Cybill
Cybill is an American television sitcom created by Chuck Lorre, which aired for four seasons and 87 episodes on CBS from January 2, 1995, to July 13, 1998. Starring Cybill Shepherd, the show revolves around the life of Cybill Sheridan, a twice-divorced single mother of two and struggling actress in her 40s who has never gotten her big break in show business.
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Meaning & Origin of Cybill
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Cybill is an American television sitcom created by Chuck Lorre, which aired for four seasons and 87 episodes on CBS from January 2, 1995, to July 13, 1998. Starring Cybill Shepherd, the show revolves around the life of Cybill Sheridan, a twice-divorced single mother of two and struggling actress in her 40s who has never gotten her big break in show business.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- English
The Story of Cybill
The earliest SSA record of Cybill as a baby girl name dates back to 1972, when 8 babies received it. 1973 was its biggest year on record, with 31 newborns named Cybill — #2,405 in the national rankings. About 47% of every Cybill on record arrived during the 1970s, its defining decade. Cybill last appeared in the published SSA data in 1997, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 135 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1970s to the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Cybill
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About the name Cybill
Cybill is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1972 and has accumulated 135 births in the dataset. Cybill's peak popularity came in 1973 when it ranked #2,405. Use the chart and map above to compare Cybill'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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