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Cy

Pronounced /saɪ/

Rank in 2024
#2,355
Born in 2024
60
Peak year
2010 · #1423
Origin
Not recorded

1880 to 2024

Uncommon
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Its story in numbers

  • In 2024, 60 boys were named Cy, about 1 in every 28,589.
  • It peaked in 2010 with 117 babies, ranked #1423.
  • It first shows up in the records in 1902.
  • 3,846 boys have been named Cy since 1880.

Who else has this name

Babies named Cy per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.

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Greatest: 141 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Silent: 111 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Boomers: 364 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen X: 423 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Millennials: 632 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Gen Z: 1,394 babies, 0.04 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 781 babies, 0.04 per 1,000.

Meaning and origin

Shortening.

  • A diminutive of the male given name Cyril.
  • A diminutive of the male given name Cyrus.
Origin
Not recorded
Say it
/saɪ/

From Wiktionary’s entry for Cy, CC BY-SA 4.0.