Meaning and history
Latin form of the Greek name Κῦρος (Kyros), derived from the Old Persian 𐎤𐎢𐎽𐎢𐏁 (Kuruš), which may mean “young” or “humiliator of the enemy,” though an Elamite origin is also possible; it has sometimes been linked to Greek κύριος (kyrios), meaning “lord.” The most famous bearer was Cyrus the Great, founder of the Achaemenid Persian Empire in the 6th century BC, who is noted in the Old Testament for freeing the captive Jews and allowing them to return to Israel after conquering Babylon. In English, the name first came into use among the Puritans after the Protestant Reformation.
20062006: 502 births, rank #515
2007: 587 births, rank #464
2008: 539 births, rank #505
2009: 519 births, rank #521
2010: 535 births, rank #486
20112011: 505 births, rank #513
2012: 583 births, rank #468
2013: 663 births, rank #436
2014: 640 births, rank #459
2015: 638 births, rank #469
20162016: 732 births, rank #426
2017: 734 births, rank #422
2018: 817 births, rank #389
2019: 756 births, rank #409
2020: 843 births, rank #369
20212021: 933 births, rank #349
2022: 1,045 births, rank #323
2023: 1,124 births, rank #296
2024: 1,389 births, rank #253
20252025: 1,284 births, rank #268
Cyrus moved from #253 to #268 for boys between 2024 and 2025. Its highest annual birth count came in 2024, with 1,389 births.