Cyrene
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- sy-REE-nee
- Origin
- Greek
- US rank, 2025
- #11,928 for girls
Cyrene is a girls' name of Greek origin. In 2025 it ranked 11,928th for girls in the US (7 babies).
What does Cyrene mean?
Greek: from Kyrene, a nymph of Greek myth
In Greek myth Cyrene was a huntress loved by Apollo, and the ancient city of Cyrene in Libya bore her name.
Is Cyrene a girl's or a boy's name?
Cyrene is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Cyrene in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #11,928among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 7about 1 in 230,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 7 girls in the US were named Cyrene, making it the 11,928th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,964th. Its busiest year was 2014, with 14 girls. It first appears in the records in 1912.
Half of all the girls named Cyrene in the US since 1880 were born between 1998 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Cyrene in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #11,928 |
| 2024 | 11 | #8,941 |
| 2023 | 6 | #13,456 |
| 2022 | 10 | #9,674 |
| 2021 | 7 | #12,201 |
| 2020 | 13 | #7,964 |
| 2019 | 6 | #13,793 |
| 2018 | 5 | #15,677 |
| 2017 | 7 | #12,709 |
| 2016 | 5 | #16,210 |
| 2015 | 11 | #9,476 |
| 2014 | 14 | #8,050 |
| 2013 | 6 | #14,577 |
| 2012 | 10 | #10,424 |
| 2011 | 7 | #13,339 |
| 2010 | 6 | #14,953 |
| 2009 | 7 | #13,698 |
| 2008 | 6 | #15,399 |
| 2007 | 6 | #15,485 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 5 | #16,455 |
| 2004 | 5 | #16,092 |
| 2003 | 5 | #15,777 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 5 | #14,116 |
| 1997 | 7 | #10,831 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 6 | #9,540 |
| 1985 | 8 | #7,560 |
| 1984 | 5 | #10,417 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 7 | #6,898 |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 6 | #6,041 |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 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 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 5 | #5,007 |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 5 | #4,415 |
| 1915 | 0 | – |
| 1914 | 0 | – |
| 1913 | 0 | – |
| 1912 | 5 | #2,977 |
Names like Cyrene
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Coraline Brynlee Calliope Cassidy Teagan Rynlee Caroline Callie Brielle Kennedy Braelynn Lainey
Names related to Cyrene
More Greek names
Luca Theodore Sophia George Theo Lucas Sofia Alexander Sebastian Penelope Phoebe Margot Luke Chloe Sophie Zoe
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, “Cyrene: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/cyrene, updated 20 October 2026.