The name Sibyl is of Greek origin, and means sibyl.
The table below indicates the number of times the name Sibyl has been given to baby girls in recent years.
The last 125 years refers to 1880 through 2004; last year refers to 2004.
The rank and count values are based on U.S. Social Security Administration counts for the one thousand most popular names given to baby girls in each of these years.
Cumulative Usage Chart for the Name Sibyl
Use of the Name Sibyl for Girls During the Last ...
125 Years
50 Years
25 Years
10 Years
5 Years
2 Years
1 Year
2,561
0
0
0
0
0
0
The table below indicates the number of times the name Sibyl has been given to baby girls and baby boys each year, from 1880 through 2004.
Sibyl last appeared in the top thousand girl or boy names during 1929, the last year shown on the table.
A blank entry indicates that the name did not rank among the top one thousand names given to girls or boys, respectively, during the specified year.
Yearly Usage Chart for the Name Sibyl
Used as a Girl Name
Used as a Boy Name
Year
Rank
Count
Rank
Count
1880
929
5
1881
620
9
1882
888
6
1883
1884
1885
1886
655
13
1887
1888
834
11
1889
1890
1891
1892
722
17
1893
1894
780
16
1895
681
22
1896
631
25
1897
677
22
1898
675
24
1899
662
23
1900
602
35
1901
742
20
1902
568
34
1903
757
21
1904
652
29
1905
729
25
1906
675
30
1907
687
31
1908
824
23
1909
886
22
1910
766
32
1911
806
29
1912
727
48
1913
692
57
1914
736
62
1915
632
109
1916
676
103
1917
629
118
1918
380
298
1919
376
299
1920
506
189
1921
589
150
1922
687
114
1923
700
111
1924
744
100
1925
794
87
1926
1927
943
64
1928
923
65
1929
907
63
Totals:
2,561
0
During the last 125 years, parents have used Sibyl as a girl's name nearly 100% of the time and hardly ever as a boy's name.
Cumulative counts and total counts shown on the above tables are somewhat lower than actual counts because the name Sibyl appears in the top 1,000 girl names only 41 times during the last 125 years.