Cyril
2025 SSA
Below 5 births
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 for boys#3143 US
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.
Cyril for girls
Cyril was an exclusively male name until Paul Thomas Anderson used it for Lesley Manville's character in Phantom Thread. Cyril is definitely a fresh entry in the boys-names-for-girls category, one that feels ripe for wider use.
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 · boys | Births · boys | US rank · girls | Births · girls |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #2,673 | 45 | — | 0 |
| 2015 | #2,816 | 42 | — | 0 |
| 2016 | #2,841 | 42 | — | 0 |
| 2017 | #3,793 | 28 | — | 0 |
| 2018 | #2,240 | 61 | — | 0 |
| 2019 | #2,952 | 41 | — | 0 |
| 2020 | #2,937 | 40 | — | 0 |
| 2021 | #2,592 | 50 | — | 0 |
| 2022 | #2,878 | 44 | — | 0 |
| 2023 | #3,303 | 36 | — | 0 |
| 2024 | #2,997 | 41 | — | 0 |
| 2025 | #3,143 | 38 | — | 0 |
World rankings
Cyril for boys
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Cyril on lists
Famous Cyrils
- Cyril ObiozorBoy
American NFL football player
- Cyril Norman HinshelwoodBoy
English physical chemist; winner of the Nobel Prize
- Cyril SukBoy
Czech tennis player
- Cyril Lodowic BurtBoy
English educational psychologist
- Constantine "Cyril" LucarisBoy
Greek prelate and theologian; Patriarch of Constantinople
- Cyril RioliBoy
Australian rules footballer
- Cyril WechtBoy
American forensic pathologist, former Allegheny County Medical Examiner
- Cyril Brandtford RomneyBoy
former Chief Minister of the British Virgin Islands
- Cyril HollandBoy
son of writer Oscar Wilde
- Lance Cyril MountainBoy
son of American pro skateboarder Lance Mountain
Cyril in pop culture
- Cyril TannerBoy
character in Cassandra Clare's "The Infernal Devices"
- Cyril KeithBoy
twin brother of Don, brother of Mildred Keith in "A Life of Faith" book series
- Cyril ProudbottomBoy
Mr. Toad's Lancashire horse in "The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad"
- Cyril GrayBoy
character in film "Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang"
- CyrilBoy
Ice Guardian dragon in video game "Spyro the Dragon"
- Cyril FieldingBoy
character in E.M. Forster's "A Passage to India"
- "Cyril AshBoy
" Australian nickname for money
- Cyril FiggisBoy
character on animated series "Archer"
- CyrilBoy
squirrel in the Maisy Mouse series by Lucy Cousins
- Cyril ShenstoneBoy
character in G. A. Henty's, When London Burned
- Cyril "Squirrel"Boy
character in E. Nesbit's "Five Children and It"
- Cyril MontfortBoy
character from the Dragon Age games
- Cyril RobinsonBoy
Character from "Call The Midwife"