Cylus
Boy · SY-lus · Latin
Cylus is a boys' name of Latin origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,512th for boys in the US (32 babies).
Where does Cylus come from?
Latin: probably a spelling of Silas
- Say it
- SY-lus
Is Cylus a girl's or a boy's name?
Cylus is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 32 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Cylus in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,512among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 32about 1 in 53,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 13% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 32 boys in the US were named Cylus, making it the 3,512th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,758th. Its busiest year was 2012, with 77 boys. It first appears in the records in 1997.
Half of all the boys named Cylus in the US since 1880 were born between 2011 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 5,607 boys in the US were given Cylus or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #62, up from #3,512 for this spelling alone.
Cylus in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 32 | #3,512 |
| 2024 | 29 | #3,791 |
| 2023 | 43 | #2,894 |
| 2022 | 37 | #3,214 |
| 2021 | 41 | #2,971 |
| 2020 | 44 | #2,758 |
| 2019 | 42 | #2,896 |
| 2018 | 33 | #3,369 |
| 2017 | 39 | #3,005 |
| 2016 | 54 | #2,387 |
| 2015 | 52 | #2,428 |
| 2014 | 75 | #1,919 |
| 2013 | 59 | #2,204 |
| 2012 | 77 | #1,881 |
| 2011 | 65 | #2,058 |
| 2010 | 48 | #2,555 |
| 2009 | 40 | #2,945 |
| 2008 | 23 | #4,264 |
| 2007 | 21 | #4,491 |
| 2006 | 7 | #9,579 |
| 2005 | 12 | #6,220 |
| 2004 | 8 | #8,137 |
| 2003 | 7 | #8,636 |
| 2002 | 8 | #7,636 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 6 | #8,104 |
Names like Cylus
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Other spellings of Cylus
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