girls:
23 births since 1999
#5693 (0th percentile)
boys:
3.8k births since 1902
#2014 (56th percentile)
overall:
3.8k births since 1902
#4454 (42nd percentile)
The name Cy is the #4,454 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 3,809 recorded births since 1902. This represents the 42.4% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 42.4% of all names). For boys, it ranks #2,014 (56.1% percentile) for all time with 3,786 births since 1902. For girls, it ranks #5,693 (0.4% percentile) for all time with 23 births since 1999.
Cy first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1902 (1902 for boys and 1999 for girls). Birth data for Cy is available in 110 out of the 122 years between 1902 and 2023 (110 years for boys and 4 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Cy has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 99.4% of all recorded births being male. In 2023, 91.5% of babies named Cy were boys.
For boys, Cy reached its peak popularity in 2010, achieving the 12.7% percentile (ranked #768) with 57 births per million. The name was most common in 2010, with 57 births per million (ranked 12.7% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2021, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Cy ranks #841 for boys (7.7% percentile) with 41 births per million, which is 71.9% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Cy reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 0.2% percentile (ranked #945) with 4 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 4 births per million (ranked 0.2% percentile). In recent years, the popularity of this name for girls has remained relatively stable. Currently, Cy is at or near its peak popularity for girls, ranked #945 (0.2% percentile) with 4 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Cy".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Cy. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 88.1% confident that Cy is pronounced as sai, which has 1 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is see, at 11.9% confidence, with 1 syllables.
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