Cisco
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- SIS-koh
- Origin
- Latin
- US rank, 2025
- #9,710 for boys
Cisco is a boys' name of Latin origin, meaning “Frenchman”. In 2025 it ranked 9,710th for boys in the US (7 babies).
What does Cisco mean?
Latin: Spanish short form of Francisco, from Latin Franciscus
“Frenchman”
A Spanish pet form of Francisco; the Cisco Kid is a Western hero first created by the writer O. Henry.
Is Cisco a girl's or a boy's name?
Cisco is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Cisco in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #9,710among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 7about 1 in 240,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 20% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 7 boys in the US were named Cisco, making it the 9,710th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,536th. Its busiest year was 1999, with 33 boys. It first appears in the records in 1924.
2025 had fewer boys named Cisco than any year since 1986.
Half of all the boys named Cisco in the US since 1880 were born between 1985 and 2010, the years shaded on the chart below.
Cisco in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #9,710 |
| 2024 | 12 | #6,827 |
| 2023 | 17 | #5,465 |
| 2022 | 10 | #7,762 |
| 2021 | 15 | #5,771 |
| 2020 | 21 | #4,536 |
| 2019 | 11 | #7,168 |
| 2018 | 13 | #6,341 |
| 2017 | 10 | #7,542 |
| 2016 | 15 | #5,785 |
| 2015 | 9 | #8,035 |
| 2014 | 13 | #6,303 |
| 2013 | 12 | #6,598 |
| 2012 | 15 | #5,714 |
| 2011 | 16 | #5,429 |
| 2010 | 24 | #4,098 |
| 2009 | 15 | #5,796 |
| 2008 | 20 | #4,710 |
| 2007 | 12 | #6,618 |
| 2006 | 15 | #5,521 |
| 2005 | 20 | #4,321 |
| 2004 | 19 | #4,416 |
| 2003 | 21 | #3,971 |
| 2002 | 14 | #5,124 |
| 2001 | 18 | #4,296 |
| 2000 | 32 | #2,800 |
| 1999 | 33 | #2,604 |
| 1998 | 28 | #2,848 |
| 1997 | 30 | #2,609 |
| 1996 | 13 | #4,606 |
| 1995 | 15 | #4,046 |
| 1994 | 21 | #3,209 |
| 1993 | 9 | #5,764 |
| 1992 | 16 | #3,740 |
| 1991 | 11 | #4,752 |
| 1990 | 10 | #4,986 |
| 1989 | 8 | #5,608 |
| 1988 | 9 | #4,781 |
| 1987 | 9 | #4,567 |
| 1986 | 7 | #5,327 |
| 1985 | 10 | #4,047 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 8 | #4,497 |
| 1982 | 6 | #5,617 |
| 1981 | 12 | #3,410 |
| 1980 | 14 | #3,097 |
| 1979 | 14 | #3,017 |
| 1978 | 12 | #3,214 |
| 1977 | 15 | #2,790 |
| 1976 | 12 | #3,093 |
| 1975 | 14 | #2,749 |
| 1974 | 9 | #3,556 |
| 1973 | 24 | #1,817 |
| 1972 | 7 | #3,960 |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 5 | #4,722 |
| 1969 | 6 | #3,934 |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 5 | #3,964 |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 5 | #4,036 |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 5 | #3,796 |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 6 | #3,362 |
| 1950 | 6 | #3,328 |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 11 | #2,325 |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 5 | #4,345 |
Names like Cisco
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Pablo Marco Marcelo Osvaldo Marquez Luca Diego Rodrigo Paolo Santiago Cruz Josue
More Latin names
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Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Cisco: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/cisco, updated 20 October 2026.