Cecelia
#529 for girls in 2025, 569 births · Last seen for boys in 1943 at #3,538
Given to girls >99.9% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1884 · 109 births
- Debut · girls
- 47 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 60,519since 1880
Cecelia over time
Rank among girls' names. Cecelia has never cracked the top 100 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #529 | 569 | — | |
| 2024 | #570 | 530 | — | |
| 2023 | #497 | 617 | — | |
| 2022 | #519 | 599 | — | |
| 2021 | #560 | 548 | — | |
| 2020 | #572 | 511 | — | |
| 2019 | #545 | 557 | — | |
| 2018 | #594 | 512 | — | |
| 2017 | #529 | 585 | — | |
| 2016 | #537 | 579 | — | |
| 2015 | #544 | 572 | — | |
| 2014 | #571 | 535 | — | |
| 2013 | #552 | 535 | — | |
| 2012 | #596 | 484 | — | |
| 2011 | #656 | 434 | — | |
| 2010 | #739 | 377 | — | |
| 2009 | #737 | 393 | — | |
| 2008 | #760 | 387 | — | |
| 2007 | #784 | 367 | — | |
| 2006 | #673 | 423 | — | |
| 2005 | #659 | 420 | — | |
| 2004 | #697 | 386 | — | |
| 2003 | #745 | 341 | — | |
| 2002 | #740 | 328 | — | |
| 2001 | #763 | 313 | — | |
| 2000 | #771 | 296 | — | |
| 1999 | #761 | 291 | — | |
| 1998 | #805 | 264 | — | |
| 1997 | #875 | 232 | — | |
| 1996 | #743 | 284 | — | |
| 1995 | #800 | 248 | — | |
| 1994 | #853 | 232 | — | |
| 1993 | #812 | 246 | — | |
| 1992 | #941 | 206 | — | |
| 1991 | #910 | 212 | — | |
| 1990 | #849 | 231 | — | |
| 1989 | #908 | 200 | — | |
| 1988 | #837 | 215 | — | |
| 1987 | #826 | 211 | — | |
| 1986 | #926 | 173 | — | |
| 1985 | #886 | 180 | — | |
| 1984 | #862 | 177 | — | |
| 1983 | #820 | 187 | — | |
| 1982 | #900 | 168 | — | |
| 1981 | #955 | 153 | — | |
| 1980 | #925 | 161 | — | |
| 1979 | #959 | 151 | — | |
| 1978 | #1,057 | 127 | — | |
| 1977 | #1,027 | 130 | — | |
| 1976 | #946 | 135 | — | |
| 1975 | #818 | 167 | — | |
| 1974 | #815 | 165 | — | |
| 1973 | #731 | 192 | — | |
| 1972 | #691 | 212 | — | |
| 1971 | #652 | 249 | — | |
| 1970 | #575 | 309 | — | |
| 1969 | #689 | 209 | — | |
| 1968 | #584 | 269 | — | |
| 1967 | #579 | 272 | — | |
| 1966 | #562 | 286 | — | |
| 1965 | #526 | 330 | — | |
| 1964 | #507 | 374 | — | |
| 1963 | #446 | 470 | — | |
| 1962 | #424 | 523 | — | |
| 1961 | #410 | 565 | — | |
| 1960 | #406 | 559 | — | |
| 1959 | #370 | 670 | — | |
| 1958 | #368 | 614 | — | |
| 1957 | #346 | 681 | — | |
| 1956 | #341 | 666 | — | |
| 1955 | #332 | 655 | — | |
| 1954 | #325 | 679 | — | |
| 1953 | #312 | 691 | — | |
| 1952 | #298 | 713 | — | |
| 1951 | #285 | 761 | — | |
| 1950 | #276 | 768 | — | |
| 1949 | #261 | 851 | — | |
| 1948 | #263 | 843 | — | |
| 1947 | #249 | 890 | — | |
| 1946 | #272 | 712 | — | |
| 1945 | #275 | 628 | — | |
| 1944 | #271 | 645 | — | |
| 1943 | #245 | 782 | #3,538 | 5 |
| 1942 | #229 | 836 | — | |
| 1941 | #258 | 609 | — | |
| 1940 | #261 | 567 | — | |
| 1939 | #268 | 534 | — | |
| 1938 | #279 | 514 | — | |
| 1937 | #283 | 474 | — | |
| 1936 | #278 | 471 | — | |
| 1935 | #301 | 409 | — | |
| 1934 | #323 | 374 | — | |
| 1933 | #310 | 403 | — | |
| 1932 | #304 | 434 | #3,361 | 6 |
| 1931 | #295 | 453 | — | |
| 1930 | #286 | 526 | — | |
| 1929 | #271 | 559 | — | |
| 1928 | #270 | 579 | — | |
| 1927 | #265 | 622 | — | |
| 1926 | #251 | 685 | — | |
| 1925 | #247 | 721 | — | |
| 1924 | #245 | 742 | — | |
| 1923 | #234 | 786 | — | |
