first name
CYRUS
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 17,992 people named Cyrus, 54.9% reported their origin as White, 13.1% as Black and 11.8% as Hispanic or Latino. 99.4% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Cyrus peaked in 2024, when 1,400 babies got the name.
At least 29,286 babies have been given the name since 1880. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Cyrus by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1880s, when it ranked #550. The largest share of babies named Cyrus, 39.9%, were born in 2013 or later.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Cyrus is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Cyrus has been most common in Hawaii (4.2×), Nevada (2.6×), and Alaska (2.2×), and least common in Mississippi (0.15×).
22,350 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Cyrus
Spelled almost the same
2 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Cyrus, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Cyrus ranks #7,186 of 156,621, with 4,485 people. See Cyrus as a last name
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