Cyrus
#8,362 for girls in 2025, 12 births · #268 for boys in 2025, 1,284 births
Given to boys 99.7% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1880 · 54 births
- Debut · boys
- 54 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 29,208since 1880
Cyrus over time
Rank among boys' names. Cyrus 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 | #8,362 | 12 | #268 | 1,284 |
| 2024 | #8,946 | 11 | #253 | 1,389 |
| 2023 | #10,312 | 9 | #296 | 1,124 |
| 2022 | #9,680 | 10 | #323 | 1,045 |
| 2021 | #9,562 | 10 | #349 | 933 |
| 2020 | #9,546 | 10 | #369 | 843 |
| 2019 | — | #409 | 756 | |
| 2018 | #13,793 | 6 | #389 | 817 |
| 2017 | #15,902 | 5 | #422 | 734 |
| 2016 | — | #426 | 732 | |
| 2015 | — | #469 | 638 | |
| 2014 | #16,513 | 5 | #459 | 640 |
| 2013 | — | #436 | 663 | |
| 2012 | — | #468 | 583 | |
| 2011 | — | #513 | 505 | |
| 2010 | — | #486 | 535 | |
| 2009 | — | #521 | 519 | |
| 2008 | — | #505 | 539 | |
| 2007 | — | #464 | 587 | |
| 2006 | — | #515 | 502 | |
| 2005 | — | #488 | 509 | |
| 2004 | — | #515 | 473 | |
| 2003 | — | #485 | 510 | |
| 2002 | — | #471 | 506 | |
| 2001 | — | #521 | 428 | |
| 2000 | — | #541 | 397 | |
| 1999 | — | #552 | 363 | |
| 1998 | — | #553 | 357 | |
| 1997 | — | #624 | 276 | |
| 1996 | — | #732 | 209 | |
| 1995 | — | #805 | 177 | |
| 1994 | — | #764 | 190 | |
| 1993 | — | #719 | 207 | |
| 1992 | — | #731 | 200 | |
| 1991 | — | #805 | 164 | |
| 1990 | — | #828 | 152 | |
| 1989 | — | #792 | 157 | |
| 1988 | — | #734 | 166 | |
| 1987 | — | #746 | 151 | |
| 1986 | — | #780 | 135 | |
| 1985 | — | #768 | 133 | |
| 1984 | — | #683 | 161 | |
| 1983 | — | #700 | 149 | |
| 1982 | — | #723 | 143 | |
| 1981 | — | #650 | 172 | |
| 1980 | — | #684 | 160 | |
| 1979 | — | #770 | 126 | |
| 1978 | — | #729 | 133 | |
| 1977 | — | #732 | 136 | |
| 1976 | — | #946 | 77 | |
| 1975 | — | #861 | 93 | |
| 1974 | — | #841 | 91 | |
| 1973 | — | #852 | 86 | |
| 1972 | — | #873 | 85 | |
| 1971 | — | #893 | 83 | |
| 1970 | — | #809 | 100 | |
| 1969 | — | #885 | 74 | |
| 1968 | — | #756 | 96 | |
| 1967 | — | #856 | 70 | |
| 1966 | — | #916 | 63 | |
| 1965 | — | #789 | 88 | |
| 1964 | — | #936 | 66 | |
| 1963 | — | #855 | 77 | |
| 1962 | — | #808 | 88 | |
| 1961 | — | #803 | 90 | |
| 1960 | — | #867 | 77 | |
| 1959 | — | #875 | 76 | |
| 1958 | — | #777 | 92 | |
| 1957 | — | #823 | 84 | |
| 1956 | — | #785 | 89 | |
| 1955 | — | #739 | 97 | |
| 1954 | — | #819 | 78 | |
| 1953 | — | #848 | 72 | |
| 1952 | — | #801 | 77 | |
| 1951 | — | #749 | 86 | |
| 1950 | — | #767 | 80 | |
| 1949 | — | #698 | 96 | |
| 1948 | — | #713 | 88 | |
| 1947 | — | #788 | 76 | |
| 1946 | — | #773 | 74 | |
| 1945 | — | #899 | 50 | |
| 1944 | — | #679 | 83 | |
| 1943 | — | #787 | 69 | |
| 1942 | — | #777 | 69 | |
| 1941 | — | #694 | 78 | |
| 1940 | — | #718 | 72 | |
| 1939 | — | #811 | 56 | |
| 1938 | — | #700 | 75 | |
| 1937 | — | #682 | 77 | |
| 1936 | — | #653 | 80 | |
| 1935 | — | #658 | 82 | |
| 1934 | — | #642 | 87 | |
| 1933 | — | #657 | 79 | |
| 1932 | — | #708 | 76 | |
| 1931 | — | #631 | 88 | |
| 1930 | — | #632 | 94 | |
| 1929 | — | #721 | 75 | |
| 1928 | — | #713 | 79 | |
| 1927 | — | #610 | 104 | |
| 1926 | — | #538 | 129 | |
| 1925 | — | #596 | 111 | |
| 1924 | — | #608 | 110 | |
| 1923 | — | #606 | 110 | |
| 1922 | — | #530 | 139 | |
| 1921 | — | #553 | 128 | |
