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
Showing
- 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
boys
Rank among boys' names. Cyril has never cracked the top 200 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 | 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 | |
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
| 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 1966
boys
#968
56 births · 1 in 31,848 boys
Top boys' names in 1966
More about 1966
boys
1,783,461 boys got a published name in 1966; 1 in 31,848 of them was named Cyril, which outranked 78.7% of the 4,540 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 28.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).