Total births
135
Girls' name · since 1972
Cybill
135 babies named Cybill in U.S. Social Security records since 1972, with the highest year being 1973. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- 135
- total births
- 1972–1997
- years on record
- 1970s
- peak decade
- 47%
- born in that decade
Cybill is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 135 have been recorded since 1972.
Cybill has 135 recorded births among girls since 1972, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1970s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1972 to 1997.
- 135 total births
- 1972–1997 years on record
- 1970s peak decade
- 47% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
The verdict
135 girls have been named Cybill since 1972, peaking in the 1970s, last recorded in 1997.
- 135
- total births
- 1972–1997
- years on record
- 1970s
- peak decade
- 47%
- born in that decade
1970s
Peak decade
47% of everyone ever named Cybill was born in this single decade.
1973
Single peak year
31 babies were named Cybill in 1973 - its busiest year on record.
Cybill's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Cybill's full recorded timeline at 1987, 41% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 59% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1976, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1973 peak of 31 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Cybill at a glance
Last recorded 1997Peak year
1973
Current rank
Unranked
Active since
1972
Cybill popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1972–1997
- Peak year (1973)
- 31
- Annual births at peak, across 26 years of records
Cybill by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1970s was Cybill's strongest decade.
64 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 47% of all-time use.
Cybill births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
64 births
- 1980s
1980s
39 births
- 1990s
1990s
32 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 64 births (47% of all-time use).
Frequently Asked Questions
How popular is the name Cybill? ▼
Cybill has been given to 135 babies in the U.S. since 1972, according to SSA data. Its last appearance in the data was 1997. 31 babies were born in 1973, its single highest year.
When was Cybill most popular? ▼
Cybill was most popular in the 1970s decade with 64 total births. The single peak year was 1973.
How long has the name Cybill been used? ▼
Cybill has been recorded in Social Security data since 1972, spanning 26 years of data through 1997.
What names are similar to Cybill? ▼
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Cybil, Cybele, Cybelle. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.
What to do with Cybill's data
- Cybill's usage has stayed within range of its 1970s decade-level peak (64 total births) through the 1990s (32) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- Weighing it against an alternative? Put two names side by side. Compare names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Data Sources
Data as of July 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1972–1997 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac Editorial. "Cybill: Baby Name Since 1972 - 135 Births, Peak 1973." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/cybill. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Cybill draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of July 2026.