How Many People Are Named Sibyl?
people named Sibyl are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 270,399 people in the US has this name
Based on 4,464 babies named Sibyl in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
299 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From Greek Σιβυλλα (Sibylla), meaning "prophetess, sibyl". In Greek and Roman legend the sibyls were ten female prophets who practiced at different holy sites in the ancient world. In later Christian theology, the sibyls were thought to have divine knowledge and were revered in much the same way as the Old Testament prophets. Because of this, the name came into general use in the Christian world during the Middle Ages. The Normans brought it to England, where it was spelled both Sibyl and Sybil. It became rare after the Protestant Reformation, but it was revived in the 19th century, perhaps helped by Benjamin Disraeli's novel 'Sybil' (1845).
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Sibyl in English. Counting Sibyl and these spellings together, about 9,773 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Sibyl in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Sibyl alive today is about 57 years old, and 58% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 47 and 75 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Sibyl first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1918, to 299 babies. In 2025, 23 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Sibyl has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #376, in 1919. In 2025 it ranked #5,536.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #5,536 |
| Best rank | #376 (1919) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #543 in the 1910s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Sibyl alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Sibyl were born in Texas than in any other state: about 19 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Sibyl was given 6.8 times as often in Arkansas, 5 times in Texas and 3.2 times in Oklahoma.
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