Sybil

#1,423 for girls in 2025, 152 births · Last seen for boys in 1924 at #4,347
Given to girls >99.9% of the time

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Peak · girls
1919 · 515 births
Debut · girls
6 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
20,360
since 1881

Sybil over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Sybil has never cracked the top 200 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201924peak #282, 1919girls
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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#1,423152
2024#1,559136
2023#1,446154
2022#1,497145
2021#1,680123
2020#1,893101
2019#1,687124
2018#1,852109
2017#1,842111
2016#1,897106
2015#2,11391
2014#2,19486
2013#2,62667
2012#7,45616
2011#8,61413
2010#9,23112
2009#9,37912
2008#7,07318
2007#8,09815
2006#6,59219
2005#5,99920
2004#7,39115
2003#10,4259
2002#11,1088
2001#6,06718
2000#6,48716
1999#9,4799
1998#7,10413
1997#6,16315
1996#7,57411
1995#4,84620
1994#4,23824
1993#5,20618
1992#3,68029
1991#3,93626
1990#3,29733
1989#3,33031
1988#3,03933
1987#2,53140
1986#2,02553
1985#2,86032
1984#2,42139
1983#2,65933
1982#2,15047
1981#1,64170
1980#1,35193
1979#1,34991
1978#1,70761
1977#1,30389
1976#1,134104
1975#1,012119
1974#1,023117
1973#1,098103
1972#1,21288
1971#1,30583
1970#1,36976
1969#1,25979
1968#1,13389
1967#1,011103
1966#830144
1965#798153
1964#866143
1963#703210
1962#772181
1961#952129
1960#804165
1959#843146
1958#732182
1957#767169
1956#749168
1955#707178
1954#663194
1953#622203
1952#594215
1951#571224
1950#581208
1949#574214
1948#560220
1947#531249
1946#471277
1945#460241
1944#454256
1943#435287
1942#423292
1941#394305
1940#332368
1939#327366
1938#336357
1937#358322
1936#317370
1935#373287
1934#394271
1933#382286
1932#398268
1931#395274
1930#383318
1929#358338
1928#326419
1927#320436
1926#342381
1925#319442
1924#305479#4,3475
1923#303455
1922#297463
1921#285541
1920#296483
1919#282515
1918#299460
1917#373288
1916#362287
1915#365269
1914#370206
1913#374165
1912#436117
1911#40996
1910#381106
1909#40781
1908#41376
1907#48155
1906#36884
1905#43360
1904#42458
1903#43254
1902#41256
1901#41452
1900#42264
1899#40851
1898#49139
1897#47037
1896#53831
1895#54729
1894#62822
1893#68718
1892#68518
1891#51425
1890#87210
1889#68714
1888#63616
1887#7889
1886#7789
1885#69510
1884#8517
1883#9205
1882#56011
1881#7406
1880
First appearance
1881

The first year at least five girls were named Sybil! It came in at #740, and was given to 6 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1883–1884, when fewer than 8 girls a year got the name.

Where Sybil is popular in 1924

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Sybil, so not publishedAKMaine: #191 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 1,034 girlsMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Sybil, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Sybil, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Sybil, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Sybil, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Sybil, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Sybil, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Sybil, so not publishedMNIllinois: #324 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 3,456 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Sybil, so not publishedWIMichigan: #364 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 4,538 girlsMINew York: #313 for girls · 28 births · 1 in 3,622 girlsNYMassachusetts: #360 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 6,248 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Sybil, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Sybil, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Sybil, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Sybil, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Sybil, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Sybil, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Sybil, so not publishedINOhio: #529 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 9,644 girlsOHPennsylvania: #583 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 14,204 girlsPANew Jersey: #317 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 4,570 girlsNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Sybil, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #388 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 3,445 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Sybil, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Sybil, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Sybil, so not publishedNEMissouri: #425 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 4,593 girlsMOKentucky: #382 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 3,524 girlsKYWest Virginia: #201 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 1,135 girlsWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Sybil, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Sybil, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Sybil, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Sybil, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Sybil, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Sybil, so not publishedKSArkansas: #180 for girls · 26 births · 1 in 833 girlsARTennessee: #361 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 3,320 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #219 for girls · 29 births · 1 in 1,427 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #206 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 1,373 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Sybil, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #180 for girls · 30 births · 1 in 855 girlsOKLouisiana: #131 for girls · 43 births · 1 in 566 girlsLAMississippi: #223 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 1,201 girlsMSAlabama: #197 for girls · 28 births · 1 in 1,162 girlsALGeorgia: #214 for girls · 23 births · 1 in 1,492 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Sybil, so not publishedHITexas: #214 for girls · 60 births · 1 in 1,040 girlsTXFlorida: #233 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 1,212 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Louisiana#131 · 1 in 566
  2. Arkansas#180 · 1 in 833
  3. Oklahoma#180 · 1 in 855
  4. Maine#191 · 1 in 1,034
  5. Alabama#197 · 1 in 1,162

