18 |
| 2018 | #7,409 | 15 |
| 2017 | #10,689 | 9 |
| 2016 | #6,401 | 19 |
| 2015 | #8,931 | 12 |
| 2014 | #7,302 | 16 |
| 2013 | #11,000 | 9 |
| 2012 | — | |
| 2011 | — | |
| 2010 | — | |
| 2009 | — | |
| 2008 | — | |
| 2007 | — | |
| 2006 | #15,152 | 6 |
| 2005 | — | |
| 2004 | — | |
| 2003 | — | |
| 2002 | — | |
| 2001 | — | |
| 2000 | — | |
| 1999 | — | |
| 1998 | — | |
| 1997 | #12,070 | 6 |
| 1996 | #13,518 | 5 |
| 1995 | — | |
| 1994 | #13,430 | 5 |
| 1993 | — | |
| 1992 | #9,491 | 8 |
| 1991 | — | |
| 1990 | — | |
| 1989 | #10,847 | 6 |
| 1988 | #8,391 | 8 |
| 1987 | — | |
| 1986 | #8,523 | 7 |
| 1985 | #9,307 | 6 |
| 1984 | #7,398 | 8 |
| 1983 | #8,047 | 7 |
| 1982 | #5,209 | 13 |
| 1981 | #6,804 | 9 |
| 1980 | #4,517 | 16 |
| 1979 | #5,427 | 12 |
| 1978 | #5,563 | 11 |
| 1977 | #4,652 | 14 |
| 1976 | #3,812 | 17 |
| 1975 | #3,514 | 19 |
| 1974 | #3,313 | 20 |
| 1973 | #3,015 | 22 |
| 1972 | #4,523 | 12 |
| 1971 | #4,810 | 11 |
| 1970 | #3,311 | 19 |
| 1969 | #3,461 | 16 |
| 1968 | #3,169 | 17 |
| 1967 | #2,706 | 21 |
| 1966 | #1,882 | 37 |
| 1965 | #2,031 | 33 |
| 1964 | #2,246 | 29 |
| 1963 | #2,252 | 28 |
| 1962 | #1,989 | 34 |
| 1961 | #2,117 | 31 |
| 1960 | #2,573 | 22 |
| 1959 | #2,054 | 30 |
| 1958 | #1,791 | 37 |
| 1957 | #1,641 | 43 |
| 1956 | #1,760 | 36 |
| 1955 | #1,940 | 30 |
| 1954 | #1,875 | 31 |
| 1953 | #1,439 | 46 |
| 1952 | #1,641 | 35 |
| 1951 | #1,968 | 25 |
| 1950 | #1,524 | 37 |
| 1949 | #1,845 | 27 |
| 1948 | #1,548 | 36 |
| 1947 | #1,863 | 27 |
| 1946 | #1,771 | 26 |
| 1945 | #1,543 | 28 |
| 1944 | #1,519 | 29 |
| 1943 | #1,527 | 30 |
| 1942 | #1,300 | 38 |
| 1941 | #1,133 | 43 |
| 1940 | #1,035 | 48 |
| 1939 | #1,240 | 35 |
| 1938 | #1,140 | 40 |
| 1937 | #1,132 | 40 |
| 1936 | #1,081 | 42 |
| 1935 | #1,101 | 40 |
| 1934 | #1,148 | 38 |
| 1933 | #1,262 | 32 |
| 1932 | #1,097 | 42 |
| 1931 | #1,092 | 42 |
| 1930 | #1,128 | 43 |
| 1929 | #902 | 63 |
| 1928 | #918 | 65 |
| 1927 | #955 | 63 |
| 1926 | #990 | 57 |
| 1925 | #791 | 87 |
| 1924 | #736 | 100 |
| 1923 | #696 | 111 |
| 1922 | #678 | 115 |
| 1921 | #589 | 151 |
| 1920 | #504 | 188 |
| 1919 | #375 | 299 |
| 1918 | #380 | 299 |
| 1917 | #628 | 118 |
| 1916 | #675 | 103 |
| 1915 | #626 | 110 |
| 1914 | #726 | 62 |
| 1913 | #678 | 58 |
| 1912 | #722 | 48 |
| 1911 | #790 | 30 |
| 1910 | #753 | 32 |
| 1909 | #868 | 22 |
| 1908 | #809 | 23 |
| 1907 | #680 | 31 |
| 1906 | #661 | 30 |
| 1905 | #713 | 25 |
| 1904 | #640 | 29 |
| 1903 | #734 | 21 |
| 1902 | #559 | 34 |
| 1901 | #723 | 20 |
| 1900 | #589 | 35 |
| 1899 | #644 | 23 |
| 1898 | #666 | 24 |
| 1897 | #660 | 22 |
| 1896 | #621 | 25 |
| 1895 | #658 | 22 |
| 1894 | #744 | 16 |
| 1893 | #955 | 10 |
| 1892 | #706 | 17 |
| 1891 | #1,093 | 7 |
| 1890 | #1,006 | 8 |
| 1889 | #950 | 8 |
| 1888 | #793 | 11 |
| 1887 | #1,036 | 6 |
| 1886 | #633 | 13 |
| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | #813 | 6 |
| 1881 | #582 | 9 |
| 1880 | #836 | 5 |
First appearance
1880
