girl's name

Sybel

  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 5
  • Popularity Rare
  • Births on record 178

Sybel is a girl's name. In 1940 it was given to 5 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

  • Peaked in 1919, when 10 babies were given the name.
  • It has largely dropped out of use.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1914.

Sybel over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1910s to 1940s. The striped bar is the 1940s, still in progress — it covers 1940 to 1940, not a full ten years.

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Births named Sybel by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1910s 35
1920s 78
1930s 5
1940s (to 1940) 5

How popular is Sybel?

In 1940, Sybel was given to 5 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

Where Sybel is used

United States #4,401 5 in 1940
France #5,681 5 in 2025

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 Sybel

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

Parents who like Sybel also like

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

Sibling names for Sybel

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

Common questions about Sybel

How popular is the name Sybel?

In 1940, Sybel was given to 5 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

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

Sybel is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Sybel most popular?

Sybel peaked in 1919, when 10 babies were given the name. It has largely dropped out of use.

Is Sybel a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Sybel currently ranks #5,681 in the United States. It has largely dropped out of use. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.