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The name Cyrus peaked for girls at #8481 in 2025. Cyrus is also used for boys, ranking #268 in 2025.

The name Cyrus is a boy's name of Persian origin meaning "sun".

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Cyrus is one of those surprising names that have always ranked among the Top 1000 boy names in the US. On an upward trend since the mid-90s, Cyrus now sits in that comfortable place between too popular and too unusual.
 
Long popular in the Iranian community, this name of the founder of the Persian Empire has had a more down-home, corncob pipe-smoking image for most Americans in the past, but today it's one of those antique names that sounds fresh again. 
 The powerful Cyrus the Great was the fifth century B.C. Persian leader who conquered Babylon to establish his empire. He is noted in the Old Testament as freeing the Jewish captives in Babylonia and permitting them to return to their homelands. Since his name is mentioned in the Old Testament, it was fashionable with the Puritans.
 Cyrus McCormick was the inventor of the reaper, and Cyrus Vance was Secretary of State under Jimmy Carter. The name is also associated these days with singer Miley Cyrus. Claire Danes and Hugh Dancy named their baby boy Cyrus, and there have been Cyruses on Gossip Girl, Law & Order and Scandal.
Ciro is the catchy Italian version.
 
The name has a variety of possible meanings, including "sun", "young", and "one who bestows care" from Persian and "lordly" from Greek. Additionally, the pronunciation varies depending on where you are, SIE-ruhs being most familiar in English, while see-roos may be used in Persian.

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The name Cyrus is currently ranked #268 in U.S. births. and peaked for boys at #216 in 1880. The name is most popular in CYRUS, CYRUS, and CYRUS. Cyrus is occasionally used for girls in 2025.

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