Name Trends

See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Cy” in the USA?

Number of people named “Cy” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Cy” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Cy” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Cy” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Cy” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Cy” by birth year

This chart shows how “Cy” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1902 6 0.000015515 6 -100%
1907 5 0.000010744 5 -100%
1911 5 0.000007761 5 -100%
1912 11 0.000011133 11 -100%
1913 6 0.000005277 6 -100%
1914 7 0.000004942 7 -100%
1915 16 0.000008732 16 -100%
1916 10 0.00000517 10 -100%
1917 5 0.000002492 5 -100%
1918 11 0.000005067 11 -100%
1919 10 0.000004739 10 -100%
1920 5 0.00000221 5 -100%
1921 5 0.000002142 5 -100%
1922 13 0.000005679 13 -100%
1923 9 0.000003909 9 -100%
1924 9 0.000003779 9 -100%
1926 8 0.000003484 8 -100%
1928 8 0.000003538 8 -100%
1929 6 0.000002737 6 -100%
1930 7 0.000003148 7 -100%
1931 8 0.000003802 8 -100%
1932 8 0.000003789 8 -100%
1934 11 0.000005297 11 -100%
1935 5 0.000002392 5 -100%
1936 7 0.000003369 7 -100%
1938 8 0.000003616 8 -100%
1939 7 0.000003177 7 -100%
1941 7 0.000002873 7 -100%
1942 7 0.000002562 7 -100%
1943 5 0.000001771 5 -100%
1944 8 0.000002974 8 -100%
1945 9 0.000003393 9 -100%
1946 10 0.00000313 10 -100%
1947 15 0.000004164 15 -100%
1948 6 0.000001738 6 -100%
1949 11 0.000003157 11 -100%
1950 19 0.000005423 19 -100%
1951 15 0.000004072 15 -100%
1952 21 0.000005529 21 -100%
1953 20 0.00000519 20 -100%
1954 27 0.000006783 27 -100%
1955 32 0.00000797 32 -100%
1956 25 0.000006063 25 -100%
1957 21 0.000004997 21 -100%
1958 11 0.000002661 11 -100%
1959 20 0.00000481 20 -100%
1960 23 0.000005537 23 -100%
1961 22 0.000005311 22 -100%
1962 23 0.0000057 23 -100%
1963 22 0.000005558 22 -100%
1964 21 0.000005402 21 -100%
1965 17 0.000004689 17 -100%
1966 21 0.000006042 21 -100%
1967 14 0.000004124 14 -100%
1968 18 0.000005328 18 -100%
1969 15 0.000004316 15 -100%
1970 21 0.000005823 21 -100%
1971 19 0.000005536 19 -100%
1972 27 0.000008591 27 -100%
1973 30 0.000009944 30 -100%
1974 33 0.000010855 33 -100%
1975 37 0.000012254 37 -100%
1976 38 0.000012523 38 -100%
1977 34 0.000010704 34 -100%
1978 27 0.000008507 27 -100%
1979 34 0.000010219 34 -100%
1980 38 0.000011032 38 -100%
1981 45 0.000013008 45 -100%
1982 40 0.000011403 40 -100%
1983 38 0.000010972 38 -100%
1984 27 0.000007739 27 -100%
1985 32 0.000008966 32 -100%
1986 38 0.000010683 38 -100%
1987 29 0.000008043 29 -100%
1988 24 0.000006495 24 -100%
1989 35 0.000009104 35 -100%
1990 40 0.00001012 40 -100%
1991 46 0.000011809 46 -100%
1992 44 0.000011455 44 -100%
1993 48 0.000012731 48 -100%
1994 48 0.000012911 48 -100%
1995 52 0.000014199 52 -100%
1996 46 0.000012612 46 -100%
1997 45 0.000012411 45 -100%
1998 61 0.000016584 61 -100%
1999 76 0.000020575 5 71 -87%
2000 80 0.000021165 80 -100%
2001 74 0.000019768 74 -100%
2002 55 0.000014713 55 -100%
2003 68 0.000017884 68 -100%
2004 88 0.000023031 88 -100%
2005 111 0.00002887 5 106 -91%
2006 105 0.000026541 105 -100%
2007 113 0.000028266 113 -100%
2008 104 0.000026459 104 -100%
2009 99 0.000025915 99 -100%
2010 117 0.000031658 117 -100%
2011 99 0.000027066 99 -100%
2012 109 0.000029803 109 -100%
2013 99 0.000027156 99 -100%
2014 71 0.000019156 71 -100%
2015 61 0.000016482 61 -100%
2016 68 0.000018535 6 62 -82%
2017 45 0.000012583 45 -100%
2018 68 0.000019341 68 -100%
2019 72 0.000020744 72 -100%
2020 65 0.000019458 65 -100%
2021 45 0.000013282 45 -100%
2022 58 0.000017144 58 -100%
2023 82 0.000024764 7 75 -83%
2024 60 0.000018026 60 -100%

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