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Sybil Name Popularity

    

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How popular is Sybil?

In 2018 the rare name Sybil, ranked the 1,865th Most Popular Girls Name in the United States.

This once, top 1000 name, Sybil is currently less popular.

Position 282, its highest popularity RANKING, was reached in 1919.

Nonetheless, the name was given to the greatest number of children in 1921 with 541 occurrences.

The least amount of newborns dubbed Sybil in any given year was less than 5, most recently in 1880.

Approximately during the years 1887-1891, 1894-1900, 1903-1906, 1907-1919, 1933-1936, 1959-1963, and 2012-2016, the name Sybil took a definitive turn upwards in popularity whereas clearly downward trends happened around 1963-1969, 1974-1978, and 1980-1983.

Sybil became more popular as a girls name in 1881.

The popularity trend for Sybil has been soaring upward for a while. In recent years, continuing the trend, the number of babies given the name Sybil has risen.

What does the future hold for the popularity of Sybil?

Currently, the name is at a low point when compared to its most popular year.

The name Sybil is still rare but will probably continue to rise upward in popularity.

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   Sybil (Girl)Sybil (Boy)
Year %No. of Babies Given NamePopul. RankNo. of Babies Given NamePopul. Rank
2018 108 1,865 < 5 --
2017 109 1,871 < 5 --
2016 106 1,906 < 5 --
2015 91 2,120 < 5 --
2014 86 2,210 < 5 --
2013 67 2,648 < 5 --
2012 16 7,749 < 5 --
2011 13 9,082 < 5 --
2010 12 9,721 < 5 --
2009 12 9,905 < 5 --
2008 18 7,367 < 5 --
2007 15 8,465 < 5 --
2006 19 6,796 < 5 --
2005 20 6,214 < 5 --
2004 15 7,794 < 5 --
2003 9 11,216 < 5 --
2002 8 12,059 < 5 --
2001 18 6,283 < 5 --
2000 16 6,766 < 5 --
1999 9 10,240 < 5 --
1998 13 7,481 < 5 --
1997 15 6,455 < 5 --
1996 11 8,063 < 5 --
1995 20 5,006 < 5 --
1994 24 4,364 < 5 --
1993 18 5,402 < 5 --
1992 29 3,763 < 5 --
1991 26 4,042 < 5 --
1990 33 3,349 < 5 --
1989 31 3,390 < 5 --
1988 33 3,089 < 5 --
1987 40 2,565 < 5 --
1986 53 2,052 < 5 --
1985 32 2,928 < 5 --
1984 39 2,462 < 5 --
1983 33 2,714 < 5 --
1982 47 2,181 < 5 --
1981 70 1,661 < 5 --
1980 93 1,360 < 5 --
1979 91 1,361 < 5 --
1978 61 1,725 < 5 --
1977 89 1,314 < 5 --
1976 104 1,138 < 5 --
1975 119 1,021 < 5 --
1974 117 1,031 < 5 --
1973 103 1,104 < 5 --
1972 88 1,218 < 5 --
1971 83 1,313 < 5 --
1970 76 1,385 < 5 --
1969 79 1,264 < 5 --
1968 89 1,146 < 5 --
1967 103 1,016 < 5 --
1966 144 834 < 5 --
1965 153 802 < 5 --
1964 142 871 < 5 --
1963 211 703 < 5 --
1962 181 775 < 5 --
1961 129 955 < 5 --
1960 165 808 < 5 --
1959 146 845 < 5 --
1958 182 736 < 5 --
1957 169 770 < 5 --
1956 168 751 < 5 --
1955 178 710 < 5 --
1954 194 666 < 5 --
1953 204 622 < 5 --
1952 214 595 < 5 --
1951 224 574 < 5 --
1950 208 583 < 5 --
1949 214 574 < 5 --
1948 220 560 < 5 --
1947 249 532 < 5 --
1946 277 473 < 5 --
1945 241 462 < 5 --
1944 256 455 < 5 --
1943 287 436 < 5 --
1942 293 422 < 5 --
1941 304 394 < 5 --
1940 368 333 < 5 --
1939 366 327 < 5 --
1938 357 336 < 5 --
1937 322 359 < 5 --
1936 370 320 < 5 --
1935 287 374 < 5 --
1934 270 396 < 5 --
1933 286 382 < 5 --
1932 268 399 < 5 --
1931 274 396 < 5 --
1930 318 385 < 5 --
1929 338 359 < 5 --
1928 419 326 < 5 --
1927 436 321 < 5 --
1926 381 342 < 5 --
1925 442 319 < 5 --
1924 479 305 5 4,875
1923 455 303 < 5 --
1922 463 298 < 5 --
1921 541 285 < 5 --
1920 483 296 < 5 --
1919 515 282 < 5 --
1918 460 299 < 5 --
1917 288 373 < 5 --
1916 287 362 < 5 --
1915 269 365 < 5 --
1914 206 370 < 5 --
1913 165 377 < 5 --
1912 117 437 < 5 --
1911 96 412 < 5 --
1910 106 384 < 5 --
1909 81 407 < 5 --
1908 76 416 < 5 --
1907 55 484 < 5 --
1906 84 374 < 5 --
1905 60 437 < 5 --
1904 58 426 < 5 --
1903 54 434 < 5 --
1902 56 414 < 5 --
1901 52 419 < 5 --
1900 64 422 < 5 --
1899 51 412 < 5 --
1898 39 500 < 5 --
1897 37 476 < 5 --
1896 31 548 < 5 --
1895 29 562 < 5 --
1894 22 640 < 5 --
1893 18 708 < 5 --
1892 18 703 < 5 --
1891 25 521 < 5 --
1890 10 932 < 5 --
1889 14 719 < 5 --
1888 16 660 < 5 --
1887 9 849 < 5 --
1886 9 821 < 5 --
1885 10 738 < 5 --
1884 7 918 < 5 --
1883 5 1,038 < 5 --
1882 11 595 < 5 --
1881 6 815 < 5 --
1880 < 5 -- < 5 --

United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.