Names / Boy names
Cyril
Current rank
#3,143
holding steady
All-time peak
#263
in 1902
First recorded
1880
in U.S. data
Children named
12,100
since 1880
Popularity over time
Annual U.S. children given the name · Peak #263 in 1902 · Source: Social Security Administration
Meaning & background
(SEER-il): lordly. Slightly old-fashioned, but I think it has charm. It makes its debut in American naming data in 1880. It now sits outside the national top 1,000, which keeps it uncommon. Its strongest year was 1902, at #263 nationally. Across all years, more than 12,100 children have been named this.