| 1920 | — | #576 | 117 | |
| 1919 | — | #597 | 102 | |
| 1918 | — | #504 | 140 | |
| 1917 | — | #492 | 136 | |
| 1916 | — | #507 | 124 | |
| 1915 | — | #497 | 124 | |
| 1914 | — | #528 | 87 | |
| 1913 | — | #462 | 86 | |
| 1912 | — | #439 | 79 | |
| 1911 | — | #562 | 29 | |
| 1910 | — | #546 | 27 | |
| 1909 | — | #545 | 23 | |
| 1908 | — | #522 | 23 | |
| 1907 | — | #540 | 20 | |
| 1906 | — | #363 | 33 | |
| 1905 | — | #430 | 25 | |
| 1904 | — | #452 | 22 | |
| 1903 | — | #430 | 22 | |
| 1902 | — | #440 | 22 | |
| 1901 | — | #359 | 26 | |
| 1900 | — | #365 | 36 | |
| 1899 | — | #376 | 24 | |
| 1898 | — | #394 | 25 | |
| 1897 | — | #331 | 31 | |
| 1896 | — | #417 | 22 | |
| 1895 | — | #383 | 25 | |
| 1894 | — | #349 | 27 | |
| 1893 | — | #300 | 33 | |
| 1892 | — | #261 | 47 | |
| 1891 | — | #364 | 22 | |
| 1890 | — | #312 | 31 | |
| 1889 | — | #284 | 35 | |
| 1888 | — | #262 | 45 | |
| 1887 | — | #261 | 38 | |
| 1886 | — | #220 | 59 | |
| 1885 | — | #263 | 40 | |
| 1884 | — | #284 | 37 | |
| 1883 | — | #229 | 47 | |
| 1882 | — | #248 | 46 | |
| 1881 | — | #244 | 40 | |
| 1880 | — | #216 | 54 | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Cyrus was already there! It came in at #216, and was given to 54 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1907–1911, when fewer than 30 boys a year got the name.
See more about Cyrus
- 15 spots since 2024 (#253 → #268)
- 101 spots since 2020 (#369 → #268)
- 201 spots since 2015 (#469 → #268)
- Biggest jump: 214 spots in 1977 (#946 → #732)
- Biggest drop: 220 spots in 1945 (#679 → #899)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1880 at #216 (54 births)
- Births halved by 1891, 11 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
- Highest: 1 in 1,240 boys born in 2024 were named Cyrus (0.08%)
- Latest: 1 in 1,330 boys born in 2025 (0.08%)
- Its best rank, #216 in 1880, was only 1 in 2,046 (0.05%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 22.7% of all boys named Cyrus (6,618) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 441 | #216 (1880) | #251 |
| 1890s | 287 | #261 (1892) | #349 |
| 1900s | 252 | #359 (1901) | #445 |
| 1910s | 934 | #439 (1912) | #513 |
| 1920s | 1,102 | #530 (1922) | #605 |
| 1930s | 794 | #631 (1931) | #677 |
| 1940s | 755 | #679 (1944) | #753 |
| 1950s | 831 | #739 (1955) | #798 |
| 1960s | 789 | #756 (1968) | #847 |
| 1970s | 1,010 | #729 (1978) | #831 |
| 1980s | 1,527 | #650 (1981) | #726 |
| 1990s | 2,295 | #552 (1999) | #711 |
| 2000s | 4,970 | #464 (2007) | #503 |
| 2010s | 6,603 | #389 (2018) | #448 |
| 2020s | 6,618 | #253 (2024) | #310 |
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.
Cyrus in 2023
Top girls' names in 2023
Top boys' names in 2023
More about 2023
girls
1,604,582 girls got a published name in 2023; 1 in 178,287 of them was named Cyrus, which outranked 41.5% of the 17,615 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #9,616Zuhal10
- #9,616Zuleymi10
- #9,616Zuzanna10
- #10,312Cyrus9
- #10,312Aadvika9
- #10,312Aakifah9
- #10,312Aava9
- #11,169Aaditri8
- #11,169Aadriti8
- #11,169Aaila8
Tied with 856 names at #10,312; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,710,576 boys got a published name in 2023; 1 in 1,522 of them was named Cyrus, which outranked 97.9% of the 14,215 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.