Sibyl
- Gender
- Girl
- Origin
- Greek
- US rank, 2025
- #5,409 for girls
Sibyl is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “sibyl”. In 2025 it ranked 5,409th for girls in the US (23 babies).
What does Sibyl mean?
Greek
“sibyl”
A female given name from Ancient Greek.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Sibyl a girl's or a boy's name?
Sibyl is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 23 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Sibyl in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,409th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 23 about 1 in 70,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 2% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 23 girls in the US were named Sibyl, making it the 5,409th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,208th. Its busiest year was 1918, with 299 girls.
2025 had more girls named Sibyl than any year since 1966.
Half of all the girls named Sibyl in the US since 1880 were born between 1918 and 1948, the years shaded on the chart below.
Sibyl in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 23 | #5,409 |
| 2024 | 11 | #8,941 |
| 2023 | 15 | #7,242 |
| 2022 | 16 | #6,979 |
| 2021 | 14 | #7,625 |
| 2020 | 15 | #7,208 |
| 2019 | 18 | #6,410 |
| 2018 | 15 | #7,405 |
| 2017 | 9 | #10,685 |
| 2016 | 19 | #6,398 |
| 2015 | 12 | #8,926 |
| 2014 | 16 | #7,300 |
| 2013 | 9 | #10,995 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 6 | #15,147 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 6 | #12,065 |
| 1996 | 5 | #13,511 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 5 | #13,423 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 8 | #9,483 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 6 | #10,841 |
| 1988 | 8 | #8,386 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 7 | #8,518 |
| 1985 | 6 | #9,304 |
| 1984 | 8 | #7,396 |
| 1983 | 7 | #8,045 |
| 1982 | 13 | #5,207 |
| 1981 | 9 | #6,802 |
| 1980 | 16 | #4,516 |
| 1979 | 12 | #5,426 |
| 1978 | 11 | #5,562 |
| 1977 | 14 | #4,651 |
| 1976 | 17 | #3,811 |
| 1975 | 19 | #3,513 |
| 1974 | 20 | #3,313 |
| 1973 | 22 | #3,014 |
| 1972 | 12 | #4,522 |
| 1971 | 11 | #4,808 |
| 1970 | 19 | #3,311 |
| 1969 | 16 | #3,460 |
| 1968 | 17 | #3,168 |
| 1967 | 21 | #2,706 |
| 1966 | 37 | #1,882 |
| 1965 | 33 | #2,031 |
| 1964 | 29 | #2,245 |
| 1963 | 28 | #2,251 |
| 1962 | 34 | #1,988 |
| 1961 | 31 | #2,116 |
| 1960 | 22 | #2,572 |
| 1959 | 30 | #2,053 |
| 1958 | 37 | #1,790 |
| 1957 | 43 | #1,640 |
| 1956 | 36 | #1,759 |
| 1955 | 30 | #1,939 |
| 1954 | 31 | #1,874 |
| 1953 | 46 | #1,438 |
| 1952 | 35 | #1,640 |
| 1951 | 25 | #1,967 |
| 1950 | 37 | #1,523 |
| 1949 | 27 | #1,844 |
| 1948 | 36 | #1,547 |
| 1947 | 27 | #1,862 |
| 1946 | 26 | #1,770 |
| 1945 | 28 | #1,542 |
| 1944 | 29 | #1,518 |
| 1943 | 30 | #1,526 |
| 1942 | 38 | #1,300 |
| 1941 | 43 | #1,133 |
| 1940 | 48 | #1,035 |
| 1939 | 35 | #1,240 |
| 1938 | 40 | #1,140 |
| 1937 | 40 | #1,132 |
| 1936 | 42 | #1,081 |
| 1935 | 40 | #1,101 |
| 1934 | 38 | #1,148 |
| 1933 | 32 | #1,262 |
| 1932 | 42 | #1,097 |
| 1931 | 42 | #1,092 |
| 1930 | 43 | #1,128 |
| 1929 | 63 | #902 |
| 1928 | 65 | #918 |
| 1927 | 63 | #955 |
| 1926 | 57 | #990 |
| 1925 | 87 | #791 |
| 1924 | 100 | #736 |
| 1923 | 111 | #696 |
| 1922 | 115 | #678 |
| 1921 | 151 | #589 |
| 1920 | 188 | #504 |
| 1919 | 299 | #375 |
| 1918 | 299 | #380 |
| 1917 | 118 | #628 |
| 1916 | 103 | #675 |
| 1915 | 110 | #626 |
| 1914 | 62 | #726 |
| 1913 | 58 | #678 |
| 1912 | 48 | #722 |
| 1911 | 30 | #790 |
| 1910 | 32 | #753 |
| 1909 | 22 | #868 |
| 1908 | 23 | #809 |
| 1907 | 31 | #680 |
| 1906 | 30 | #661 |
| 1905 | 25 | #713 |
| 1904 | 29 | #640 |
| 1903 | 21 | #734 |
| 1902 | 34 | #559 |
| 1901 | 20 | #723 |
| 1900 | 35 | #589 |
| 1899 | 23 | #644 |
| 1898 | 24 | #666 |
| 1897 | 22 | #660 |
| 1896 | 25 | #621 |
| 1895 | 22 | #658 |
| 1894 | 16 | #744 |
| 1893 | 10 | #955 |
| 1892 | 17 | #706 |
| 1891 | 7 | #1,093 |
| 1890 | 8 | #1,006 |
| 1889 | 8 | #950 |
| 1888 | 11 | #793 |
| 1887 | 6 | #1,036 |
| 1886 | 13 | #633 |
| 1885 | 0 | – |
| 1884 | 0 | – |
| 1883 | 0 | – |
| 1882 | 6 | #813 |
| 1881 | 9 | #582 |
| 1880 | 5 | #836 |
Names like Sibyl
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Sybil, Cleo, Helen, Georgia, Hazel, Mabel, Stella, Lena, Opal, Leona, Irene, Margaret
Names related to Sibyl
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, “Sibyl: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/sibyl, updated 20 October 2026.