Kyril

Boys' name

English equivalent of Cyril

Kyril has been given to 28 babies in the U.S. since 1992. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 2012, with 7 recorded.

Babies named Kyril, 2022

1 in 677,000

Kyril over time, 1880–2025

Boys

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Kyril: meaning, origin, and history

English equivalent of Cyril

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Kyril means

Kyril is a English equivalent of Cyril.

Origin, language, and formation

Kyril is used in Manx.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Cyril.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 28 boys were recorded with the name Kyril between 1992 and 2022. Its highest annual count was 7 in 2012; its best national rank was #8,218 in 1993.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

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How common is Kyril?

Kyril had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2022, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2022: 1 in 677,000; 5 of 3,385,755 births
Among boys only: 1 in 349,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 2022: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 469,366 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Kyril sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2022 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 469,366 children born in 2022 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Kyril. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Kyrils were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Kyril was born before 2012 — so the typical Kyril is around 13 today.

Median birth year: 2012; About 13 years old
Biggest decade: 2010s; 42.9% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 60.7%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 28; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2010s — 42.9% of all recorded uses (12).

Is Kyril rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 2012 (7)
Years since peak: 13; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Shifting; 20.0% average annual change
Best rank ever: #8,218; 1993

Spellings of Kyril

Kyril is not the most common spelling — Karl is, with 47.7% against Kyril's 0.01%.

Karl47.7%100,836
Kyrie8.8%18,612
Kris6.8%14,400
Cyril5.7%12,034
Kyree3.9%8,202
Karim3.3%6,886
Lyric2.2%4,677
Kyron2.2%4,561

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Kyril around the world

Where Kyril ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

England & Wales
2020–2020
#4,608
in 2020

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics. ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0.

Kyril by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #8,218; 1993
Peak year: 2012; 7 that year
First recorded: 1992
Last recorded: 2022
All-time count: 28
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Kyril

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Kyroh Kyriq Kyryn Kyrien Kyris Kyrii Kyric Kyrei Kyroe Kyrus Kyros Kyrion Kyrone Kyra Muril Kyreon Kyrein Kyrel Kyriee Jubril Veril Kyreem Kyrique Kyrek

Sibling names for Kyril

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Sofie Aubri Bayleigh Audriana Cambria Farah Ayleen Jaylee

For a brother

Landry Harper Jovanni Maxim Channing Madden Eliot Jagger

Explore around Kyril

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