# Cyrus (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/cyrus/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | “lord” |
| Pronunciation | /ˈsaɪɹəs/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | Cy |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 29,286 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 29,208 / 78 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 1,420, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Cȳrus, from Ancient Greek Κῦρος (Kûros), from Old Persian 𐎤𐎢𐎽𐎢𐏁 (kuruš). As a saints' name it has been identified by folk etymology with Ancient Greek κύριος (kúrios, “lord”).

## What it means

Cyrus is grouped under god.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 5 | 17,167 |
| 2017 | 5 | 16,433 |
| 2018 | 6 | 14,203 |
| 2020 | 10 | 9,722 |
| 2021 | 10 | 9,726 |
| 2022 | 10 | 9,859 |
| 2023 | 9 | 10,508 |
| 2024 | 11 | 9,068 |
| 2025 | 12 | 8,481 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 505 | 513 |
| 2012 | 583 | 468 |
| 2013 | 663 | 436 |
| 2014 | 640 | 459 |
| 2015 | 638 | 469 |
| 2016 | 732 | 426 |
| 2017 | 734 | 423 |
| 2018 | 817 | 389 |
| 2019 | 756 | 409 |
| 2020 | 843 | 369 |
| 2021 | 933 | 349 |
| 2022 | 1,045 | 323 |
| 2023 | 1,124 | 296 |
| 2024 | 1,389 | 253 |
| 2025 | 1,284 | 268 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 52 | 638 |
| 2012 | 59 | 592 |
| 2013 | 47 | 692 |
| 2014 | 44 | 730 |
| 2015 | 41 | 779 |
| 2016 | 32 | 928 |
| 2017 | 59 | 613 |
| 2018 | 40 | 801 |
| 2019 | 47 | 707 |
| 2020 | 50 | 679 |
| 2021 | 56 | 650 |
| 2022 | 64 | 585 |
| 2023 | 64 | 579 |
| 2024 | 85 | 468 |
| 2025 | 91 | 432 |

## In other languages

- Armenian: Կյուրոս
- Catalan: Cir
- Esperanto: Ciro
- Greek: Κύρος
- Hebrew: כּוֹרֶשׁ
- Italian: Ciro
- Polish: Cyrus
- Portuguese: Ciro
- Russian: Са́йрус, Кир
- Spanish: Ciro

## People named Cyrus

- Cyrus the Great, founder of the Achaemenid Empire (559–529 BC)
- Cyrus McCormick, American inventor and businessman (1809–1884)
- Cyrus West Field, American businessman (1819–1892)
- Cyrus Edwin Dallin, American sculptor (1861-1944)
- Cyrus Ingerson Scofield, American theologian, minister and writer (1843-1921)
- Cyrus Stephen Eaton Sr., American businessman (1883–1979)
- Cyrus Frisch, Dutch film director
- Cyrus of Panopolis, Egyptian politician (400-470)
- Cyrus Thomas, American Mesoamericanist and entomologist (1825-1910)
- Cyrus Nowrasteh, American film director and screenwriter
- Cyrus Chestnut, American musician
- Cyrus Herzl Gordon, American Near Eastern scholar (1908–2001)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.