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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201930peak #261, 1902boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
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.

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 1930

girls
#4,550
5 births · 1 in 225,185 girls
boys
#398
211 births · 1 in 5,201 boys

Top girls' names in 1930

  1. #1Mary64,153
  2. #2Betty38,240
  3. #3Dorothy30,411
  4. #4Helen19,913
  5. #5Margaret18,350
  6. #6Barbara18,279
  7. #7Patricia15,751
  8. #8Joan15,478
  9. #9Doris15,464
  10. #10Ruth14,942
  11. #4,550Cyril5

Top boys' names in 1930

  1. #1Robert62,153
  2. #2James53,957
  3. #3John52,447
  4. #4William47,271
  5. #5Richard32,187
  6. #6Charles31,867
  7. #7Donald29,052
  8. #8George22,788
  9. #9Joseph20,981
  10. #10Edward17,352
  11. #398Cyril211
More about 1930

girls

1,125,927 girls got a published name in 1930; 1 in 225,185 of them was named Cyril, which outranked 13.3% of the 5,247 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Cyril
  1. #4,047Zannie6
  2. #4,047Zelta6
  3. #4,047Zephyr6
  4. #4,550Cyril5
  5. #4,550Adalene5
  6. #4,550Adean5
  7. #4,550Adelfa5

Tied with 697 names at #4,550; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1929
Risers
  1. 701Claudette#1,642#941
  2. 583Ardeth#1,212#629
  3. 445Julianne#1,339#894
  4. 376Sonja#1,223#847
  5. 374Armida#1,174#800
Fallers
  1. 348Ingrid#941#1,289
  2. 315Coralie#895#1,210
  3. 229Elenor#981#1,210
  4. 229Mammie#981#1,210
  5. 226Sibyl#902#1,128

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

boys

1,097,378 boys got a published name in 1930; 1 in 5,201 of them was named Cyril, which outranked 91.2% of the 4,542 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Cyril
  1. #395Earle212
  2. #395Wiley212
  3. #395Woodrow212
  4. #398Cyril211
  5. #398Lorenzo211
  6. #400Wilford210
  7. #401Pablo209
  8. #402Alva208

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

Biggest movers since 1929
Risers
  1. 3,094Derl#3,959#865
  2. 420Clive#1,378#958
  3. 380Farris#1,272#892
  4. 368Earlie#1,296#928
  5. 357Winton#1,272#915
Fallers
  1. 486Americo#729#1,215
  2. 433Enrico#995#1,428
  3. 371Eliseo#844#1,215
  4. 312Meyer#878#1,190
  5. 304Hilbert#869#1,173

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

See the top 100 for 1930