In the first year the SSA published name data, Sibyl was already there! It came in at #836, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1883–1885, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Sibyl is popular in 1918
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · girls
- Arkansas#166 · 1 in 722
- Oklahoma#198 · 1 in 1,015
- Mississippi#203 · 1 in 1,015
- Alabama#216 · 1 in 1,217
- Georgia#218 · 1 in 1,373
Best ever in a state: #143 in Arkansas, 1919.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arkansas | #166 | 27 | 1 in 722 |
| Oklahoma | #198 | 23 | 1 in 1,015 |
| Mississippi | #203 | 19 | 1 in 1,015 |
| Alabama | #216 | 22 | 1 in 1,217 |
| Georgia | #218 | 25 | 1 in 1,373 |
| West Virginia | #225 | 12 | 1 in 1,464 |
| Texas | #231 | 46 | 1 in 1,077 |
| Virginia | #231 | 15 | 1 in 1,809 |
| Louisiana | #296 | 11 | 1 in 1,883 |
| Tennessee | #297 | 11 | 1 in 2,337 |
| Missouri | #308 | 12 | 1 in 2,561 |
| Kentucky | #335 | 10 | 1 in 2,703 |
| North Carolina | #353 | 9 | 1 in 3,768 |
| Illinois | #359 | 15 | 1 in 4,133 |
| Iowa | #403 | 5 | 1 in 4,401 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls 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 Sibyl
Momentum · girls
Rising
- 3,536 spots since 2024 (#8,946 → #5,410)
- 1,802 spots since 2020 (#7,212 → #5,410)
- 3,521 spots since 2015 (#8,931 → #5,410)
- Biggest jump: 387 spots in 1892 (#1,093 → #706)
- Biggest drop: 403 spots in 1887 (#633 → #1,036)
Rise & fade · girls
39 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1919 at #375 (299 births)
- Births halved by 1922, 3 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 44 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 44 yrs · run 1892–1929
Share of babies · girls
1 in 3,780
- Highest: 1 in 3,780 girls born in 1919 were named Sibyl (0.03%)
- Latest: 1 in 69,881 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1910s
- 26.0% of all girls named Sibyl (1,159) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 58 | #582 (1881) | #806 |
| 1890s | 174 | #621 (1896) | #775 |
| 1900s | 270 | #559 (1902) | #698 |
| 1910s | 1,159 | #375 (1919) | #635 |
| 1920s | 1,000 | #504 (1920) | #776 |
| 1930s | 394 | #1,081 (1936) | #1,142 |
| 1940s | 332 | #1,035 (1940) | #1,508 |
| 1950s | 350 | #1,439 (1953) | #1,763 |
| 1960s | 268 | #1,882 (1966) | #2,443 |
| 1970s | 157 | #3,015 (1973) | #4,194 |
| 1980s | 80 | #4,517 (1980) | #7,671 |
| 1990s | 24 | #9,491 (1992) | #12,127 |
| 2000s | 6 | #15,152 (2006) | #15,152 |
| 2010s | 98 | #6,401 (2016) | #8,307 |
| 2020s | 94 | #5,410 (2025) | #7,238 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Sibyl in 1918
girls
#380
299 births · 1 in 3,872 girls
Top girls' names in 1918
More about 1918
girls
1,157,631 girls got a published name in 1918; 1 in 3,872 of them was named Sibyl, which outranked 93.2% of the 5,585 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Ranked beside Sibyl
Biggest movers since 1917
Risers
- ↑ 547Jesse#1,507 → #960
- ↑ 494Liberty#1,079 → #585
- ↑ 389Marilynn#1,337 → #948
- ↑ 312Margueritte#1,281 → #969
- ↑ 306Syble#807 → #501
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.