Sybil
#1,423 for girls in 2025, 152 births · Last seen for boys in 1924 at #4,347
Given to girls >99.9% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1919 · 515 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 20,360since 1881
Sybil over time
Rank among girls' names. Sybil has never cracked the top 200 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 | #1,423 | 152 | — | |
| 2024 | #1,559 | 136 | — | |
| 2023 | #1,446 | 154 | — | |
| 2022 | #1,497 | 145 | — | |
| 2021 | #1,680 | 123 | — | |
| 2020 | #1,893 | 101 | — | |
| 2019 | #1,687 | 124 | — | |
| 2018 | #1,852 | 109 | — | |
| 2017 | #1,842 | 111 | — | |
| 2016 | #1,897 | 106 | — | |
| 2015 | #2,113 | 91 | — | |
| 2014 | #2,194 | 86 | — | |
| 2013 | #2,626 | 67 | — | |
| 2012 | #7,456 | 16 | — | |
| 2011 | #8,614 | 13 | — | |
| 2010 | #9,231 | 12 | — | |
| 2009 | #9,379 | 12 | — | |
| 2008 | #7,073 | 18 | — | |
| 2007 | #8,098 | 15 | — | |
| 2006 | #6,592 | 19 | — | |
| 2005 | #5,999 | 20 | — | |
| 2004 | #7,391 | 15 | — | |
| 2003 | #10,425 | 9 | — | |
| 2002 | #11,108 | 8 | — | |
| 2001 | #6,067 | 18 | — | |
| 2000 | #6,487 | 16 | — | |
| 1999 | #9,479 | 9 | — | |
| 1998 | #7,104 | 13 | — | |
| 1997 | #6,163 | 15 | — | |
| 1996 | #7,574 | 11 | — | |
| 1995 | #4,846 | 20 | — | |
| 1994 | #4,238 | 24 | — | |
| 1993 | #5,206 | 18 | — | |
| 1992 | #3,680 | 29 | — | |
| 1991 | #3,936 | 26 | — | |
| 1990 | #3,297 | 33 | — | |
| 1989 | #3,330 | 31 | — | |
| 1988 | #3,039 | 33 | — | |
| 1987 | #2,531 | 40 | — | |
| 1986 | #2,025 | 53 | — | |
| 1985 | #2,860 | 32 | — | |
| 1984 | #2,421 | 39 | — | |
| 1983 | #2,659 | 33 | — | |
| 1982 | #2,150 | 47 | — | |
| 1981 | #1,641 | 70 | — | |
| 1980 | #1,351 | 93 | — | |
| 1979 | #1,349 | 91 | — | |
| 1978 | #1,707 | 61 | — | |
| 1977 | #1,303 | 89 | — | |
| 1976 | #1,134 | 104 | — | |
| 1975 | #1,012 | 119 | — | |
| 1974 | #1,023 | 117 | — | |
| 1973 | #1,098 | 103 | — | |
| 1972 | #1,212 | 88 | — | |
| 1971 | #1,305 | 83 | — | |
| 1970 | #1,369 | 76 | — | |
| 1969 | #1,259 | 79 | — | |
| 1968 | #1,133 | 89 | — | |
| 1967 | #1,011 | 103 | — | |
| 1966 | #830 | 144 | — | |
| 1965 | #798 | 153 | — | |
| 1964 | #866 | 143 | — | |
| 1963 | #703 | 210 | — | |
| 1962 | #772 | 181 | — | |
| 1961 | #952 | 129 | — | |
| 1960 | #804 | 165 | — | |
| 1959 | #843 | 146 | — | |
| 1958 | #732 | 182 | — | |
| 1957 | #767 | 169 | — | |
| 1956 | #749 | 168 | — | |
| 1955 | #707 | 178 | — | |
| 1954 | #663 | 194 | — | |
| 1953 | #622 | 203 | — | |
| 1952 | #594 | 215 | — | |
| 1951 | #571 | 224 | — | |
| 1950 | #581 | 208 | — | |
| 1949 | #574 | 214 | — | |
| 1948 | #560 | 220 | — | |
| 1947 | #531 | 249 | — | |
| 1946 | #471 | 277 | — | |
| 1945 | #460 | 241 | — | |
| 1944 | #454 | 256 | — | |
| 1943 | #435 | 287 | — | |
| 1942 | #423 | 292 | — | |
| 1941 | #394 | 305 | — | |
| 1940 | #332 | 368 | — | |
| 1939 | #327 | 366 | — | |
| 1938 | #336 | 357 | — | |
| 1937 | #358 | 322 | — | |
| 1936 | #317 | 370 | — | |
| 1935 | #373 | 287 | — | |
| 1934 | #394 | 271 | — | |
| 1933 | #382 | 286 | — | |
| 1932 | #398 | 268 | — | |
| 1931 | #395 | 274 | — | |
| 1930 | #383 | 318 | — | |
| 1929 | #358 | 338 | — | |
| 1928 | #326 | 419 | — | |
| 1927 | #320 | 436 | — | |
| 1926 | #342 | 381 | — | |
| 1925 | #319 | 442 | — | |
| 1924 | #305 | 479 | #4,347 | 5 |
| 1923 | #303 | 455 | — | |
| 1922 | #297 | 463 | — | |
| 1921 | #285 | 541 | — | |
| 1920 | #296 | 483 | — | |
| 1919 | #282 | 515 | — | |
| 1918 | #299 | 460 | — | |
| 1917 | #373 | 288 | — | |
| 1916 | #362 | 287 | — | |
| 1915 | #365 | 269 | — | |
| 1914 | #370 | 206 | — | |
| 1913 | #374 | 165 | — | |
| 1912 | #436 | 117 | — | |
