Sibel — #12354 US girls' name
254 babies named Sibel in U.S. Social Security records since 1966, with the highest year being 1988. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 30% of names given to girls today.
26% of everyone ever named Sibel was born in this single decade.
13 babies were named Sibel in 1988 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Sibel
The Social Security Administration has registered 254 babies named Sibel between 1966 and 2024, spanning 59 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Sibel currently holds the #12354 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1988, when 13 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Sibel performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 67 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Sibel shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Sibel in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Sibel 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 254 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.
Sibel at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Sibel popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1966
- Peak year (1988)
- 13
- Annual births at peak — across 59 years of records
Currently ranks #12354 among girls.
254 total births across 59 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1988 with 13 births in a single year.
Sibel by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 67 births that decade — 26% of Sibel's all-time total
Sibel decade highlights
- Peak decade 67 births
- Runner-up 62 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Sibel's strongest decade
67 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 26% of all-time use.
Sibel by state
Where Sibel concentrates geographically — total births since 1966
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 5 | 2.0% |
5 of 254 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- New York 2.0% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 2.0% 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, 1966–2024 (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.