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
- Peak · boys
- 1902 · 50 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 12,034since 1880
Cyril over time
Rank among boys' names. Cyril 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 | — | #3,128 | 38 | |
| 2024 | — | #3,001 | 41 | |
| 2023 | — | #3,293 | 36 | |
| 2022 | — | #2,873 | 44 | |
| 2021 | — | #2,588 | 50 | |
| 2020 | — | #2,886 | 41 | |
| 2019 | — | #2,943 | 41 | |
| 2018 | — | #2,230 | 61 | |
| 2017 | — | #3,781 | 28 | |
| 2016 | — | #2,838 | 42 | |
| 2015 | — | #2,809 | 42 | |
| 2014 | — | #2,661 | 45 | |
| 2013 | — | #2,668 | 44 | |
| 2012 | — | #2,811 | 42 | |
| 2011 | — | #2,852 | 41 | |
| 2010 | — | #2,632 | 46 | |
| 2009 | — | #2,946 | 40 | |
| 2008 | — | #2,583 | 48 | |
| 2007 | — | #2,811 | 42 | |
| 2006 | — | #2,542 | 47 | |
| 2005 | — | #2,528 | 44 | |
| 2004 | — | #2,489 | 44 | |
| 2003 | — | #2,579 | 39 | |
| 2002 | — | #2,428 | 41 | |
| 2001 | — | #2,086 | 50 | |
| 2000 | — | #1,968 | 52 | |
| 1999 | — | #2,199 | 42 | |
| 1998 | — | #2,507 | 34 | |
| 1997 | — | #2,396 | 34 | |
| 1996 | — | #3,021 | 24 | |
| 1995 | — | #1,914 | 44 | |
| 1994 | — | #2,012 | 41 | |
| 1993 | — | #1,662 | 53 | |
| 1992 | — | #1,778 | 47 | |
| 1991 | — | #1,589 | 53 | |
| 1990 | — | #1,662 | 49 | |
| 1989 | — | #1,953 | 37 | |
| 1988 | #11,798 | 5 | #1,768 | 39 |
| 1987 | — | #1,467 | 49 | |
| 1986 | — | #1,662 | 38 | |
| 1985 | — | #1,569 | 41 | |
| 1984 | — | #1,365 | 48 | |
| 1983 | — | #1,490 | 41 | |
| 1982 | — | #1,229 | 57 | |
| 1981 | — | #1,154 | 63 | |
| 1980 | — | #1,619 | 36 | |
| 1979 | — | #1,532 | 38 | |
| 1978 | — | #1,326 | 47 | |
| 1977 | — | #1,367 | 44 | |
| 1976 | — | #1,286 | 47 | |
| 1975 | — | #1,228 | 48 | |
| 1974 | #8,775 | 5 | #1,409 | 37 |
| 1973 | — | #1,163 | 50 | |
| 1972 | — | #1,120 | 53 | |
| 1971 | — | #1,181 | 48 | |
| 1970 | — | #1,103 | 55 | |
| 1969 | — | #1,064 | 53 | |
| 1968 | — | #1,083 | 47 | |
| 1967 | — | #1,043 | 49 | |
| 1966 | — | #968 | 56 | |
| 1965 | — | #957 | 59 | |
| 1964 | — | #1,000 | 57 | |
| 1963 | — | #936 | 64 | |
| 1962 | — | #850 | 79 | |
| 1961 | — | #896 | 73 | |
| 1960 | — | #870 | 76 | |
| 1959 | — | #903 | 72 | |
| 1958 | — | #807 | 86 | |
| 1957 | — | #818 | 85 | |
| 1956 | — | #778 | 91 | |
| 1955 | — | #829 | 78 | |
| 1954 | — | #745 | 92 | |
| 1953 | — | #774 | 84 | |
| 1952 | — | #755 | 87 | |
| 1951 | — | #740 | 88 | |
| 1950 | — | #758 | 82 | |
| 1949 | — | #681 | 101 | |
| 1948 | — | #717 | 87 | |
| 1947 | — | #677 | 104 | |
| 1946 | #4,960 | 5 | #674 | 92 |
| 1945 | — | #640 | 89 | |
| 1944 | #4,574 | 5 | #633 | 94 |
| 1943 | — | #592 | 115 | |
| 1942 | — | #536 | 130 | |
| 1941 | — | #571 | 108 | |
| 1940 | — | #532 | 121 | |
| 1939 | — | #552 | 108 | |
| 1938 | — | #622 | 91 | |
| 1937 | #4,255 | 5 | #532 | 118 |
| 1936 | — | #494 | 132 | |
| 1935 | — | #505 | 129 | |
| 1934 | — | #460 | 149 | |
| 1933 | — | #449 | 151 | |
| 1932 | — | #448 | 158 | |
| 1931 | — | #428 | 176 | |
| 1930 | #4,550 | 5 | #398 | 211 |
| 1929 | — | #420 | 197 | |
