Cylas
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- SY-las
- Origin
- Greek
- US rank, 2025
- #2,183 for boys
Cylas is a boys' name of Greek origin. In 2025 it ranked 2,183rd for boys in the US (65 babies).
What does Cylas mean?
Greek: spelling of Silas
A spelling of Silas, the companion of St Paul on his missionary journeys in the Book of Acts.
Is Cylas a girl's or a boy's name?
Cylas is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 65 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Cylas in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,183rd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 65 about 1 in 26,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 1% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 65 boys in the US were named Cylas, making it the 2,183rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,391st. Its busiest year was 2015, with 77 boys. It first appears in the records in 1996.
2025 had more boys named Cylas than any year since 2015.
Half of all the boys named Cylas in the US since 1880 were born between 2012 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 5,607 boys in the US were given Cylas or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #62, up from #2,183 for this spelling alone.
Cylas in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 65 | #2,183 |
| 2024 | 47 | #2,750 |
| 2023 | 51 | #2,574 |
| 2022 | 45 | #2,828 |
| 2021 | 47 | #2,694 |
| 2020 | 55 | #2,391 |
| 2019 | 45 | #2,765 |
| 2018 | 61 | #2,229 |
| 2017 | 46 | #2,671 |
| 2016 | 51 | #2,477 |
| 2015 | 77 | #1,895 |
| 2014 | 70 | #2,016 |
| 2013 | 72 | #1,930 |
| 2012 | 52 | #2,414 |
| 2011 | 67 | #2,016 |
| 2010 | 33 | #3,307 |
| 2009 | 32 | #3,397 |
| 2008 | 26 | #3,918 |
| 2007 | 15 | #5,658 |
| 2006 | 10 | #7,422 |
| 2005 | 18 | #4,626 |
| 2004 | 8 | #8,137 |
| 2003 | 11 | #6,251 |
| 2002 | 6 | #9,385 |
| 2001 | 9 | #6,928 |
| 2000 | 10 | #6,309 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 5 | #9,008 |
Names like Cylas
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Atlas, Leonidas, Ares, Colson, Theo, Callum, Caius, Kyrie, Lucas, Ander, Memphis, Gael
Other spellings of Cylas
More Greek names
Luca, Theodore, Sophia, George, Sofia, Alexander, Sebastian, Penelope, Phoebe, Margot, Luke, Chloe, Sophie, Zoe, Iris, Maisie
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, “Cylas: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/cylas, updated 20 October 2026.