Cylis — #7036 US boys' name
450 babies named Cylis in U.S. Social Security records since 1999, with the highest year being 2011. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 51% of names given to boys today.
63% of everyone ever named Cylis was born in this single decade.
42 babies were named Cylis in 2011 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Cylis
The Social Security Administration has registered 450 babies named Cylis between 1999 and 2024, spanning 26 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Cylis currently holds the #7036 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2011, when 42 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Cylis performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 283 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Cylis shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Cylis in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Cylis 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 450 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.
Cylis at a glance
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Current rank
Active since
Cylis popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1999
- Peak year (2011)
- 42
- Annual births at peak — across 26 years of records
Currently ranks #7036 among boys.
450 total births across 26 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2011 with 42 births in a single year.
Cylis by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 283 births that decade — 63% of Cylis's all-time total
Cylis decade highlights
- Peak decade 283 births
- Runner-up 85 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Cylis's strongest decade
283 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 63% of all-time use.
Cylis by state
Where Cylis concentrates geographically — total births since 1999
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 6 | 1.3% |
6 of 450 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 1.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 1.3% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile 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, 1999–2024 (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.