Cybele
Cybele is an Anatolian mother goddess; she may have a possible forerunner in the earliest Neolithic at Çatalhöyük. Greek colonists in Asia Minor adopted and adapted her Phrygian cult and spread it to mainland Greece and to the more distant western Greek colonies around the sixth century BC.
Meaning & Origin of Cybele
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Cybele is an Anatolian mother goddess; she may have a possible forerunner in the earliest Neolithic at Çatalhöyük. Greek colonists in Asia Minor adopted and adapted her Phrygian cult and spread it to mainland Greece and to the more distant western Greek colonies around the sixth century BC.
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The Story of Cybele
Cybele first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1963, with 16 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 1966, when 17 Cybeles were born — ranking #3,040 that year. As of 2026, Cybele ranks #13,455 for baby girls with 6 births, with steady use. In total, more than 156 Cybeles have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1960s through the 2020s.
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About the name Cybele
Cybele is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1963 and has accumulated 156 births in the dataset. Cybele's peak popularity came in 1966 when it ranked #3,040. Use the chart and map above to compare Cybele's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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