# Sibyl (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/sibyl/  
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 | girls |
| Origin | Greek |
| Meaning | “sibyl” |
| Pronunciation | /ˈsɪ.bəl/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Sybil, Sybill, Cybil, Cybill, Sibylla |
| US babies named this | 4,464 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 4,464 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 8, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Latin Sibylla, Ancient Greek Σίβυλλα (Síbulla, “sibyl”), name of ancient Greek prophetesses.

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 6 | 13,480 |
| 2006 | 6 | 16,829 |
| 2013 | 9 | 11,845 |
| 2014 | 16 | 7,591 |
| 2015 | 12 | 9,414 |
| 2016 | 19 | 6,635 |
| 2017 | 9 | 11,493 |
| 2018 | 15 | 7,716 |
| 2019 | 18 | 6,665 |
| 2020 | 15 | 7,523 |
| 2021 | 14 | 7,977 |
| 2022 | 16 | 7,245 |
| 2023 | 15 | 7,587 |
| 2024 | 11 | 9,477 |
| 2025 | 23 | 5,537 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 5 | 3,961 |
| 2025 | 3 | 5,927 |

## In other languages

- Czech: Sibyla
- Estonian: Pille
- German: Sibylle
- Polish: Sybilla
- Swedish: Sibylla

## People named Sibyl

- Sibyl Sanderson, American operatic soprano (1864-1903)
- Sibyl Buck, American model and musician
- Sibyl Moholy-Nagy, German-Hungarian American art historian
- Sibyl Mary Hathaway, Dame of Sark from 1927 until her death

## 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.