| 1922 | #236 | 760 | — | |
| 1921 | #226 | 825 | — | |
| 1920 | #217 | 890 | — | |
| 1919 | #212 | 867 | — | |
| 1918 | #204 | 935 | — | |
| 1917 | #201 | 920 | — | |
| 1916 | #200 | 883 | — | |
| 1915 | #200 | 821 | — | |
| 1914 | #196 | 679 | — | |
| 1913 | #198 | 536 | — | |
| 1912 | #191 | 513 | — | |
| 1911 | #175 | 416 | — | |
| 1910 | #196 | 335 | — | |
| 1909 | #198 | 294 | — | |
| 1908 | #178 | 325 | — | |
| 1907 | #174 | 321 | — | |
| 1906 | #175 | 290 | — | |
| 1905 | #175 | 293 | — | |
| 1904 | #178 | 272 | — | |
| 1903 | #188 | 242 | — | |
| 1902 | #187 | 243 | — | |
| 1901 | #176 | 249 | — | |
| 1900 | #195 | 264 | — | |
| 1899 | #190 | 214 | — | |
| 1898 | #192 | 229 | — | |
| 1897 | #186 | 212 | — | |
| 1896 | #200 | 190 | — | |
| 1895 | #213 | 163 | — | |
| 1894 | #212 | 159 | — | |
| 1893 | #192 | 182 | — | |
| 1892 | #191 | 175 | — | |
| 1891 | #205 | 130 | — | |
| 1890 | #211 | 130 | — | |
| 1889 | #193 | 138 | — | |
| 1888 | #216 | 113 | — | |
| 1887 | #216 | 92 | — | |
| 1886 | #201 | 96 | — | |
| 1885 | #215 | 84 | — | |
| 1884 | #169 | 109 | — | |
| 1883 | #218 | 67 | — | |
| 1882 | #233 | 55 | — | |
| 1881 | #213 | 51 | — | |
| 1880 | #226 | 47 | — | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Cecelia was already there! It came in at #226, and was given to 47 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1880–1883, when fewer than 68 girls a year got the name.
See more about Cecelia
- 41 spots since 2024 (#570 → #529)
- 43 spots since 2020 (#572 → #529)
- 15 spots since 2015 (#544 → #529)
- Biggest jump: 129 spots in 1993 (#941 → #812)
- Biggest drop: 132 spots in 1997 (#743 → #875)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1884 at #169 (109 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 144 yrs · run 1880–1976
- Highest: 1 in 961 girls born in 1901 were named Cecelia (0.10%)
- Latest: 1 in 2,825 girls born in 2025 (0.04%)
- Its best rank, #169 in 1884, was only 1 in 1,184 (0.08%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 12.2% of all girls named Cecelia (7,363) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 852 | #169 (1884) | #210 |
| 1890s | 1,784 | #186 (1897) | #199 |
| 1900s | 2,793 | #174 (1907) | #182 |
| 1910s | 6,905 | #175 (1911) | #197 |
| 1920s | 7,169 | #217 (1920) | #246 |
| 1930s | 4,592 | #268 (1939) | #293 |
| 1940s | 7,363 | #229 (1942) | #258 |
| 1950s | 6,898 | #276 (1950) | #325 |
| 1960s | 3,857 | #406 (1960) | #513 |
| 1970s | 1,837 | #575 (1970) | #827 |
| 1980s | 1,825 | #820 (1983) | #885 |
| 1990s | 2,446 | #743 (1996) | #835 |
| 2000s | 3,654 | #659 (2005) | #733 |
| 2010s | 5,170 | #529 (2017) | #586 |
| 2020s | 3,374 | #497 (2023) | #541 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Cecelia in 1943
Top girls' names in 1943
Top boys' names in 1943
More about 1943
girls
1,395,293 girls got a published name in 1943; 1 in 1,784 of them was named Cecelia, which outranked 95.4% of the 5,367 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
boys
1,427,297 boys got a published name in 1943; 1 in 285,459 of them was named Cecelia, which outranked 12.4% of the 4,040 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 34.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied with 502 names at #3,538; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.