Cyrano
Cyrano is a name with a single cultural origin: Literature.
- Literature
Meaning & Origin of Cyrano
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Cyrano is a name with a single cultural origin: Literature.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Literature
The Story of Cyrano
Cyrano first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1971, with 6 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1998: 8 births, good for #6,843 nationwide. The 1990s were its strongest decade, accounting for roughly 57% of all recorded Cyranos. Its most recent appearance in the national data came in 1998 (8 births); the name has since faded from the published rankings. In total, more than 14 Cyranos have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1970s through the 2020s.
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About the name Cyrano
Cyrano is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1971 and has accumulated 14 births in the dataset. Cyrano's peak popularity came in 1998 when it ranked #6,843. Use the chart and map above to compare Cyrano'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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