girl's name

Cybele

  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 6
  • Births on record 451

Cybele is a girl's name. In 2023 it was given to 6 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

  • Peaked in France in 1973, when 15 babies were given the name.
  • It has largely dropped out of use in France.
  • First appears in birth records in 1965.

Cybele over time

Births per decade in France, 1960s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2010s, still in progress — it covers 2010 to 2010, not a full ten years. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2010, not a full ten years.

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Births named Cybele by decade in France
Decade Births
1960s 20
1970s 65
1980s 15
1990s 35
2000s 50
2010s (to 2010) 60
2020s (to 2010) 40

How popular is Cybele?

In 2010, Cybele was given to 5 babies in France. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Where Cybele is used

France as Cybèle #2,570 10 in 2025
Canada #3,942 5 in 2022
United States #14,981 6 in 2023

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

French counts are rounded to the nearest five and nothing below five is published, so these figures show the shape of the name's use rather than an exact tally. Data & sources.

How Cybele is spelled

Birth registers count each spelling separately, so every one has its own ranking.

Spelling What it is Births on record
Cybèle Cybèle is a rare spelling of Cybele, written with a grave accent and recorded about 105 times, mostly in France. 105

Names that peaked alongside Cybele

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Cybele also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Cybele over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Cybele

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Cybele — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Cybele

How popular is the name Cybele?

In 2010, Cybele was given to 5 babies in France. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Is Cybele a girl's or a boy's name?

Cybele is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Cybele most popular?

Cybele peaked in 1973, when 15 babies were given the name. It has largely dropped out of use.

Is Cybele a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Cybele currently ranks #2,570 in France. It has largely dropped out of use. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.