Cy
Boy · SY · Persian
Cy is a boys' name of Persian origin. In 2025 it ranked 2,539th for boys in the US (52 babies).
What does Cy mean?
Persian: short form of Cyrus, sometimes of Cyril
Usually short for Cyrus; baseball pitcher Cy Young's nickname, though, came from 'Cyclone'.
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Is Cy a girl's or a boy's name?
Cy is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 52 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Cy in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2000, with 10 boys.
Half of all the boys named Cy in the UK since 1996 were born between 1999 and 2007. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Cy in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3 | #5,198 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 3 | #4,829 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 3 | #4,837 |
| 2010 | 3 | #4,865 |
| 2009 | 5 | #3,395 |
| 2008 | 4 | #3,836 |
| 2007 | 8 | #2,337 |
| 2006 | 6 | #2,645 |
| 2005 | 6 | #2,545 |
| 2004 | 7 | #2,157 |
| 2003 | 4 | #2,990 |
| 2002 | 5 | #2,358 |
| 2001 | 9 | #1,547 |
| 2000 | 10 | #1,405 |
| 1999 | 5 | #2,184 |
| 1998 | 9 | #1,446 |
| 1997 | 3 | #2,979 |
| 1996 | 9 | #1,394 |
How popular is Cy in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,539among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 52about 1 in 33,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 9% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 52 boys in the US were named Cy, making it the 2,539th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,139th. Its busiest year was 2010, with 117 boys. It first appears in the records in 1902.
Half of all the boys named Cy in the US since 1880 were born between 1979 and 2011, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 137 boys in the US were given Cy or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,232, up from #2,539 for this spelling alone.
- Sai 85
- Cy 52
Cy in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 52 | #2,539 |
| 2024 | 60 | #2,345 |
| 2023 | 75 | #2,013 |
| 2022 | 58 | #2,407 |
| 2021 | 45 | #2,774 |
| 2020 | 65 | #2,139 |
| 2019 | 72 | #2,019 |
| 2018 | 68 | #2,082 |
| 2017 | 45 | #2,714 |
| 2016 | 62 | #2,184 |
| 2015 | 61 | #2,212 |
| 2014 | 71 | #1,999 |
| 2013 | 99 | #1,568 |
| 2012 | 109 | #1,478 |
| 2011 | 99 | #1,573 |
| 2010 | 117 | #1,415 |
| 2009 | 99 | #1,603 |
| 2008 | 104 | #1,543 |
| 2007 | 113 | #1,433 |
| 2006 | 105 | #1,460 |
| 2005 | 106 | #1,401 |
| 2004 | 88 | #1,514 |
| 2003 | 68 | #1,761 |
| 2002 | 55 | #1,994 |
| 2001 | 74 | #1,596 |
| 2000 | 80 | #1,500 |
| 1999 | 71 | #1,557 |
| 1998 | 61 | #1,677 |
| 1997 | 45 | #1,988 |
| 1996 | 46 | #1,929 |
| 1995 | 52 | #1,701 |
| 1994 | 48 | #1,790 |
| 1993 | 48 | #1,764 |
| 1992 | 44 | #1,839 |
| 1991 | 46 | #1,738 |
| 1990 | 40 | #1,904 |
| 1989 | 35 | #2,022 |
| 1988 | 24 | #2,432 |
| 1987 | 29 | #2,053 |
| 1986 | 38 | #1,661 |
| 1985 | 32 | #1,833 |
| 1984 | 27 | #1,978 |
| 1983 | 38 | #1,561 |
| 1982 | 40 | #1,538 |
| 1981 | 45 | #1,411 |
| 1980 | 38 | #1,569 |
| 1979 | 34 | #1,670 |
| 1978 | 27 | #1,870 |
| 1977 | 34 | #1,607 |
| 1976 | 38 | #1,453 |
| 1975 | 37 | #1,455 |
| 1974 | 33 | #1,520 |
| 1973 | 30 | #1,586 |
| 1972 | 27 | #1,680 |
| 1971 | 19 | #2,125 |
| 1970 | 21 | #1,938 |
| 1969 | 15 | #2,216 |
| 1968 | 18 | #1,893 |
| 1967 | 14 | #2,138 |
| 1966 | 21 | #1,683 |
| 1965 | 17 | #1,917 |
| 1964 | 21 | #1,728 |
| 1963 | 22 | #1,694 |
| 1962 | 23 | #1,668 |
| 1961 | 22 | #1,730 |
| 1960 | 23 | #1,691 |
| 1959 | 20 | #1,805 |
| 1958 | 11 | #2,504 |
| 1957 | 21 | #1,750 |
| 1956 | 25 | #1,567 |
| 1955 | 32 | #1,338 |
| 1954 | 27 | #1,465 |
| 1953 | 20 | #1,708 |
| 1952 | 21 | #1,664 |
| 1951 | 15 | #1,971 |
| 1950 | 19 | #1,700 |
| 1949 | 11 | #2,336 |
| 1948 | 6 | #3,315 |
| 1947 | 15 | #1,987 |
| 1946 | 10 | #2,402 |
| 1945 | 9 | #2,392 |
| 1944 | 8 | #2,632 |
| 1943 | 5 | #3,536 |
| 1942 | 7 | #2,939 |
| 1941 | 7 | #2,871 |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 7 | #2,829 |
| 1938 | 8 | #2,646 |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 7 | #2,853 |
| 1935 | 5 | #3,644 |
| 1934 | 11 | #2,266 |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 8 | #2,849 |
| 1931 | 8 | #2,863 |
| 1930 | 7 | #3,287 |
| 1929 | 6 | #3,557 |
| 1928 | 8 | #3,074 |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 8 | #3,137 |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 9 | #3,022 |
| 1923 | 9 | #2,948 |
| 1922 | 13 | #2,346 |
| 1921 | 5 | #4,320 |
| 1920 | 5 | #4,284 |
| 1919 | 10 | #2,664 |
| 1918 | 11 | #2,542 |
| 1917 | 5 | #3,979 |
| 1916 | 10 | #2,542 |
| 1915 | 16 | #1,781 |
| 1914 | 7 | #2,650 |
| 1913 | 6 | #2,495 |
| 1912 | 11 | #1,526 |
| 1911 | 5 | #1,739 |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 5 | #1,344 |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 6 | #1,012 |
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