NameTides

Sybil

Sybil was the #1,423 girls' name in the US in 2025 (152 babies), and #951 in England & Wales and #1,218 in Canada.

Sybil as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Sybil as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020ScotlandEngland & WalesCanadaUS
Sybil as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandIrelandCanada
2025#1,423 (152)#951 (37)#780 (3)—#1,218 (21)
2024#1,559 (136)#902 (40)—#898 (3)#1,153 (22)
2023#1,446 (154)#941 (37)——#1,491 (15)
2022#1,497 (145)#1,142 (29)——#1,313 (18)
2021#1,680 (123)#1,351 (23)——#997 (27)
2020#1,893 (101)#1,397 (22)——#1,249 (19)
2019#1,687 (124)#1,389 (22)——#1,342 (18)
2018#1,852 (109)#1,649 (18)——#1,062 (24)
2017#1,842 (111)#1,144 (30)——#1,123 (22)
2016#1,897 (106)#1,635 (19)——#1,230 (20)
2015#2,113 (91)#1,783 (16)——#1,115 (22)
2014#2,194 (86)#2,058 (13)——#1,600 (14)
2013#2,626 (67)#2,313 (11)——#2,888 (6)
2012#7,456 (16)#3,681 (6)———
2011#8,614 (13)#4,049 (5)———

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1919 at #282.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1881.
  • A comeback: it faded for decades and is rising again.

How common is it?

about 1 in 11,000 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 11,000rare
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 6,800uncommon
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 6,000uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 7,100uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Sybil is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 10,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 8,500 to 1 in 12,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Sybil by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #1,046WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: #1,240ILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: #1,830NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: #1,032INOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,948CAUtah: #704UTColorado: #789CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #843VAMaryland: #731MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #1,075GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #2,038TXFlorida: fewer than 5 babiesFL
Sybil (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#82314

Sybil (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
SybilCanadaGirls#1,21821
SybilEngland & WalesGirls#95137
SybilIrelandGirls—too few
SybilNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
SybilScotlandGirls#7803
SybilUSGirls#1,423152
SybilUSBoys—too few