Girls' name · since 1984
Cylie
479 babies named Cylie in U.S. Social Security records since 1984, with the highest year being 2008. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #12,168 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 479
- born since 1984
- 2000s
- peak decade
Cylie is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 479 have been recorded since 1984.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Cylie has been recorded 479 times among girls since 1984, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 2000s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1984 to 2024.
- #12,168 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 479 born since 1984
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Cylie ranks #12,168 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 479 born since 1984, peaking in the 2000s.
- #12,168 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 479
- born since 1984
- 2000s
- peak decade
Cylie's 479 recorded births place it above 83.16% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Cylie's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Cylie's SSA record in two at 2006 and the more recent half accounts for 61% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 39%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1984, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2008 peak of 33, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Cylie popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1984–2024
- Peak year (2008)
- 33
- Annual births at peak, across 41 years of records
Cylie by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (198 births, 41% of the file).
2000s was Cylie's strongest decade.
198 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 41% of all-time use.
Cylie births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
- 1990s 77
1990s
77 births
- 2000s
2000s
198 births
- 2010s
2010s
178 births
- 2020s 21
2020s
21 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 198 births (41% of all-time use).
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- Cylie's decade-level peak was the 2000s (198 total births); usage has since declined to 21 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Cylie: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2008)
Similar record span (~40 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 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, 1984–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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 Cylie 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 August 2026.