| 1928 | — | #384 | 234 | |
| 1927 | — | #359 | 265 | |
| 1926 | #4,851 | 5 | #359 | 264 |
| 1925 | #4,028 | 7 | #363 | 267 |
| 1924 | #4,002 | 7 | #353 | 282 |
| 1923 | — | #367 | 260 | |
| 1922 | #5,009 | 5 | #339 | 299 |
| 1921 | — | #323 | 328 | |
| 1920 | #4,975 | 5 | #355 | 277 |
| 1919 | #3,817 | 7 | #319 | 304 |
| 1918 | #3,512 | 8 | #322 | 312 |
| 1917 | #4,083 | 6 | #302 | 307 |
| 1916 | #2,833 | 10 | #283 | 328 |
| 1915 | — | #309 | 273 | |
| 1914 | — | #293 | 232 | |
| 1913 | #2,540 | 7 | #302 | 172 |
| 1912 | — | #296 | 146 | |
| 1911 | — | #312 | 75 | |
| 1910 | — | #318 | 60 | |
| 1909 | — | #334 | 48 | |
| 1908 | — | #335 | 45 | |
| 1907 | — | #313 | 46 | |
| 1906 | — | #304 | 45 | |
| 1905 | — | #322 | 38 | |
| 1904 | — | #312 | 40 | |
| 1903 | — | #292 | 42 | |
| 1902 | — | #261 | 50 | |
| 1901 | — | #302 | 34 | |
| 1900 | — | #337 | 41 | |
| 1899 | — | #276 | 39 | |
| 1898 | — | #377 | 27 | |
| 1897 | — | #306 | 36 | |
| 1896 | — | #306 | 37 | |
| 1895 | — | #426 | 21 | |
| 1894 | — | #336 | 28 | |
| 1893 | — | #330 | 28 | |
| 1892 | — | #335 | 31 | |
| 1891 | — | #597 | 10 | |
| 1890 | — | #458 | 16 | |
| 1889 | — | #549 | 12 | |
| 1888 | — | #648 | 10 | |
| 1887 | — | #544 | 11 | |
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | #547 | 12 | |
| 1884 | — | #971 | 5 | |
| 1883 | — | #720 | 7 | |
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | #909 | 5 | |
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
- 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)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1902 at #261 (50 births)
- Births halved by 1996, 94 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 84 yrs · run 1887–1966
- 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%)
- 22.2% of all boys named Cyril (2,673) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 62 | #544 (1887) | #698 |
| 1890s | 273 | #276 (1899) | #375 |
| 1900s | 429 | #261 (1902) | #311 |
| 1910s | 2,209 | #283 (1916) | #306 |
| 1920s | 2,673 | #323 (1921) | #362 |
| 1930s | 1,423 | #398 (1930) | #489 |
| 1940s | 1,041 | #532 (1940) | #625 |
| 1950s | 845 | #740 (1951) | #791 |
| 1960s | 613 | #850 (1962) | #967 |
| 1970s | 467 | #1,103 (1970) | #1,272 |
| 1980s | 449 | #1,154 (1981) | #1,528 |
| 1990s | 421 | #1,589 (1991) | #2,074 |
| 2000s | 447 | #1,968 (2000) | #2,496 |
| 2010s | 432 | #2,230 (2018) | #2,823 |
| 2020s | 250 | #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 1946
Top girls' names in 1946
Top boys' names in 1946
More about 1946
girls
1,571,305 girls got a published name in 1946; 1 in 314,261 of them was named Cyril, which outranked 12.8% of the 5,686 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Tied with 726 names at #4,960; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,624,023 boys got a published name in 1946; 1 in 17,652 of them was named Cyril, which outranked 83.2% of the 4,018 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 34.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.