Fun Facts About the Name Cirilo
- More than 1 thousand babies named Cirilo: U.S. records list 1,128 babies given the name Cirilo from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Cirilo Mean?
Cirilo is the Spanish and Portuguese form of the name Cyril, which goes back to the Greek Kyrillos. That Greek name is derived from kyrios, an ordinary word meaning "lord," "master," or "owner." The literal sense of the name is therefore "lordly" or "belonging to the Lord." The word kyrios was the everyday term for a master or owner, but early Christians also used it as a title for God, and that second sense is the one the name usually carries.
Cirilo Name History & Origins
The Greek Kyrillos appears in the early Christian world and was borne by several church leaders, among them Cyril of Jerusalem, a fourth-century bishop and teacher, and Cyril of Alexandria, a fifth-century patriarch. Their standing helped keep the name in use in Greek-speaking Christian communities. It passed into Latin as Cyrillus and from there into the languages of Western Europe, including the Slavic and Russian form Kirill. In the ninth century the missionaries Cyril and Methodius, remembered for their work among the Slavs, reinforced the name's Christian associations.
On the Iberian Peninsula the Latin Cyrillus developed regularly into Cirilo in both Spanish and Portuguese, with the initial sound shifting to s and the ending simplified. The name stayed chiefly religious in character, given in honor of the saints, and it is this Spanish and Portuguese form that is most often encountered today.
How Popular is the Name Cirilo?
Cirilo has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2006. Its best rank was #1,879 in 1927.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #10,929 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 2023 | #9,065 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 2022 | #6,899 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 2021 | #8,979 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 2019 | #7,261 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2017 | #9,882 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2016 | #7,699 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 2015 | #8,164 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2014 | #10,981 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2013 | #7,119 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2012 | #9,900 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2011 | #8,193 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2010 | #8,267 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2009 | #7,311 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2008 | #8,432 | 9 | 0.0004% |
| 2007 | #6,328 | 13 | 0.0006% |
| 2006 | #3,802 | 26 | 0.0013% |
| 2005 | #7,208 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 2004 | #4,630 | 18 | 0.0009% |
| 2003 | #5,316 | 14 | 0.0007% |
| 2002 | #5,177 | 14 | 0.0007% |
| 2001 | #3,995 | 20 | 0.0010% |
| 2000 | #4,823 | 15 | 0.0008% |
| 1999 | #5,085 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 1998 | #3,868 | 18 | 0.0009% |
| 1997 | #3,762 | 18 | 0.0010% |
| 1996 | #5,245 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 1995 | #2,932 | 24 | 0.0013% |
| 1994 | #4,334 | 14 | 0.0007% |
| 1993 | #3,682 | 17 | 0.0009% |
| 1992 | #2,856 | 24 | 0.0012% |
| 1991 | #2,844 | 23 | 0.0011% |
| 1990 | #4,721 | 11 | 0.0005% |
| 1989 | #3,650 | 15 | 0.0007% |
| 1988 | #3,237 | 16 | 0.0008% |
| 1987 | #2,485 | 22 | 0.0012% |
| 1986 | #4,175 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 1985 | #2,614 | 19 | 0.0010% |
| 1984 | #5,069 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1983 | #3,093 | 14 | 0.0008% |
| 1982 | #2,528 | 19 | 0.0010% |
| 1981 | #3,650 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 1980 | #2,984 | 15 | 0.0008% |
| 1979 | #3,200 | 13 | 0.0008% |
| 1978 | #5,171 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 1977 | #3,229 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 1976 | #2,623 | 16 | 0.0010% |
| 1975 | #3,701 | 9 | 0.0006% |
| 1974 | #2,574 | 15 | 0.0010% |
| 1973 | #2,883 | 12 | 0.0008% |
| 1972 | #3,397 | 9 | 0.0006% |
| 1971 | #5,027 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1970 | #3,913 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1969 | #2,897 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 1968 | #3,151 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1967 | #2,373 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 1966 | #3,587 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1965 | #4,001 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1964 | #4,143 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1962 | #2,395 | 12 | 0.0006% |
| 1961 | #3,706 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1960 | #2,334 | 13 | 0.0006% |
| 1959 | #2,557 | 11 | 0.0005% |
| 1958 | #2,860 | 9 | 0.0004% |
| 1956 | #2,519 | 11 | 0.0005% |
| 1955 | #2,453 | 11 | 0.0005% |
| 1954 | #2,991 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1953 | #2,563 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 1952 | #3,144 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1951 | #3,406 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1949 | #2,641 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1948 | #2,235 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 1947 | #2,692 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1945 | #2,272 | 10 | 0.0007% |
| 1944 | #3,508 | 5 | 0.0004% |
| 1943 | #2,999 | 7 | 0.0005% |
| 1942 | #2,977 | 7 | 0.0005% |
| 1941 | #3,579 | 5 | 0.0004% |
| 1940 | #2,918 | 7 | 0.0006% |
| 1939 | #2,314 | 10 | 0.0009% |
| 1938 | #3,232 | 6 | 0.0005% |
| 1937 | #2,950 | 7 | 0.0007% |
| 1936 | #2,321 | 10 | 0.0010% |
| 1935 | #2,274 | 11 | 0.0011% |
| 1934 | #2,596 | 9 | 0.0009% |
| 1933 | #2,782 | 8 | 0.0008% |
| 1932 | #3,132 | 7 | 0.0007% |
| 1931 | #3,141 | 7 | 0.0007% |
| 1930 | #3,065 | 8 | 0.0007% |
| 1929 | #2,017 | 15 | 0.0014% |
| 1928 | #2,181 | 14 | 0.0013% |
| 1927 | #1,879 | 18 | 0.0016% |
| 1926 | #2,597 | 11 | 0.0010% |
| 1925 | #2,620 | 11 | 0.0010% |
| 1924 | #2,253 | 14 | 0.0012% |
| 1923 | #3,891 | 6 | 0.0005% |
| 1922 | #3,934 | 6 | 0.0006% |
| 1921 | #3,023 | 9 | 0.0008% |
| 1920 | #3,000 | 9 | 0.0008% |
| 1918 | #2,916 | 9 | 0.0009% |
| 1917 | #3,277 | 7 | 0.0008% |
| 1915 | #3,142 | 7 | 0.0008% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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