girl's name

Cybil

  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 5
  • Births on record 615

Cybil is a girl's name. In 2024 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 1975, when 48 babies were given the name.
  • Its usage has held steady over the past decade.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1970.

Cybil over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1970s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2024, not a full ten years.

268
'70 '80 '90 '00 '10 '20
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Births named Cybil by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1970s 268
1980s 89
1990s 79
2000s 47
2010s 66
2020s (to 2024) 44

How popular is Cybil?

In 2024, Cybil 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.

Where Cybil is used

France #6,732 5 in 2007
England & Wales #7,194 3 in 2019
United States #15,255 6 in 2024

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.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Cybil

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

Parents who like Cybil also like

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

Sibling names for Cybil

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

Common questions about Cybil

How popular is the name Cybil?

In 2024, Cybil 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.

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

Cybil is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Cybil most popular?

Cybil peaked in 1975, when 48 babies were given the name. Its usage has held steady over the past decade.