Meaning not yet researched.
Cyrus: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 1,284 in 2025. Its best rank was #216 in 1880.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #216 in 1880; #268 in 2025. About 99% of babies named Cyrus in 2025 were boys.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#268 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1880, at #216.
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Cyrus: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 1,284 boys in 2025. Peak: #216 in 1880 · most boys in one year: 1,389 (2024).
In 2025, 1,284 US boys were named Cyrus, making it the 268th most common boys’ name of the year, down 15 places from #253 in 2024. That is 105 fewer than the 1,389 boys named Cyrus in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #216, reached in 1880. The most boys given the name in a single year was 1,389, in 2024. For comparison, it was #469 in 2015 and #768 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Cyrus in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 54 babies with the name. In all, 29,286 US babies have been given the name, 0.3% of them girls and 99.7% boys. Its busiest decade was the 2020s, with 6,680 babies named Cyrus.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 9,657 US boys were named Cyrus; the busiest of those years was 2024, with 1,389. In 2025 that was about 1 in 1,330 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Cyrus ranked highest in Hawaii in 2025, at #72 for boys there. It was in the top 100 in 1 state (counting DC). Related spellings in the SSA files include Syrus (2,079 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Syris, Sirus and Cyris are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Cy.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Rare spellings summarised here: Syris (368), Sirus (358), Cyris (357), Cerys (214), Kyros (173), Zyrus (157), Cyruss (94), Cyress (44), Ceres (39), Cirrus (13), Syrius (5).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 6 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hawaii | 12 | #72 | — |
| West Virginia | 13 | #148 | — |
| Maine | 8 | #159 | — |
| Virginia | 55 | #164 | #352 |
| District of Columbia | 5 | #175 | #252 |
| Nebraska | 14 | #186 | #452 |
| New Hampshire | 7 | #190 | — |
| Idaho | 13 | #204 | #319 |
| Washington | 37 | #213 | #471 |
| Delaware | 5 | #216 | — |
| Indiana | 37 | #223 | #411 |
| Connecticut | 15 | #225 | #329 |
| Utah | 23 | #228 | #384 |
| Arkansas | 15 | #235 | #567 |
| Oregon | 18 | #236 | #326 |
| Ohio | 52 | #241 | #415 |
| Colorado | 27 | #243 | #420 |
| California | 150 | #248 | #378 |
| Nevada | 12 | #248 | #459 |
| Florida | 82 | #251 | #607 |
| Illinois | 42 | #264 | #470 |
| Pennsylvania | 45 | #265 | #394 |
| South Dakota | 5 | #267 | — |
| South Carolina | 21 | #269 | #492 |
| New York | 69 | #273 | #362 |
| Tennessee | 32 | #275 | #528 |
| Michigan | 34 | #288 | #461 |
| Missouri | 23 | #295 | #412 |
| North Carolina | 42 | #296 | #569 |
| Maryland | 18 | #303 | #456 |
| Kansas | 12 | #306 | #528 |
| Kentucky | 17 | #306 | #618 |
| Massachusetts | 18 | #311 | #388 |
| Oklahoma | 15 | #314 | #588 |
| Iowa | 12 | #315 | — |
| Louisiana | 16 | #318 | — |
| Texas | 116 | #320 | #586 |
| New Mexico | 6 | #323 | #289 |
| Wisconsin | 17 | #325 | #522 |
| Mississippi | 9 | #340 | #550 |
| Alabama | 16 | #341 | — |
| Minnesota | 17 | #341 | #593 |
| Arizona | 22 | #345 | #740 |
| Georgia | 30 | #388 | #925 |
| New Jersey | 16 | #471 | #593 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #8,481 | 1,284 | #268 |
| 2024 | 11 | #9,068 | 1,389 | #253 |
| 2023 | 9 | #10,508 | 1,124 | #296 |
| 2022 | 10 | #9,859 | 1,045 | #323 |
| 2021 | 10 | #9,726 | 933 | #349 |
| 2020 | 10 | #9,722 | 843 | #369 |
| 2019 | — | — | 756 | #409 |
| 2018 | 6 | #14,203 | 817 | #389 |
| 2017 | 5 | #16,433 | 734 | #423 |
| 2016 | — | — | 732 | #426 |
| 2015 | — | — | 638 | #469 |
| 2014 | 5 | #17,167 | 640 | #459 |
