Cyril
Cyril is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 41 births. Its best rank was 263rd, in 1902.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 410.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 1916328 births
- Best rank
- #263in 1902
- Since 1880
- 11,993people given the name
The story in the numbers
11,993 boys have been named Cyril in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1916, with 328 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1931, and the 1920s alone account for 22%. It has spent 82 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Cyril | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 62 | |
| 1890s | 273 | |
| 1900s | 429 | |
| 1910s | 2,209 | |
| 1920s | 2,673 | |
| 1930s | 1,423 | |
| 1940s | 1,041 | |
| 1950s | 845 | |
| 1960s | 612 | |
| 1970s | 467 | |
| 1980s | 448 | |
| 1990s | 421 | |
| 2000s | 447 | |
| 2010s | 432 | |
| 2020s | 211 |
In 1916, its biggest year
Cyril was the 283rd most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1916 were John, William, James, Robert and Joseph. See all of 1916.
Names that rose and fell with Cyril
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Wilfridpeak 1922
- Erwinpeak 1918
- Lesterpeak 1918
- Cecilpeak 1920
- Basilpeak 1924
- Herschelpeak 1921
- Vesterpeak 1922
- Orvalpeak 1918
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.