Feminine dossier · first seen 1880

Sibyl

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Sibyl
Creator: Social Security Administration

Endangered Down 96.3% from peak

Peak era

1918

Peak rank proxy

299

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Greatest Generation

1880Peak 19182024

Peak year

1918

Decline from peak

96.3%

2024

All-time

4,441

Sibyl once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1918, when 299 girls were named Sibyl.

In 2024, only 11 girls were given the name.

Down 96.3% from its peak.

All told, about 4,441 Americans have been named Sibyl and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationGreatest Generation

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 96.3% from peak

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