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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201928peak #261, 1902boys
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.

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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 1928

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Cyril, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Cyril, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Cyril, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Cyril, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Cyril, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Cyril, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Cyril, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: #186 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 1,255 boysNDMinnesota: #145 for boys · 23 births · 1 in 891 boysMNIllinois: #314 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 4,803 boysILWisconsin: #184 for boys · 15 births · 1 in 1,651 boysWIMichigan: #311 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 4,643 boysMINew York: #288 for boys · 22 births · 1 in 4,448 boysNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Cyril, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Cyril, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Cyril, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Cyril, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Cyril, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Cyril, so not publishedSDIowa: #307 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 3,896 boysIAIndiana: #271 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 3,651 boysINOhio: #279 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 4,044 boysOHPennsylvania: #186 for boys · 38 births · 1 in 2,211 boysPANew Jersey: #274 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 4,901 boysNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Cyril, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #330 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 3,410 boysCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Cyril, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Cyril, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Cyril, so not publishedNEMissouri: #394 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 5,576 boysMOKentucky: #442 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 5,138 boysKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Cyril, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Cyril, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Cyril, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Cyril, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Cyril, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Cyril, so not publishedNMKansas: #290 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 2,965 boysKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Cyril, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Cyril, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Cyril, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Cyril, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Cyril, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Cyril, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Cyril, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Cyril, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Cyril, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Cyril, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Cyril, so not publishedHITexas: #600 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 6,448 boysTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Cyril, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Minnesota#145 · 1 in 891
  2. Wisconsin#184 · 1 in 1,651
  3. North Dakota#186 · 1 in 1,255
  4. Pennsylvania#186 · 1 in 2,211
  5. Indiana#271 · 1 in 3,651

Best ever in a state: #85 in Iowa, 1910.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Minnesota#145231 in 891
Wisconsin#184151 in 1,651
North Dakota#18651 in 1,255
Pennsylvania#186381 in 2,211
Indiana#27171 in 3,651
New Jersey#27461 in 4,901
Ohio#279131 in 4,044
New York#288221 in 4,448
Kansas#29051 in 2,965
Iowa#30751 in 3,896
Michigan#31191 in 4,643
Illinois#314121 in 4,803
California#330111 in 3,410
Missouri#39451 in 5,576
Kentucky#44251 in 5,138
Texas#60091 in 6,448
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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 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 1928

boys
#384
234 births · 1 in 4,733 boys

Top boys' names in 1928

  1. #1Robert60,701
  2. #2John53,760
  3. #3James52,752
  4. #4William49,118
  5. #5Charles31,243
  6. #6Richard28,793
  7. #7Donald25,704
  8. #8George24,391
  9. #9Joseph22,322
  10. #10Edward18,492
  11. #384Cyril234
More about 1928

boys

1,107,613 boys got a published name in 1928; 1 in 4,733 of them was named Cyril, which outranked 91.9% of the 4,723 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Cyril
  1. #379Clark240
  2. #382Claud238
  3. #383Elmo235
  4. #384Cyril234
  5. #384Norris234
  6. #384Vito234
  7. #387Lamar233
  8. #388Stewart232
  9. #389Guadalupe231

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1927
Risers
  1. 1,009Fidencio#1,959#950
  2. 766Hoover#1,128#362
  3. 700Reyes#1,692#992
  4. 441Arlen#1,227#786
  5. 392Arland#1,372#980
Fallers
  1. 2,975Shoji#722#3,697
  2. 529Alvan#951#1,480
  3. 418Watson#964#1,382
  4. 412Judge#911#1,323
  5. 363Donato#990#1,353

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

See the top 100 for 1928