Boys' name · since 1971
Cyrano
14 babies named Cyrano in U.S. Social Security records since 1971, with the highest year being 1998. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #31,786 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 14
- born since 1971
- 1990s
- peak decade
14 boys have been named Cyrano since 1971, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Cyrano has 14 recorded births among boys since 1971, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1971 to 1998.
- #31,786 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 14 born since 1971
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Cyrano ranks #31,786 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 14 born since 1971, peaking in the 1990s.
- #31,786 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 14
- born since 1971
- 1990s
- peak decade
Cyrano's 14 recorded births place it above 29.67% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Cyrano's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Cyrano's full recorded timeline at 1998, 57% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 43% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1971, with just 6 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1998 peak of 8 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Cyrano popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1971–1998
- Peak year (1998)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 28 years of records
Cyrano by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (8 births, 57% of the file).
1990s was Cyrano's strongest decade.
8 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 57% of all-time use.
Cyrano births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
6 births
- 1990s
1990s
8 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 8 births (57% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Cyrano: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1998)
Similar record span (~27 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, 1971–1998 (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 Cyrano 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.