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Sybil

Girl's name · #1426 in the US (2025) · Timeless

Popularity over time

Sybil holds its lane: charted since 1881 and rarely far from where it stands today (#1426 in 2025). About 20,000 girls have carried it along the way.

Across the states

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 14 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

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#970 in England & Wales (2025) · #1,010 in Scotland (2025) · #3,265 in France (2025) · #1,142 in Canada (2024).

Famous Sybils

• Sybil Danning — Austrian actress
• Sybil Bauer — American swimmer, Olympic gold medalist, former world record-holder (1903–1927)
• Sybil Thorndike — British actress (1882–1976)
• Sybil Ludington — American revolutionary heroine (1761–1839)
• Sybil Seely — American actress (1902–1984)

In stories & tradition

• Sybil Fawlty — Fawlty Towers (TV series)
• Sybil Ramkin^nl — Discworld (novel series)
• Sybil Dorsett — Sybil (book)

What Sybils become

Among 121 notable people named Sybil:

Entertainers appear 2.03× more often than among typical names — e.g. Sybil Danning, Austrian actress.

Similar names: Althea · Shirley · Odessa · Jewel · Lenore · Roslyn

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