The name Sybil is of Greek origin, and means sibyl.
The table below indicates the number of times the name Sybil 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 Sybil
Use of the Name Sybil for Girls During the Last ...
125 Years
50 Years
25 Years
10 Years
5 Years
2 Years
1 Year
16,776
1,968
0
0
0
0
0
The table below indicates the number of times the name Sybil has been given to baby girls and baby boys each year, from 1880 through 2004.
Sybil first appeared in the top thousand girl or boy names during 1881, which is the first year shown on the table.
Sybil last appeared in either or both of these name lists during 1966, 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 Sybil
Used as a Girl Name
Used as a Boy Name
Year
Rank
Count
Rank
Count
1881
816
6
1882
596
11
1883
1884
918
7
1885
738
10
1886
821
9
1887
850
9
1888
660
16
1889
719
14
1890
932
10
1891
521
25
1892
703
18
1893
708
18
1894
640
22
1895
562
29
1896
549
31
1897
476
37
1898
500
39
1899
412
51
1900
422
64
1901
418
52
1902
414
56
1903
435
54
1904
427
58
1905
437
60
1906
374
84
1907
484
55
1908
416
76
1909
407
81
1910
386
105
1911
415
95
1912
438
116
1913
379
163
1914
370
206
1915
364
270
1916
362
287
1917
372
288
1918
299
461
1919
282
515
1920
296
486
1921
285
540
1922
298
461
1923
303
455
1924
305
479
1925
321
437
1926
339
384
1927
318
440
1928
327
415
1929
363
336
1930
383
319
1931
394
275
1932
400
268
1933
382
286
1934
395
270
1935
375
285
1936
320
370
1937
360
321
1938
336
358
1939
328
366
1940
333
368
1941
394
304
1942
423
292
1943
437
285
1944
451
259
1945
461
241
1946
474
276
1947
532
250
1948
562
218
1949
574
213
1950
580
209
1951
568
225
1952
595
215
1953
629
201
1954
671
193
1955
707
179
1956
754
167
1957
768
169
1958
738
182
1959
845
146
1960
814
164
1961
955
129
1962
774
181
1963
695
212
1964
871
142
1965
802
153
1966
834
144
Totals:
16,776
0
During the last 125 years, parents have used Sybil 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 Sybil appears in the top 1,000 girl names only 85 times during the last 125 years.