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Cyrus

Boy's name · #268 in the US (2025) · Comeback

Popularity over time

Cyrus was #216 in 1880, slipped to #947 by 1976, and has climbed back to #268 today. About 29,000 boys have carried it since 1880. In all that time it has never once missed a year of the national records.

Across the states

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 47 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

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#198 in New Zealand (2025) · #316 in Canada (2025) · #367 in Scotland (2025) · #432 in England & Wales (2025) · #829 in Ireland (2025) · #1,350 in Belgium (2025) · #1,627 in Switzerland (2025) · #2,336 in France (2025) · #1,459 in Sweden (2024) · #3,223 in Italy (2024) · #2,094 in Austria (2020) · #3,815 in Ecuador (2020).

Famous Cyruses

• Cyrus the Great — Founder of the Achaemenid Empire (559–529 BCE)
• Cyrus I — King of Persia (died 580 BCE)
• Cyrus the Younger — Achaemenid prince, satrap of Lydia from 408 to 401 BC (died 401 BCE)
• Cyrus Vance — American lawyer and diplomat (1917–2002)
• Cyrus McCormick — American inventor and businessman (1809–1884)

In stories & tradition

• Cyrus (Solomon Grundy) — DC Comics supervillain
• Cyrus the Great in the Bible — Biblical accounts of Cyrus the Great
• Cyrus Lupo — Law & Order (TV series)

Where Cyruses come from

Among 233 notable bearers:

United States 70%, United Kingdom 5%, Canada 4%, Kenya 4%, India 3%, Iran 3% and 23 more countries.

What Cyruses become

Among 325 notable people named Cyrus:

Lawyers & judges appear 2.57× more often than among typical names — e.g. Cyrus Griffin, American lawyer and politician (1748–1810).

Spellings & nicknames

About 58 boys a year are given Cy as their full name.

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