How Many People Are Named Cisco?
An estimated 790 people in the United States have the first name Cisco. It is almost exclusively a male name. The average bearer is 28 years old, and Cisco peaked in popularity in 1999 with 33 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Cisco as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Cisco paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
790
About 1 in 433,866 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Male
100.0% confidence
Average Age
28
years old
Peak Year
1999
33 births
Total Registered
827
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Cisco
Cisco is almost exclusively a male name. Out of 827 total births registered, 100.0% were male.
Cisco as a male name
Ranked #6,890 in 2024
12 male births in 2024
Peak: 1999 (33 births)
Cisco: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Cisco span from the 1920s to the 2020s, covering 10 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 2000s, when 186 babies were registered. While Cisco is less common than at its peak in the 2000s, it remains a well-established name with steady registrations.
Cisco by Decade
How has Cisco tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Cisco by State
Cisco + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Cisco as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Cisco
Other first names starting with C with a similar number of bearers.
Cisco: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Cisco?
We estimate approximately 790 people named Cisco are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 433,866 Americans share this first name.
Is Cisco a common name?
Cisco is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 88.5% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 827 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Cisco most popular?
Cisco reached peak popularity in 1999, when 33 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Cisco is approximately 28 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Cisco a male name?
Cisco is predominantly male. 100.0% of people with this name are male. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Cisco Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Cisco Smith, Cisco Johnson, Cisco Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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