Top Baby Names

Origin and Meaning of First Names.

Cyrus

Gender

Male

Origin

Persian
Sun
Sun or enthroned; Cyrus the Great conquered Babylon and founded the Persian Empire.
Greek

Syllables

2

Themes

  • Biblical

Alternate Spellings and Variants of Cyrus

Pronunciation

cy-rus

Celebrity Babies

Son of Cybill Shepherd, Son of Claire Danes and Hugh Dancy

Popularity in the USA

  • Boys: peak in 2024 (rank #254, 1,380 births); most recent 2025 (rank #268, 1,284 births)
  • Girls: peak in 2025 (rank #8362, 12 births)
Births by year in the USA
YearBoysGirls
20251,28412
20241,38011
20231,1229
20221,04310
202193310
202084210
2019755–
20188176
20177345
2016732–

Top girl names · Top boy names in the USA (2025)

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA), national baby names data (public domain). This site is not affiliated with or endorsed by the SSA. Data years: 1880 to 2025. Original data

Popularity in England and Wales

  • Boys: peak in 2025 (rank #432, 91 births)
Births by year in England and Wales
YearBoys
202591
202485
202364
202264
202156
202050
201947
201840
201759
201632

Top girl names · Top boy names in England and Wales (2025)

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Baby names in England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1996 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in France

  • Boys: peak in 2007 (rank #1430, 19 births); most recent 2023 (rank #2380, 10 births)
Births by year in France
YearBoys
202310
202211
20219
202014
20199
201813
201712
201611
201510
201414

Top girl names · Top boy names in France (2023)

Source: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (last updated 8 July 2024), used under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0. Changes: names are shown in title case, and spellings that differ only by accents are counted together. Data years: 1900 to 2023. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Ireland

  • Boys: peak in 2025 (rank #787, 3 births)
Births by year in Ireland
YearBoys
20253
2024–
2023–
2022–
2021–
2020–
2019–
2018–
2017–
2016–

Top girl names · Top boy names in Ireland (2025)

Source: Central Statistics Office (CSO), Ireland, Irish Babies' Names (tables VSA50 and VSA60), licensed under CC BY 4.0. Changes: spellings that differ only by accents (for example Rian and Rían) are counted together. Data years: 1964 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Scotland

  • Boys: peak in 2025 (rank #367, 9 births)
Births by year in Scotland
YearBoys
20259
20246
2023–
20224
2021–
2020–
2019–
20183
2017–
2016–

Top girl names · Top boy names in Scotland (2025)

Source: National Records of Scotland (NRS), Babies' First Names. © Crown copyright. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1974 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in British Columbia (Canada)

  • Boys: peak in 2023 (rank #132, 26 births)
Births by year in British Columbia (Canada)
YearBoys
202326
202220
202111
202019
201919
201815
201715
201618
201510
201419

Top girl names · Top boy names in British Columbia (Canada) (2023)

Source: British Columbia Vital Statistics Agency, Most popular baby names for the past 100 years. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia. Changes: names are shown in title case. Data years: 1924 to 2023. Original data · Licence