Cisco — #6864 US boys' name
827 babies named Cisco in U.S. Social Security records since 1924, with the highest year being 1999. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 52% of names given to boys today.
22% of everyone ever named Cisco was born in this single decade.
33 babies were named Cisco in 1999 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Cisco
The Social Security Administration has registered 827 babies named Cisco between 1924 and 2024, spanning 101 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Cisco currently holds the #6864 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1999, when 33 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Cisco performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 186 births during that ten-year window. Across the 10 decades of recorded activity, Cisco shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 204 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New Mexico. In total, SSA state-level files list Cisco in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Cisco in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 827 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Cisco at a glance
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Current rank
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Cisco popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1924
- Peak year (1999)
- 33
- Annual births at peak — across 101 years of records
Currently ranks #6864 among boys.
827 total births across 101 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1999 with 33 births in a single year.
Cisco by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 186 births that decade — 22% of Cisco's all-time total
Cisco decade highlights
- Peak decade 186 births
- Runner-up 186 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Cisco's strongest decade
186 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 22% of all-time use.
Cisco by state
Where Cisco concentrates geographically — total births since 1924
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 204 | 24.7% |
| #2 | New Mexico | | 5 | 0.6% |
204 of 827 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 24.7% of nationwide
- New Mexico 0.6% of nationwide
Recorded in 2 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 24.7% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1924–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.