Cy

Boy · recorded 1902–2025

  • #2,539in 2025
  • 1 in 32,847boys in 2025
  • −4%last ten years

Most popular in 2010.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1902

0316119021933196419942025

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 112 recorded years as a table
Cy, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
190249
190734
191122
191226
191312
191411
191519
191611
19175
191811
191910
19205
19215
192212
19238
19248
19267
19287
19296
19306
19318
19328
193411
19355
19367
19387
19396
19416
19425
19434
19446
19457
19466
19478
19483
19496
195011
19518
195211
195310
195413
195516
195612
195710
19585
19599
196011
196110
196211
196311
196411
19659
196612
19678
196810
19698
197011
197111
197217
197319
197421
197524
197624
197721
197816
197920
198021
198125
198222
198321
198415
198517
198621
198716
198813
198917
199019
199123
199222
199324
199425
199527
199624
199724
199832
199937
200041
200138
200228
200334
200444
200553
200651
200754
200851
200950
201061
201152
201257
201352
201437
201532
201633
201724
201837
201940
202038
202126
202233
202344
202435
202530

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Compared with the country as a whole, pooled over 2023–2025.

  1. California 1.3×

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025
52
Rank in 2025
#2,539
How rare
1 in 32,847 boys
Since 1902
3,898

Most popular in 2010, at 61 per million boys born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has fallen by 4% per million boys born.

Top 1 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
StateTimes the national rateBirths pooled
California1.3×25

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.