| 2013 | — | — | 663 | #436 |
| 2012 | — | — | 583 | #468 |
| 2011 | — | — | 505 | #513 |
| 2010 | — | — | 535 | #486 |
| 2009 | — | — | 519 | #522 |
| 2008 | — | — | 539 | #505 |
| 2007 | — | — | 587 | #464 |
| 2006 | — | — | 502 | #515 |
| 2005 | — | — | 509 | #488 |
| 2004 | — | — | 473 | #515 |
| 2003 | — | — | 510 | #485 |
| 2002 | — | — | 506 | #471 |
| 2001 | — | — | 428 | #522 |
| 2000 | — | — | 397 | #541 |
| 1999 | — | — | 363 | #552 |
| 1998 | — | — | 357 | #553 |
| 1997 | — | — | 276 | #625 |
| 1996 | — | — | 209 | #733 |
| 1995 | — | — | 177 | #805 |
| 1994 | — | — | 190 | #765 |
| 1993 | — | — | 207 | #720 |
| 1992 | — | — | 200 | #731 |
| 1991 | — | — | 164 | #805 |
| 1990 | — | — | 152 | #829 |
| 1989 | — | — | 157 | #792 |
| 1988 | — | — | 166 | #734 |
| 1987 | — | — | 151 | #746 |
| 1986 | — | — | 135 | #780 |
| 1985 | — | — | 133 | #769 |
| 1984 | — | — | 161 | #683 |
| 1983 | — | — | 149 | #700 |
| 1982 | — | — | 143 | #723 |
| 1981 | — | — | 172 | #651 |
| 1980 | — | — | 160 | #684 |
| 1979 | — | — | 126 | #772 |
| 1978 | — | — | 133 | #729 |
| 1977 | — | — | 136 | #732 |
| 1976 | — | — | 77 | #947 |
| 1975 | — | — | 93 | #862 |
| 1974 | — | — | 91 | #844 |
| 1973 | — | — | 86 | #855 |
| 1972 | — | — | 85 | #873 |
| 1971 | — | — | 83 | #895 |
| 1970 | — | — | 100 | #810 |
| 1969 | — | — | 74 | #886 |
| 1968 | — | — | 96 | #759 |
| 1967 | — | — | 70 | #858 |
| 1966 | — | — | 63 | #918 |
| 1965 | — | — | 88 | #790 |
| 1964 | — | — | 66 | #937 |
| 1963 | — | — | 77 | #856 |
| 1962 | — | — | 88 | #810 |
| 1961 | — | — | 90 | #803 |
| 1960 | — | — | 77 | #867 |
| 1959 | — | — | 76 | #878 |
| 1958 | — | — | 92 | #779 |
| 1957 | — | — | 84 | #823 |
| 1956 | — | — | 89 | #786 |
| 1955 | — | — | 97 | #741 |
| 1954 | — | — | 78 | #820 |
| 1953 | — | — | 72 | #849 |
| 1952 | — | — | 77 | #801 |
| 1951 | — | — | 86 | #752 |
| 1950 | — | — | 80 | #768 |
| 1949 | — | — | 96 | #700 |
| 1948 | — | — | 88 | #714 |
| 1947 | — | — | 76 | #788 |
| 1946 | — | — | 74 | #773 |
| 1945 | — | — | 50 | #901 |
| 1944 | — | — | 83 | #680 |
| 1943 | — | — | 69 | #789 |
| 1942 | — | — | 69 | #777 |
| 1941 | — | — | 78 | #694 |
| 1940 | — | — | 72 | #719 |
| 1939 | — | — | 56 | #813 |
| 1938 | — | — | 75 | #703 |
| 1937 | — | — | 77 | #682 |
| 1936 | — | — | 80 | #654 |
| 1935 | — | — | 82 | #659 |
| 1934 | — | — | 87 | #642 |
| 1933 | — | — | 79 | #657 |
| 1932 | — | — | 76 | #710 |
| 1931 | — | — | 88 | #631 |
| 1930 | — | — | 94 | #633 |
| 1929 | — | — | 75 | #722 |
| 1928 | — | — | 79 | #716 |
| 1927 | — | — | 104 | #612 |
| 1926 | — | — | 129 | #538 |
| 1925 | — | — | 111 | #596 |
| 1924 | — | — | 110 | #610 |
| 1923 | — | — | 110 | #606 |
| 1922 | — | — | 139 | #530 |
| 1921 | — | — | 128 | #555 |
| 1920 | — | — | 117 | #576 |
| 1919 | — | — | 102 | #598 |
| 1918 | — | — | 140 | #505 |
| 1917 | — | — | 136 | #492 |
| 1916 | — | — | 124 | #507 |
| 1915 | — | — | 124 | #497 |
| 1914 | — | — | 87 | #528 |
| 1913 | — | — | 86 | #463 |
| 1912 | — | — | 79 | #440 |
| 1911 | — | — | 29 | #563 |
| 1910 | — | — | 27 | #547 |
| 1909 | — | — | 23 | #546 |
| 1908 | — | — | 23 | #525 |
| 1907 | — | — | 20 | #546 |
| 1906 | — | — | 33 | #365 |
| 1905 | — | — | 25 | #433 |
| 1904 | — | — | 22 | #456 |
| 1903 | — | — | 22 | #433 |
| 1902 | — | — | 22 | #442 |
| 1901 | — | — | 26 | #363 |
| 1900 | — | — | 36 | #366 |
| 1899 | — | — | 24 | #377 |
| 1898 | — | — | 25 | #395 |
| 1897 | — | — | 31 | #332 |
| 1896 | — | — | 22 | #419 |
| 1895 | — | — | 25 | #384 |
| 1894 | — | — | 27 | #350 |
| 1893 | — | — | 33 | #301 |
| 1892 | — | — | 47 | #262 |
| 1891 | — | — | 22 | #367 |
| 1890 | — | — | 31 | #312 |
| 1889 | — | — | 35 | #285 |
| 1888 | — | — | 45 | #264 |
| 1887 | — | — | 38 | #265 |
| 1886 | — | — | 59 | #220 |
| 1885 | — | — | 40 | #264 |
| 1884 | — | — | 37 | #284 |
| 1883 | — | — | 47 | #230 |
| 1882 | — | — | 46 | #249 |
| 1881 | — | — | 40 | #247 |
| 1880 | — | — | 54 | #216 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).