The name Cyrus is of Persian origin, and means sun.
The table below indicates the number of times the name Cyrus has been given to baby boys in recent years.
The last 125 years refers to 1880 through 2004; last year refers to 2004.
The rank and count values are based on U.S. Social Security Administration counts for the one thousand most popular names given to baby boys in each of these years.
Cumulative Usage Chart for the Name Cyrus
Use of the Name Cyrus for Boys During the Last ...
125 Years
50 Years
25 Years
10 Years
5 Years
2 Years
1 Year
13,294
8,341
6,111
3,676
2,298
972
469
The table below indicates the number of times the name Cyrus has been given to baby boys and baby girls each year, from 1880 through 2004.
A blank entry indicates that the name did not rank among the top one thousand names given to boys or girls, respectively, during the specified year.
Yearly Usage Chart for the Name Cyrus
Used as a Boy Name
Used as a Girl Name
Year
Rank
Count
Rank
Count
1880
216
54
1881
248
40
1882
249
46
1883
230
47
1884
284
37
1885
264
40
1886
220
59
1887
265
38
1888
264
45
1889
285
35
1890
312
31
1891
368
22
1892
262
47
1893
301
33
1894
350
27
1895
384
25
1896
419
22
1897
332
31
1898
395
25
1899
377
24
1900
366
36
1901
363
26
1902
441
22
1903
433
22
1904
458
22
1905
433
25
1906
366
33
1907
544
20
1908
525
23
1909
544
23
1910
557
26
1911
564
29
1912
440
79
1913
463
86
1914
527
87
1915
498
124
1916
507
124
1917
492
136
1918
507
140
1919
600
102
1920
576
117
1921
551
129
1922
528
139
1923
609
109
1924
611
110
1925
596
111
1926
528
131
1927
612
104
1928
713
80
1929
708
77
1930
632
94
1931
636
87
1932
727
73
1933
655
79
1934
643
87
1935
662
81
1936
651
80
1937
681
77
1938
705
75
1939
807
57
1940
711
73
1941
702
77
1942
781
68
1943
786
69
1944
679
84
1945
915
49
1946
771
74
1947
783
77
1948
723
86
1949
705
94
1950
767
80
1951
754
85
1952
792
79
1953
860
69
1954
811
79
1955
741
96
1956
788
88
1957
825
84
1958
785
90
1959
869
77
1960
864
77
1961
803
90
1962
809
88
1963
857
77
1964
921
68
1965
795
87
1966
913
63
1967
857
70
1968
756
96
1969
887
74
1970
810
100
1971
902
81
1972
871
85
1973
856
86
1974
840
91
1975
865
92
1976
953
76
1977
731
136
1978
737
131
1979
769
127
1980
683
160
1981
658
170
1982
730
142
1983
701
148
1984
683
160
1985
767
133
1986
779
135
1987
744
151
1988
733
166
1989
787
157
1990
829
152
1991
804
164
1992
730
200
1993
718
207
1994
764
190
1995
803
177
1996
735
208
1997
627
275
1998
554
356
1999
552
362
2000
541
395
2001
520
427
2002
471
504
2003
489
503
2004
511
469
Totals:
13,294
0
During the last 125 years, parents have used Cyrus as a boy's name nearly 100% of the time and hardly ever as a girl's name.