Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Cy

#2,081 most common boys' name of all time · #4,967 across all names · 99% male / 1% female · used 1902–2025

Rank among boys
#2,081
Rank overall
#4,967 of 105,966
First appeared
1902
Years on the list
112 of 146
All-time
3,921
Since 2016
615
Peak year
2010 #1,418
Best rank
#1,130 1902
Girls Boys peak 117/yr
192019401960198020002020

Cy first appears in 1902. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 — 52 52 #2,545
2024 — 60 60 #2,346
2023 7 75 82 #2,016
2022 — 58 58 #2,414
2021 — 45 45 #2,778
2020 — 65 65 #2,144
2019 — 72 72 #2,024
2018 — 68 68 #2,088
2017 — 45 45 #2,725
2016 6 62 68 #2,189
2015 — 61 61 #2,216
2014 — 71 71 #2,003
2013 — 99 99 #1,572
2012 — 109 109 #1,480
2011 — 99 99 #1,573
2010 — 117 117 #1,418
2009 — 99 99 #1,608
2008 — 104 104 #1,544
2007 — 113 113 #1,436
2006 — 105 105 #1,460
2005 5 106 111 #1,405
2004 — 88 88 #1,518
2003 — 68 68 #1,766
2002 — 55 55 #2,002
2001 — 74 74 #1,603
2000 — 80 80 #1,505
1999 5 71 76 #1,564
1998 — 61 61 #1,684
1997 — 45 45 #1,998
1996 — 46 46 #1,940
1995 — 52 52 #1,709
1994 — 48 48 #1,806
1993 — 48 48 #1,773
1992 — 44 44 #1,853
1991 — 46 46 #1,750
1990 — 40 40 #1,916
1989 — 35 35 #2,040
1988 — 24 24 #2,454
1987 — 29 29 #2,066
1986 — 38 38 #1,672
1985 — 32 32 #1,846
1984 — 27 27 #1,995
1983 — 38 38 #1,570
1982 — 40 40 #1,543
1981 — 45 45 #1,417
1980 — 38 38 #1,571
1979 — 34 34 #1,685
1978 — 27 27 #1,880
1977 — 34 34 #1,619
1976 — 38 38 #1,458
1975 — 37 37 #1,465
1974 — 33 33 #1,525
1973 — 30 30 #1,595
1972 — 27 27 #1,691
1971 — 19 19 #2,155
1970 — 21 21 #1,958
1969 — 15 15 #2,253
1968 — 18 18 #1,917
1967 — 14 14 #2,175
1966 — 21 21 #1,697
1965 — 17 17 #1,952
1964 — 21 21 #1,754
1963 — 22 22 #1,715
1962 — 23 23 #1,694
1961 — 22 22 #1,754
1960 — 23 23 #1,704
1959 — 20 20 #1,835
1958 — 11 11 #2,552
1957 — 21 21 #1,771
1956 — 25 25 #1,589
1955 — 32 32 #1,356
1954 — 27 27 #1,485
1953 — 20 20 #1,742
1952 — 21 21 #1,683
1951 — 15 15 #2,023
1950 — 19 19 #1,730
1949 — 11 11 #2,390
1948 — 6 6 #3,400
1947 — 15 15 #2,018
1946 — 10 10 #2,459
1945 — 9 9 #2,468
1944 — 8 8 #2,712
1943 — 5 5 #3,647
1942 — 7 7 #3,029
1941 — 7 7 #2,948
1939 — 7 7 #2,928
1938 — 8 8 #2,725
1936 — 7 7 #2,944
1935 — 5 5 #3,755
1934 — 11 11 #2,321
1932 — 8 8 #2,928
1931 — 8 8 #2,951
1930 — 7 7 #3,363
1929 — 6 6 #3,651
1928 — 8 8 #3,160
1926 — 8 8 #3,199
1924 — 9 9 #3,081
1923 — 9 9 #3,018
1922 — 13 13 #2,408
1921 — 5 5 #4,421
1920 — 5 5 #4,409
1919 — 10 10 #2,734
1918 — 11 11 #2,611
1917 — 5 5 #4,093
1916 — 10 10 #2,616
1915 — 16 16 #1,840
1914 — 7 7 #2,732
1913 — 6 6 #2,611
1912 — 11 11 #1,589
1911 — 5 5 #1,887
1907 — 5 5 #1,494
1902 — 6 6 #1,130