# Sybil (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/sybil/  
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 | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Cybil |
| US babies named this | 20,365 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 5 / 20,360 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 354, 1996 to 2025 |

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 13 | 9,089 |
| 2012 | 16 | 7,760 |
| 2013 | 67 | 2,656 |
| 2014 | 86 | 2,211 |
| 2015 | 91 | 2,122 |
| 2016 | 106 | 1,907 |
| 2017 | 111 | 1,853 |
| 2018 | 109 | 1,866 |
| 2019 | 124 | 1,697 |
| 2020 | 101 | 1,907 |
| 2021 | 123 | 1,694 |
| 2022 | 145 | 1,503 |
| 2023 | 154 | 1,452 |
| 2024 | 136 | 1,567 |
| 2025 | 152 | 1,426 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1924 | 5 | 4,875 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 5 | 4,049 |
| 2012 | 6 | 3,681 |
| 2013 | 11 | 2,313 |
| 2014 | 13 | 2,058 |
| 2015 | 16 | 1,783 |
| 2016 | 19 | 1,635 |
| 2017 | 30 | 1,144 |
| 2018 | 18 | 1,649 |
| 2019 | 22 | 1,389 |
| 2020 | 22 | 1,397 |
| 2021 | 23 | 1,351 |
| 2022 | 29 | 1,142 |
| 2023 | 37 | 941 |
| 2024 | 40 | 902 |
| 2025 | 37 | 951 |

## People named Sybil

- Sybil Danning, Austrian actress
- Sybil Bauer, American swimmer, Olympic gold medalist, former world record-holder (1903-1927)
- Sybil Thorndike, British actress (1882–1976)
- Sybil Ludington, American revolutionary heroine (1761-1839)
- Sybil Seely, American actress (1902–1984)
- Sybil Jason, American actress (1927-2011)
- Sybil Smolova, Austrian-Czech actress
- Sybil Thomas, Viscountess Rhondda, British suffragette, viscountess (1857–1941)
- Sybil Werden, German dancer and actor (1924-2007)
- Sibylla of Anjou, Countess of Flanders (1112-1165)
- Sibila of Fortia, Aragonese queen

## 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.