How Many People Are Named Sybil?
people named Sybil are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 40,785 people in the US has this name
Based on 20,365 babies named Sybil in Social Security records from 1881 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
541 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Variant of SIBYL. This spelling variation has existed since the Middle Ages.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Sybil in English. Counting Sybil and these spellings together, about 9,773 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Sybil in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Sybil alive today is about 56 years old, and 57% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 41 and 78 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Sybil first appears in the records in 1881 and was given most often in 1921, to 541 babies. In 2025, 152 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1881 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Sybil has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #282, in 1919. In 2025 it ranked #1,426.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #1,426 |
| Best rank | #282 (1919) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #319 in the 1920s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Sybil alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Sybil were born in North Carolina than in any other state: about 571 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Sybil was given 4 times as often in Louisiana, 3.5 times in South Carolina and 3 times in Alabama.
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