Sybil Girl
How popular is Sybil?
#1,423 girl name in 2025
152 baby girls were named Sybil in the US in 2025, making it the 1423rd most popular girl name.
Sybil popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #1,423 for girls (▲ 136 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 152 girls |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+67% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #2,113 in 2015, #1,893 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1921 (541 girls) |
| Highest rank | #282 in 1919 |
| First recorded | 1881 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Sybil counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Sybil family of names ranked #1,084 for girls in 2025 (#1,201 the year before), with 180 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Sybil | 152 | 84% |
| Sibyl | 23 | 13% |
| Sibel | 5 | 3% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Sybil is most popular
Babies named Sybil per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Washington: 0.2 per 1,000 (23 girls)
- Utah: 0.1 per 1,000 (11 girls)
- Georgia: 0.1 per 1,000 (30 girls)
- Indiana: 0.1 per 1,000 (17 girls)
- Maryland: 0.1 per 1,000 (11 girls)
Sybil by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 87 | #560 |
| 1890s | 280 | #408 |
| 1900s | 640 | #368 |
| 1910s | 2,509 | #282 |
| 1920s | 4,437 | #285 |
| 1930s | 3,119 | #317 |
| 1940s | 2,709 | #332 |
| 1950s | 1,887 | #570 |
| 1960s | 1,396 | #703 |
| 1970s | 931 | #1,012 |
| 1980s | 471 | #1,351 |
| 1990s | 198 | #3,292 |
| 2000s | 150 | #5,994 |
| 2010s | 735 | #1,687 |
| 2020s | 811 | #1,423 |
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Questions
- Is Sybil a boy or girl name?
- Sybil is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Sybil were girls.
- How popular is the name Sybil?
- 152 baby girls were named Sybil in the US in 2025, making it the 1423rd most popular girl name.
- When was Sybil most popular?
- Sybil peaked in 1921, when 541 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #282 in 1919.
- How many people are named Sybil?
- 20,365 babies have been named Sybil in the US since 1880. We estimate about 8,702 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 66.
- Where is Sybil most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Sybil was most common in Washington, at 0.2 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.