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Sibyl

Pronounced /ˈsɪ.bəl/

Rank in 2024
#9,004
Born in 2024
11
Peak year
1918 · #380
Origin
Ancient Greek

1880 to 2024

Uncommon
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Its story in numbers

  • In 2024, 11 girls were named Sibyl, about 1 in every 146,653.
  • It peaked in 1918 with 299 babies, ranked #380.
  • It appears in the very first year of records, 1880.
  • 4,441 girls have been named Sibyl since 1880.

Who else has this name

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

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    Silent
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    Boomers
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    Millennials
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    Gen Z
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    Gen Alpha

Greatest: 2,266 babies, 0.11 per 1,000. Silent: 738 babies, 0.04 per 1,000. Boomers: 610 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Gen X: 297 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Millennials: 82 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Gen Z: 12 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 169 babies, 0.01 per 1,000.

Meaning and origin

Latin Sibylla, Ancient Greek Σίβυλλα (Síbulla, “sibyl”), name of ancient Greek prophetesses.

  • A female given name from Ancient Greek.
Origin
Ancient Greek
Say it
/ˈsɪ.bəl/

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

Other spellings

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    Sybil

    Rank
    #1,553
    Born '24
    136
    Origin
    Ancient Greek
    1880peak 19212024