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.

Cyle

#3,148 most common boys' name of all time · #7,628 across all names · 99% male / 1% female · used 1960–2025

Rank among boys
#3,148
Rank overall
#7,628 of 105,966
First appeared
1960
Years on the list
61 of 146
All-time
1,995
Since 2016
47
Peak year
1989 #1,055
Best rank
#1,046 1990
Girls Boys peak 103/yr
1960198020002020

Cyle first appears in 1960. 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 — 9 9 #8,377
2022 — 5 5 #12,633
2020 — 5 5 #12,335
2018 — 8 8 #8,960
2017 — 11 11 #7,198
2016 — 9 9 #8,283
2015 — 6 6 #10,887
2014 — 12 12 #6,730
2013 — 16 16 #5,470
2012 — 21 21 #4,575
2011 — 17 17 #5,274
2010 — 17 17 #5,317
2009 — 30 30 #3,577
2008 — 32 32 #3,445
2007 — 24 24 #4,162
2006 — 37 37 #2,998
2005 — 33 33 #3,127
2004 — 18 18 #4,672
2003 — 37 37 #2,694
2002 — 56 56 #1,983
2001 — 37 37 #2,582
2000 — 49 49 #2,065
1999 — 63 63 #1,680
1998 — 59 59 #1,727
1997 — 63 63 #1,613
1996 — 60 60 #1,625
1995 — 60 60 #1,568
1994 — 93 93 #1,196
1993 — 90 90 #1,182
1992 — 103 103 #1,086
1991 — 98 98 #1,109
1990 — 103 103 #1,046
1989 5 98 103 #1,055
1988 — 68 68 #1,246
1987 5 65 70 #1,200
1986 5 56 61 #1,313
1985 — 76 76 #1,062
1984 — 34 34 #1,712
1983 — 41 41 #1,507
1982 — 40 40 #1,556
1981 — 16 16 #2,847
1980 — 13 13 #3,353
1979 — 20 20 #2,427
1978 — 18 18 #2,537
1977 — 13 13 #3,145
1976 — 12 12 #3,202
1975 — 12 12 #3,201
1974 — 10 10 #3,481
1973 — 7 7 #4,329
1972 — 13 13 #2,781
1971 — 10 10 #3,318
1970 — 11 11 #3,042
1968 — 6 6 #4,044
1967 — 10 10 #2,748
1966 — 10 10 #2,773
1965 — 5 5 #4,334
1964 — 6 6 #3,991
1963 — 8 8 #3,305
1962 — 7 7 #3,621
1961 — 8 8 #3,345
1960 — 6 6 #4,014