| 1911 | #409 | 96 | — | |
| 1910 | #381 | 106 | — | |
| 1909 | #407 | 81 | — | |
| 1908 | #413 | 76 | — | |
| 1907 | #481 | 55 | — | |
| 1906 | #368 | 84 | — | |
| 1905 | #433 | 60 | — | |
| 1904 | #424 | 58 | — | |
| 1903 | #432 | 54 | — | |
| 1902 | #412 | 56 | — | |
| 1901 | #414 | 52 | — | |
| 1900 | #422 | 64 | — | |
| 1899 | #408 | 51 | — | |
| 1898 | #491 | 39 | — | |
| 1897 | #470 | 37 | — | |
| 1896 | #538 | 31 | — | |
| 1895 | #547 | 29 | — | |
| 1894 | #628 | 22 | — | |
| 1893 | #687 | 18 | — | |
| 1892 | #685 | 18 | — | |
| 1891 | #514 | 25 | — | |
| 1890 | #872 | 10 | — | |
| 1889 | #687 | 14 | — | |
| 1888 | #636 | 16 | — | |
| 1887 | #788 | 9 | — | |
| 1886 | #778 | 9 | — | |
| 1885 | #695 | 10 | — | |
| 1884 | #851 | 7 | — | |
| 1883 | #920 | 5 | — | |
| 1882 | #560 | 11 | — | |
| 1881 | #740 | 6 | — | |
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five girls were named Sybil! It came in at #740, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1883–1884, when fewer than 8 girls a year got the name.
Where Sybil is popular in 1938
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- South Carolina#150 · 1 in 621
- Georgia#167 · 1 in 752
- North Carolina#173 · 1 in 924
- Alabama#203 · 1 in 1,011
- Louisiana#217 · 1 in 1,010
Best ever in a state: #108 in South Carolina, 1936.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Carolina | #150 | 33 | 1 in 621 |
| Georgia | #167 | 41 | 1 in 752 |
| North Carolina | #173 | 40 | 1 in 924 |
| Alabama | #203 | 29 | 1 in 1,011 |
| Louisiana | #217 | 22 | 1 in 1,010 |
| Mississippi | #241 | 16 | 1 in 1,410 |
| Florida | #252 | 10 | 1 in 1,357 |
| Arkansas | #271 | 12 | 1 in 1,559 |
| New York | #309 | 26 | 1 in 3,291 |
| Wisconsin | #310 | 6 | 1 in 3,979 |
| Kentucky | #373 | 8 | 1 in 3,528 |
| Tennessee | #376 | 7 | 1 in 3,875 |
| Michigan | #388 | 8 | 1 in 5,285 |
| Texas | #411 | 20 | 1 in 2,885 |
| Illinois | #436 | 10 | 1 in 5,521 |
| Oklahoma | #449 | 5 | 1 in 4,066 |
| California | #486 | 8 | 1 in 5,565 |
| Ohio | #545 | 5 | 1 in 10,215 |
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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 Sybil
- 136 spots since 2024 (#1,559 → #1,423)
- 470 spots since 2020 (#1,893 → #1,423)
- 690 spots since 2015 (#2,113 → #1,423)
- Biggest jump: 358 spots in 1891 (#872 → #514)
- Biggest drop: 360 spots in 1883 (#560 → #920)
- Debuted 1881
- Peaked 1919 at #282 (515 births)
- Births halved by 1944, 25 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 86 yrs · run 1881–1966
- Highest: 1 in 2,194 girls born in 1919 were named Sybil (0.05%)
- Latest: 1 in 10,574 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
- 21.8% of all girls named Sybil (4,437) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 87 | #560 (1882) | #739 |
| 1890s | 280 | #408 (1899) | #584 |
| 1900s | 640 | #368 (1906) | #421 |
| 1910s | 2,509 | #282 (1919) | #365 |
| 1920s | 4,437 | #285 (1921) | #315 |
| 1930s | 3,119 | #317 (1936) | #366 |
| 1940s | 2,709 | #332 (1940) | #463 |
| 1950s | 1,887 | #571 (1951) | #683 |
| 1960s | 1,396 | #703 (1963) | #913 |
| 1970s | 931 | #1,012 (1975) | #1,251 |
| 1980s | 471 | #1,351 (1980) | #2,401 |
| 1990s | 198 | #3,297 (1990) | #5,552 |
| 2000s | 150 | #5,999 (2005) | #7,862 |
| 2010s | 735 | #1,687 (2019) | #3,951 |
| 2020s | 811 | #1,423 (2025) | #1,583 |
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.
Sybil in 1938
Top girls' names in 1938
More about 1938
girls
1,103,456 girls got a published name in 1938; 1 in 3,091 of them was named Sybil, which outranked 93.3% of the 4,995 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.