Cyrus
Boy · SY-rus · Persian
Cyrus is a boys' name of Persian origin. In 2025 it ranked 441st for boys in the UK (100 babies) and 268th for boys in the US (1,284 babies).
What does Cyrus mean?
Persian: Latin form of Old Persian Kurush, of uncertain meaning
Cyrus the Great founded the Persian Achaemenid Empire and is praised in the Bible for freeing the exiled Jews.
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- SY-rus
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Is Cyrus a girl's or a boy's name?
Cyrus is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 100 boys in the UK and 12 girls and 1,284 boys in the US.
How popular is Cyrus in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #441among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 100about 1 in 3,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 78% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 100 boys in the UK were named Cyrus, making it the 441st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 719th.
2025 had the most boys named Cyrus of any year since the records began in 1996.
Half of all the boys named Cyrus in the UK since 1996 were born between 2006 and 2021. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
In 2025, 104 boys in the UK were given Cyrus or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #433, up from #441 for this spelling alone.
- Cyrus 100
- Syrus 4
Among boys in 2025, it was 432nd in England and Wales and 367th in Scotland.
Cyrus in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 100 | #441 |
| 2024 | 91 | #488 |
| 2023 | 65 | #623 |
| 2022 | 68 | #606 |
| 2021 | 58 | #690 |
| 2020 | 52 | #719 |
| 2019 | 49 | #745 |
| 2018 | 43 | #826 |
| 2017 | 59 | #665 |
| 2016 | 32 | #1,010 |
| 2015 | 42 | #825 |
| 2014 | 45 | #773 |
| 2013 | 48 | #746 |
| 2012 | 59 | #648 |
| 2011 | 55 | #674 |
| 2010 | 58 | #632 |
| 2009 | 68 | #552 |
| 2008 | 59 | #612 |
| 2007 | 44 | #710 |
| 2006 | 70 | #498 |
| 2005 | 44 | #658 |
| 2004 | 38 | #696 |
| 2003 | 31 | #754 |
| 2002 | 25 | #821 |
| 2001 | 24 | #796 |
| 2000 | 41 | #541 |
| 1999 | 29 | #667 |
| 1998 | 20 | #844 |
| 1997 | 27 | #671 |
| 1996 | 29 | #615 |
How popular is Cyrus in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #268among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 1,284about 1 in 1,300 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 57% in five years
- Same name in a class
- 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 1,284 boys in the US were named Cyrus, making it the 268th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 369th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 1,389 boys. 12 girls were also named Cyrus in 2025 (8,360th for girls).
Half of all the boys named Cyrus in the US since 1880 were born between 1980 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 1,422 boys in the US were given Cyrus or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #264, up from #268 for this spelling alone.
Cyrus in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,284 | #268 |
| 2024 | 1,389 | #253 |
| 2023 | 1,124 | #296 |
