Girls' name · since 1880
Sybilla
174 babies named Sybilla in U.S. Social Security records since 1880, with the highest year being 1917. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #21,292 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 174
- born since 1880
- 1920s
- peak decade
Sybilla sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 174 recorded since 1880.
Sybilla has 174 recorded births among girls since 1880, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1920s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1880 to 2011.
- #21,292 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 174 born since 1880
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Sybilla ranks #21,292 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 174 born since 1880, peaking in the 1920s.
- #21,292 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 174
- born since 1880
- 1920s
- peak decade
Sybilla's 174 recorded births place it above 70.55% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Sybilla's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Sybilla's SSA record in two at 1918 and the more recent half accounts for 53% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 47%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1894, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1917 peak of 10, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Sybilla popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1880–2011
- Peak year (1917)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 132 years of records
Sybilla by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (49 births, 28% of the file).
1920s was Sybilla's strongest decade.
49 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 28% of all-time use.
Sybilla births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s 12
1880s
12 births
- 1890s
1890s
28 births
- 1900s 10
1900s
10 births
- 1910s
1910s
46 births
- 1920s
1920s
49 births
- 1930s 11
1930s
11 births
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
- 2010s 13
2010s
13 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 49 births (28% of all-time use).
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- Sybilla's decade-level peak was the 1920s (49 total births); usage has since declined to 13 in the 2010s -- 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 Sybilla: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1917)
Similar record span (~131 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, 1880–2011 (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 Sybilla 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.