Cyril
2025 SSA
About Cyril
A British-accented Greek name with an intellectual image that has been off the U.S. charts since 1966, but was a Top 300 name at the turn of the last century. We have the feeling Cyril's ready for a comeback.
Cyril is the name of several saints, including the ninth century Greek missionary who invented the Cyrillic alphabet. In literature, there are Cyrils featured in the Gilbert & Sullivan operetta, Princess Ida and D. H. Lawrence's novel, The White Peacock.
Oscar Wilde named a son Cyril. Cyrilla and Cyrille are the appealing female forms.
Pronounced SEER-ul.
As of October 2026, Cyril ranked #3143 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #263 in 1902, Nameberry popularity #862.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #2,673 | 45 | 23.4 |
| 2015 | #2,816 | 42 | 21.9 |
| 2016 | #2,841 | 42 | 22.1 |
| 2017 | #3,793 | 28 | 15.1 |
| 2018 | #2,240 | 61 | 33.6 |
| 2019 | #2,952 | 41 | 22.9 |
| 2020 | #2,937 | 40 | 23.2 |
| 2021 | #2,592 | 50 | 28.6 |
| 2022 | #2,878 | 44 | 25.2 |
| 2023 | #3,303 | 36 | 21 |
| 2024 | #2,997 | 41 | 23.8 |
| 2025 | #3,143 | 38 | 22.2 |
World rankings
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Cyril on lists
Famous Cyrils
- Cyril Obiozor
American NFL football player
- Cyril Norman Hinshelwood
English physical chemist; winner of the Nobel Prize
- Cyril Suk
Czech tennis player
- Cyril Lodowic Burt
English educational psychologist
- Constantine "Cyril" Lucaris
Greek prelate and theologian; Patriarch of Constantinople
- Cyril Rioli
Australian rules footballer
- Cyril Wecht
American forensic pathologist, former Allegheny County Medical Examiner
- Cyril Brandtford Romney
former Chief Minister of the British Virgin Islands
- Cyril Holland
son of writer Oscar Wilde
- Lance Cyril Mountain
son of American pro skateboarder Lance Mountain
Cyril in pop culture
- Cyril Tanner
character in Cassandra Clare's "The Infernal Devices"
- Cyril Keith
twin brother of Don, brother of Mildred Keith in "A Life of Faith" book series
- Cyril Proudbottom
Mr. Toad's Lancashire horse in "The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad"
- Cyril Gray
character in film "Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang"
- Cyril
Ice Guardian dragon in video game "Spyro the Dragon"
- Cyril Fielding
character in E.M. Forster's "A Passage to India"
- "Cyril Ash
" Australian nickname for money
- Cyril Figgis
character on animated series "Archer"
- Cyril
squirrel in the Maisy Mouse series by Lucy Cousins
- Cyril Shenstone
character in G. A. Henty's, When London Burned
- Cyril "Squirrel"
character in E. Nesbit's "Five Children and It"
- Cyril Montfort
character from the Dragon Age games
- Cyril Robinson
Character from "Call The Midwife"