Cyle — boys' name

What the Data Says About Cyle

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,971 babies named Cyle between 1960 and 2022, spanning 63 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Cyle currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2022. The name reached its historical peak in 1990, when 103 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Cyle performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 792 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Cyle shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 142 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Illinois and Michigan. In total, SSA state-level files list Cyle in 15 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Cyle 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 1,971 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.