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How popular is “Cyril” in the USA?

Number of people named “Cyril” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Cyril” 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 “Cyril” by birth year

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

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

Bias in sex for “Cyril” by birth year

This chart shows how “Cyril” 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
1880 5 0.000024816 5 -100%
1883 7 0.000032266 7 -100%
1884 5 0.000020537 5 -100%
1885 12 0.000049823 12 -100%
1887 11 0.000044464 11 -100%
1888 10 0.000033392 10 -100%
1889 12 0.00004153 12 -100%
1890 16 0.000053085 16 -100%
1891 10 0.000034883 10 -100%
1892 31 0.000092711 31 -100%
1893 28 0.000086095 28 -100%
1894 28 0.000082671 28 -100%
1895 21 0.000059826 21 -100%
1896 37 0.000103501 37 -100%
1897 36 0.000103759 36 -100%
1898 27 0.000070782 27 -100%
1899 39 0.000114965 39 -100%
1900 41 0.000091059 41 -100%
1901 34 0.000098319 34 -100%
1902 50 0.000129288 50 -100%
1903 42 0.000110178 42 -100%
1904 40 0.000099136 40 -100%
1905 38 0.000089639 38 -100%
1906 45 0.00010503 45 -100%
1907 46 0.000098842 46 -100%
1908 45 0.000092091 45 -100%
1909 48 0.000093892 48 -100%
1910 60 0.000101573 60 -100%
1911 75 0.000116409 75 -100%
1912 146 0.000147764 146 -100%
1913 179 0.000157417 7 172 -92%
1914 232 0.000163802 232 -100%
1915 273 0.000148983 273 -100%
1916 338 0.00017473 10 328 -94%
1917 313 0.000155974 6 307 -96%
1918 320 0.00014739 8 312 -95%
1919 311 0.000147376 7 304 -95%
1920 282 0.000124633 5 277 -96%
1921 328 0.000140501 328 -100%
1922 304 0.0001328 5 299 -97%
1923 260 0.000112922 260 -100%
1924 289 0.000121346 7 282 -95%
1925 274 0.00011743 7 267 -95%
1926 269 0.000117165 5 264 -96%
1927 265 0.000114256 265 -100%
1928 234 0.000103497 234 -100%
1929 197 0.000089866 197 -100%
1930 216 0.000097153 5 211 -95%
1931 176 0.000083635 176 -100%
1932 158 0.000074836 158 -100%
1933 151 0.000075521 151 -100%
1934 149 0.000071744 149 -100%
1935 129 0.000061725 129 -100%
1936 132 0.000063536 132 -100%
1937 123 0.000057728 5 118 -92%
1938 91 0.000041129 91 -100%
1939 108 0.000049014 108 -100%
1940 121 0.000052547 121 -100%
1941 108 0.000044327 108 -100%
1942 130 0.000047587 130 -100%
1943 115 0.000040743 115 -100%
1944 99 0.000036802 5 94 -90%
1945 89 0.000033548 89 -100%
1946 97 0.000030357 5 92 -90%
1947 104 0.00002887 104 -100%
1948 87 0.000025199 87 -100%
1949 101 0.000028983 101 -100%
1950 82 0.000023406 82 -100%
1951 88 0.000023889 88 -100%
1952 87 0.000022907 87 -100%
1953 84 0.000021798 84 -100%
1954 92 0.000023111 92 -100%
1955 78 0.000019427 78 -100%
1956 91 0.000022071 91 -100%
1957 85 0.000020228 85 -100%
1958 86 0.000020804 86 -100%
1959 72 0.000017316 72 -100%
1960 75 0.000018056 75 -100%
1961 73 0.000017623 73 -100%
1962 79 0.000019577 79 -100%
1963 64 0.000016169 64 -100%
1964 57 0.000014662 57 -100%
1965 59 0.000016274 59 -100%
1966 56 0.000016112 56 -100%
1967 49 0.000014433 49 -100%
1968 47 0.000013912 47 -100%
1969 53 0.00001525 53 -100%
1970 55 0.00001525 55 -100%
1971 48 0.000013985 48 -100%
1972 53 0.000016863 53 -100%
1973 50 0.000016573 50 -100%
1974 42 0.000013816 5 37 -76%
1975 48 0.000015897 48 -100%
1976 47 0.00001549 47 -100%
1977 44 0.000013852 44 -100%
1978 47 0.000014808 47 -100%
1979 38 0.000011422 38 -100%
1980 35 0.000010161 35 -100%
1981 63 0.000018211 63 -100%
1982 57 0.000016249 57 -100%
1983 41 0.000011838 41 -100%
1984 48 0.000013758 48 -100%
1985 41 0.000011487 41 -100%
1986 38 0.000010683 38 -100%
1987 49 0.00001359 49 -100%
1988 44 0.000011908 5 39 -77%
1989 37 0.000009624 37 -100%
1990 49 0.000012397 49 -100%
1991 53 0.000013606 53 -100%
1992 47 0.000012236 47 -100%
1993 53 0.000014057 53 -100%
1994 41 0.000011028 41 -100%
1995 44 0.000012015 44 -100%
1996 24 0.00000658 24 -100%
1997 34 0.000009377 34 -100%
1998 34 0.000009244 34 -100%
1999 42 0.00001137 42 -100%
2000 52 0.000013757 52 -100%
2001 50 0.000013357 50 -100%
2002 41 0.000010968 41 -100%
2003 39 0.000010257 39 -100%
2004 44 0.000011516 44 -100%
2005 44 0.000011444 44 -100%
2006 47 0.00001188 47 -100%
2007 42 0.000010506 42 -100%
2008 48 0.000012212 48 -100%
2009 40 0.000010471 40 -100%
2010 46 0.000012447 46 -100%
2011 41 0.000011209 41 -100%
2012 42 0.000011484 42 -100%
2013 44 0.000012069 44 -100%
2014 45 0.000012141 45 -100%
2015 42 0.000011349 42 -100%
2016 42 0.000011448 42 -100%
2017 28 0.00000783 28 -100%
2018 61 0.00001735 61 -100%
2019 41 0.000011812 41 -100%
2020 40 0.000011974 40 -100%
2021 50 0.000014758 50 -100%
2022 44 0.000013006 44 -100%
2023 36 0.000010872 36 -100%
2024 41 0.000012318 41 -100%

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