Cyril

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Cyril: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Cyril: Recorded since 1964, its highest recorded position is #91, and it stood at #1,951 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
57times a registrar ranked it
61years from first to last
#91highest recorded position
15groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#2357
1997	#2859
1998	#2901
1999	#2943
2000	#2501
2001	#1949
2002	#2254
2003	#2189
2004	#2070
2005	#1617
2006	#2282
2007	#2435
2008	#1457
2009	#3227
2010	#2400
2011	#3300
2012	#1852
2013	#4685
2014	#2690
2015	#3373
2016	#3079
2017	#1812
2018	#3011
2020	#2228
2021	#3990
2022	#2755
2023	#1799
2024	#1951

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in Republic of Ireland in 29 of the 49 years from 1964 to 2012.

In 2012: #718 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #1852 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1964–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1964
First recorded at #116 among boys in Republic of Ireland in 1964 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Highest recorded1964–2012
Highest recorded position: #91 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 1966 (recorded 1964–2012).
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1951 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Cyril appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Boys, which has ranked it in 29 years beginning in 1964, and has registered 528 births with the name.

Cyril across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Cyril's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#116 (1964)	#91 (1966)	#718 (2012)	29 of 49	528 (1964–2012)	46 (1966)
England and Wales · Boys	#2357 (1996)	#1457 (2008)	#1951 (2024)	28 of 29	196 (1996–2024)	15 (2008)

Cyril by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Cyril in Republic of Ireland · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1960sbusiest	193	6 of 10	32
1970s	225	10 of 10	23
1980s	98	10 of 10	10
1990s	9	2 of 10	5
2010s	3	1 of 10	3

Across Republic of Ireland · Boys, the 1960s were its busiest decade — the 6 years of it this list covers, averaging 32 births a year.

See the names Republic of Irelandhas recorded the most births with →

Cyril appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1964 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #91 in Republic of Ireland in 1966.

Cyril's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#1951	12	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#1799	13	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#2755	7	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#3990	4	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#2228	9	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#3011	6	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#1812	13	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#3079	6	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#3373	5	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#2690	7	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#4685	3	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1852	12	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#3300	5	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#2400	8	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#3227	5	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#1457	15	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#2435	7	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#2282	7	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#1617	11	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#2070	7	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#2189	6	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#2254	5	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#1949	6	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#2501	4	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#2943	3	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#2901	3	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#2859	3	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#2357	4	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	male	#718	3	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	male	#261	6	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	male	#323	3	High	Verified
1989	Republic of Ireland	male	#190	10	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	male	#215	7	High	Verified
1987	Republic of Ireland	male	#235	6	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	male	#317	3	High	Verified
1985	Republic of Ireland	male	#185	11	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	male	#205	9	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	male	#192	12	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	male	#205	10	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	male	#181	14	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	male	#179	16	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	male	#166	17	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	male	#205	10	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	male	#159	19	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	male	#154	20	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	male	#192	13	High	Verified
1974	Republic of Ireland	male	#134	28	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	male	#126	31	High	Verified
1972	Republic of Ireland	male	#135	27	High	Verified
1971	Republic of Ireland	male	#129	29	High	Verified
1970	Republic of Ireland	male	#118	31	High	Verified
1969	Republic of Ireland	male	#130	23	High	Verified
1968	Republic of Ireland	male	#108	30	High	Verified
1967	Republic of Ireland	male	#103	34	High	Verified
1966	Republic of Ireland	male	#91	46	High	Verified
1965	Republic of Ireland	male	#92	41	High	Verified
1964	Republic of Ireland	male	#116	19	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1964 and 2024, ranked in 56 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #91, first reached in 1966.

It held a top-100 place in 2 years, 2 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 46 births, registered in Republic of Ireland in 1966.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 4 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 32 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Tadgh · #90, 55y
Niklas · #86, 57y
Avril · #101, 61y
Bartholomew · #81, 59y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1960 and 1969.

Leona · #91, 61y
Marlene · #91, 54y
Cathy · #92, 54y
Dearbhla · #90, 57y

Cyril was ranked #91 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 1966. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Cyril and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Cyril without appearing here.

Cyril moved ahead of

Glenn Compare
In 2022 they stood at #3990 and #2730 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #1799 and #4991.
Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1799 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #1951 and #5119.
Even Compare
In 2016 they stood at #4685 and #4685 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2017 that had become #1812 and #4812.
Shannon Compare
In 2016 they stood at #4685 and #3822 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2017 that had become #1812 and #4812.

Moved ahead of Cyril

Aksel Compare
In 2012 they stood at #1852 and #3416 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2013 that had become #4685 and #2403.
Hudson Compare
In 1996 they stood at #2357 and #2863 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1997 that had become #2859 and #1761.
Theodor Compare
In 2008 they stood at #1457 and #1828 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2009 that had become #3227 and #2544.
Isaac Compare
In 2011 they stood at #261 and #281 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2012 that had become #718 and #85.

Moved the opposite way to Cyril

Alexander Compare
Between 1964 and 2012 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Cyril went from #116 to #718 while Alexander went from #116 to #54.
Benjamin Compare
Between 1964 and 2012 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Cyril went from #116 to #718 while Benjamin went from #139 to #68.
Conor Compare
Between 1964 and 2012 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Cyril went from #116 to #718 while Conor went from #56 to #5.
Daniel Compare
Between 1964 and 2012 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Cyril went from #116 to #718 while Daniel went from #19 to #3.

Moved the same way as Cyril

Adrian Compare
Between 1964 and 2012 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Cyril went from #116 to #718 and Adrian from #65 to #127.
Alan Compare
Between 1964 and 2012 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Cyril went from #116 to #718 and Alan from #29 to #72.
Alfred Compare
Between 1964 and 2012 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Cyril went from #116 to #718 and Alfred from #134 to #401.
Andrew Compare
Between 1964 and 2012 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Cyril went from #116 to #718 and Andrew from #34 to #60.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1964 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #91 in Republic of Ireland in 1966. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Cyril

Cyril at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Cyril across 2 official records

Cyril by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Cyril appears in

Popularity data

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Cyril at a glance

Cyril across 2 official records

Cyril by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Cyril appears in

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Also first recorded in the 1960s

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