Best ever in a state: #108 in South Carolina, 1936.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Louisiana#131431 in 566
Arkansas#180261 in 833
Oklahoma#180301 in 855
Maine#19171 in 1,034
Alabama#197281 in 1,162
West Virginia#201191 in 1,135
South Carolina#206181 in 1,373
Georgia#214231 in 1,492
Texas#214601 in 1,040
North Carolina#219291 in 1,427
Mississippi#223191 in 1,201
Florida#233111 in 1,212
New York#313281 in 3,622
New Jersey#31771 in 4,570
Illinois#324181 in 3,456
Massachusetts#36061 in 6,248
Tennessee#36191 in 3,320
Michigan#36491 in 4,538
Kentucky#38291 in 3,524
California#388111 in 3,445
Missouri#42571 in 4,593
Ohio#52961 in 9,644
Pennsylvania#58371 in 14,204
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Wyoming

Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls 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 Sybil
Momentum · girls
Rising
  • 136 spots since 2024 (#1,559#1,423)
  • 470 spots since 2020 (#1,893#1,423)
  • 690 spots since 2015 (#2,113#1,423)
  • Biggest jump: 358 spots in 1891 (#872#514)
  • Biggest drop: 360 spots in 1883 (#560#920)
Rise & fade · girls
38 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1881
  • Peaked 1919 at #282 (515 births)
  • Births halved by 1944, 25 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 86 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 86 yrs · run 1881–1966
Share of babies · girls
1 in 2,194
  • Highest: 1 in 2,194 girls born in 1919 were named Sybil (0.05%)
  • Latest: 1 in 10,574 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 21.8% of all girls named Sybil (4,437) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s87#560 (1882)#739
1890s280#408 (1899)#584
1900s640#368 (1906)#421
1910s2,509#282 (1919)#365
1920s4,437#285 (1921)#315
1930s3,119#317 (1936)#366
1940s2,709#332 (1940)#463
1950s1,887#571 (1951)#683
1960s1,396#703 (1963)#913
1970s931#1,012 (1975)#1,251
1980s471#1,351 (1980)#2,401
1990s198#3,297 (1990)#5,552
2000s150#5,999 (2005)#7,862
2010s735#1,687 (2019)#3,951
2020s811#1,423 (2025)#1,583

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Sybil in 1924

girls
#305
479 births · 1 in 2,607 girls
boys
#4,347
5 births · 1 in 226,548 boys

Top girls' names in 1924

  1. #1Mary73,534
  2. #2Dorothy39,996
  3. #3Helen31,194
  4. #4Betty30,600
  5. #5Margaret26,547
  6. #6Ruth23,601
  7. #7Virginia18,620
  8. #8Mildred15,853
  9. #9Doris15,786
  10. #10Frances15,183
  11. #305Sybil479

Top boys' names in 1924

  1. #1Robert60,802
  2. #2John59,052
  3. #3William53,506
  4. #4James52,942
  5. #5Charles30,460
  6. #6George27,373
  7. #7Joseph25,421
  8. #8Richard21,244
  9. #9Edward21,126
  10. #10Donald17,929
  11. #4,347Sybil5
More about 1924

girls

1,248,872 girls got a published name in 1924; 1 in 2,607 of them was named Sybil, which outranked 94.8% of the 5,900 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Sybil
  1. #301Myra492
  2. #303Lee488
  3. #304Maude485
  4. #305Sybil479
  5. #306Joanne475
  6. #307Willa471
  7. #308Concetta469
Biggest movers since 1923
Risers
  1. 459Bettylou#1,327#868
  2. 374Doloris#1,350#976
  3. 332Gaynell#1,283#951
  4. 313Toby#1,305#992
  5. 262Letty#1,213#951
Fallers
  1. 388Izola#966#1,354
  2. 305Fumiko#953#1,258
  3. 303Clemmie#941#1,244
  4. 276Cruz#793#1,069
  5. 271Eris#457#728

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

boys

1,132,742 boys got a published name in 1924; 1 in 226,548 of them was named Sybil, which outranked 12.5% of the 4,970 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Sybil
  1. #3,867Yoshinori6
  2. #3,867Ysmael6
  3. #3,867Zaven6
  4. #4,347Sybil5
  5. #4,347Ab5
  6. #4,347Abby5
  7. #4,347Abert5

Tied with 623 names at #4,347; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1923
Risers
  1. 436Faustino#1,420#984
  2. 338Conway#1,275#937
  3. 310Coolidge#1,041#731
  4. 291Chas#1,235#944
  5. 287Leopoldo#1,194#907
Fallers
  1. 466Cliff#992#1,458
  2. 403Harding#860#1,263
  3. 367Dempsey#750#1,117
  4. 363Price#924#1,287
  5. 350Terrence#873#1,223

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

See the top 100 for 1924