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How popular is the name Sibel?
Births per year, rank history and how many Sibels are alive today.
Sibel (female) is a rare girls' name in England and Wales, ranked 4201st in 2025 and given to 5 babies. This spelling of the name peaked in 1998, when 10 babies were given the name, the 1697th most popular that year. It was almost as popular in 2019, with 9 babies given the name that year. Sibel is one spelling of a name also recorded as Sibyl; the combined figures below cover every spelling.
Across all spellings of the name, the Sibel you are most likely to meet is around 29 years old - or else around 6: the name has two living generations. Half of all Sibels born in England and Wales are between 11 and 31, and there are at least 190 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Sibel - on average, only one in every 1,658 such rooms contains a Sibel.
How many babies are named Sibel each year?
Includes all spellings: Sibel, Sibyl. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does the Sibel spelling rank?
Where does the Sibyl spelling rank?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Sibel most popular?
Sibel peaked in 1998, when 10 babies in England and Wales were given the name across all spellings.
How many people are called Sibel?
At least 190 people named Sibel in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Sibel?
Most living Sibels are between 11 and 31; the most common age is about 29. There is a second cluster around 6.
Is Sibel becoming more or less popular?
Rising: numbers have been climbing in recent years.