| 2022 | 1,045 | #323 |
| 2021 | 933 | #349 |
| 2020 | 843 | #369 |
| 2019 | 756 | #409 |
| 2018 | 817 | #389 |
| 2017 | 734 | #422 |
| 2016 | 732 | #426 |
| 2015 | 638 | #469 |
| 2014 | 640 | #459 |
| 2013 | 663 | #436 |
| 2012 | 583 | #468 |
| 2011 | 505 | #513 |
| 2010 | 535 | #486 |
| 2009 | 519 | #521 |
| 2008 | 539 | #505 |
| 2007 | 587 | #464 |
| 2006 | 502 | #515 |
| 2005 | 509 | #488 |
| 2004 | 473 | #515 |
| 2003 | 510 | #485 |
| 2002 | 506 | #471 |
| 2001 | 428 | #521 |
| 2000 | 397 | #541 |
| 1999 | 363 | #552 |
| 1998 | 357 | #553 |
| 1997 | 276 | #624 |
| 1996 | 209 | #731 |
| 1995 | 177 | #802 |
| 1994 | 190 | #762 |
| 1993 | 207 | #718 |
| 1992 | 200 | #729 |
| 1991 | 164 | #801 |
| 1990 | 152 | #824 |
| 1989 | 157 | #789 |
| 1988 | 166 | #733 |
| 1987 | 151 | #746 |
| 1986 | 135 | #780 |
| 1985 | 133 | #768 |
| 1984 | 161 | #683 |
| 1983 | 149 | #700 |
| 1982 | 143 | #723 |
| 1981 | 172 | #650 |
| 1980 | 160 | #684 |
| 1979 | 126 | #770 |
| 1978 | 133 | #729 |
| 1977 | 136 | #732 |
| 1976 | 77 | #946 |
| 1975 | 93 | #861 |
| 1974 | 91 | #841 |
| 1973 | 86 | #852 |
| 1972 | 85 | #873 |
| 1971 | 83 | #893 |
| 1970 | 100 | #809 |
| 1969 | 74 | #885 |
| 1968 | 96 | #756 |
| 1967 | 70 | #856 |
| 1966 | 63 | #916 |
| 1965 | 88 | #789 |
| 1964 | 66 | #936 |
| 1963 | 77 | #855 |
| 1962 | 88 | #807 |
| 1961 | 90 | #802 |
| 1960 | 77 | #866 |
| 1959 | 76 | #874 |
| 1958 | 92 | #776 |
| 1957 | 84 | #822 |
| 1956 | 89 | #784 |
| 1955 | 97 | #738 |
| 1954 | 78 | #818 |
| 1953 | 72 | #847 |
| 1952 | 77 | #800 |
| 1951 | 86 | #748 |
| 1950 | 80 | #766 |
| 1949 | 96 | #697 |
| 1948 | 88 | #712 |
| 1947 | 76 | #787 |
| 1946 | 74 | #773 |
| 1945 | 50 | #899 |
| 1944 | 83 | #679 |
| 1943 | 69 | #787 |
| 1942 | 69 | #777 |
| 1941 | 78 | #694 |
| 1940 | 72 | #718 |
| 1939 | 56 | #811 |
| 1938 | 75 | #700 |
| 1937 | 77 | #682 |
| 1936 | 80 | #653 |
| 1935 | 82 | #658 |
| 1934 | 87 | #642 |
| 1933 | 79 | #657 |
| 1932 | 76 | #708 |
| 1931 | 88 | #631 |
| 1930 | 94 | #632 |
| 1929 | 75 | #721 |
| 1928 | 79 | #713 |
| 1927 | 104 | #610 |
| 1926 | 129 | #538 |
| 1925 | 111 | #596 |
| 1924 | 110 | #608 |
| 1923 | 110 | #606 |
| 1922 | 139 | #530 |
| 1921 | 128 | #553 |
| 1920 | 117 | #576 |
| 1919 | 102 | #597 |
| 1918 | 140 | #504 |
| 1917 | 136 | #492 |
| 1916 | 124 | #507 |
| 1915 | 124 | #497 |
| 1914 | 87 | #528 |
| 1913 | 86 | #462 |
| 1912 | 79 | #439 |
| 1911 | 29 | #562 |
| 1910 | 27 | #546 |
| 1909 | 23 | #545 |
| 1908 | 23 | #522 |
| 1907 | 20 | #540 |
| 1906 | 33 | #363 |
| 1905 | 25 | #430 |
| 1904 | 22 | #452 |
| 1903 | 22 | #430 |
| 1902 | 22 | #440 |
| 1901 | 26 | #359 |
| 1900 | 36 | #365 |
| 1899 | 24 | #376 |
| 1898 | 25 | #394 |
| 1897 | 31 | #331 |
| 1896 | 22 | #417 |
| 1895 | 25 | #383 |
| 1894 | 27 | #349 |
| 1893 | 33 | #300 |
| 1892 | 47 | #261 |
| 1891 | 22 | #364 |
| 1890 | 31 | #312 |
| 1889 | 35 | #284 |
| 1888 | 45 | #262 |
| 1887 | 38 | #261 |
| 1886 | 59 | #220 |
| 1885 | 40 | #263 |
| 1884 | 37 | #284 |
| 1883 | 47 | #229 |
| 1882 | 46 | #248 |
| 1881 | 40 | #244 |
| 1880 | 54 | #216 |
Nicknames for Cyrus
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