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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201986peak #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.

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 1986

girls
#2,025
53 births · 1 in 32,369 girls

Top girls' names in 1986

  1. #1Jessica52,682
  2. #2Ashley49,671
  3. #3Amanda40,532
  4. #4Jennifer36,187
  5. #5Sarah28,163
  6. #6Stephanie22,651
  7. #7Nicole21,292
  8. #8Brittany20,313
  9. #9Heather19,790
  10. #10Elizabeth19,074
  11. #2,025Sybil53
More about 1986

girls

1,715,547 girls got a published name in 1986; 1 in 32,369 of them was named Sybil, which outranked 84.2% of the 12,836 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Sybil
  1. #2,003Torie54
  2. #2,003Torri54
  3. #2,003Wesley54
  4. #2,025Sybil53
  5. #2,025Ambar53
  6. #2,025Ambrosia53
  7. #2,025Angelic53
  8. #2,052Andre52
  9. #2,052Annabelle52
  10. #2,052Annamaria52

Tied with 26 names at #2,025; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1985
Risers
  1. 9,719Kyrie#10,677#958
  2. 4,778Sable#5,678#900
  3. 2,034Eliana#2,484#450
  4. 1,497Shatara#2,484#987
  5. 1,374Cherrelle#2,253#879
Fallers
  1. 442Violeta#963#1,405
  2. 361Micaela#545#906
  3. 361Tasia#572#933
  4. 324Jo#925#1,249
  5. 306Tammie#987#1,293

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

See the top 100 for 1986