Girls' name · since 1918
Sybella
231 babies named Sybella in U.S. Social Security records since 1918, with the highest year being 2017. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #18,383 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 231
- born since 1918
- 2010s
- peak decade
231 girls have been named Sybella since 1918, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Sybella has 231 recorded births among girls since 1918, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1918 to 2024.
- #18,383 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 231 born since 1918
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Sybella ranks #18,383 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 231 born since 1918, peaking in the 2010s.
- #18,383 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 231
- born since 1918
- 2010s
- peak decade
Sybella's 231 recorded births place it above 74.57% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by California.
Sybella's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Sybella's full recorded timeline at 2014, 53% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 47% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1938, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2017 peak of 20 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Sybella popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1918–2024
- Peak year (2017)
- 20
- Annual births at peak, across 107 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000, last recorded 2024.
231 total births across 107 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2017 with 20 births in a single year.
Sybella by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (126 births, 55% of the file).
2010s was Sybella's strongest decade.
126 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 55% of all-time use.
Sybella births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 6
1910s
6 births
- 1930s 5
1930s
5 births
- 2000s
2000s
52 births
- 2010s
2010s
126 births
- 2020s 42
2020s
42 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 126 births (55% of all-time use).
Sybella decade highlights
- Peak decade 126 births
- Runner-up 52 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
Sybella by state
Where Sybella concentrates geographically, total births since 1918
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 2.2% |
5 of 231 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 2.2% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 2.2% of all recorded births nationwide - a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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What to do with Sybella's data
- Sybella's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (126 total births) through the 2020s (42) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Sybellas (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Sybella: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2017)
Similar record span (~106 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, 1918–2024 (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 Sybella 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.
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