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Cy

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Cy is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 60 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.

Rank in 2024
outside the top 1,000
Births in 2024
600.00% of boys
Peak year
2010117 births
Best rank
never in the top 1,000
Since 1902
3,846people given the name
Babies named Cy, by year of birthboys
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The story in the numbers

3,846 boys have been named Cy in the United States since 1902, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2010, with 117 births.

It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 2000, and the 2000s alone account for 23%.

By decade

Decadeboys named Cy
1900s11
1910s81
1920s63
1930s61
1940s78
1950s211
1960s196
1970s300
1980s346
1990s501
2000s892
2010s803
2020s303

In 2010, its biggest year

Cy was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 2010 were Jacob, Ethan, Michael, Jayden and William. See all of 2010.

Names that rose and fell with Cy

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

Other spellings in the data

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.