Cecilia
#108 for girls in 2025, 2,506 births · Last seen for boys in 2004 at #11,356
Given to girls 99.8% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 2025 · 2,506 births
- Debut · girls
- 44 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 111,511since 1880
Cecilia over time
Rank among girls' names. Cecilia 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 | #108 | 2,506 | — | |
| 2024 | #123 | 2,248 | — | |
| 2023 | #137 | 2,058 | — | |
| 2022 | #145 | 2,006 | — | |
| 2021 | #133 | 2,095 | — | |
| 2020 | #147 | 1,860 | — | |
| 2019 | #153 | 1,861 | — | |
| 2018 | #155 | 1,809 | — | |
| 2017 | #168 | 1,815 | — | |
| 2016 | #177 | 1,827 | — | |
| 2015 | #181 | 1,782 | — | |
| 2014 | #206 | 1,640 | — | |
| 2013 | #224 | 1,434 | — | |
| 2012 | #215 | 1,463 | — | |
| 2011 | #242 | 1,317 | — | |
| 2010 | #277 | 1,202 | — | |
| 2009 | #266 | 1,235 | — | |
| 2008 | #271 | 1,259 | — | |
| 2007 | #276 | 1,242 | — | |
| 2006 | #264 | 1,245 | — | |
| 2005 | #281 | 1,189 | — | |
| 2004 | #279 | 1,178 | #11,356 | 5 |
| 2003 | #271 | 1,162 | — | |
| 2002 | #269 | 1,171 | — | |
| 2001 | #269 | 1,166 | — | |
| 2000 | #283 | 1,137 | — | |
| 1999 | #285 | 1,103 | — | |
| 1998 | #285 | 1,053 | #7,560 | 7 |
| 1997 | #300 | 962 | — | |
| 1996 | #269 | 1,072 | — | |
| 1995 | #251 | 1,128 | — | |
| 1994 | #286 | 969 | — | |
| 1993 | #278 | 998 | #6,816 | 7 |
| 1992 | #275 | 1,017 | #5,236 | 10 |
| 1991 | #291 | 965 | #5,942 | 8 |
| 1990 | #326 | 847 | #7,178 | 6 |
| 1989 | #314 | 810 | #4,811 | 10 |
| 1988 | #337 | 728 | — | |
| 1987 | #329 | 743 | #3,731 | 12 |
| 1986 | #349 | 686 | #5,332 | 7 |
| 1985 | #358 | 657 | #5,785 | 6 |
| 1984 | #325 | 723 | #3,925 | 10 |
| 1983 | #352 | 640 | #4,141 | 9 |
| 1982 | #353 | 664 | #5,003 | 7 |
| 1981 | #342 | 683 | #4,961 | 7 |
| 1980 | #361 | 654 | #5,525 | 6 |
| 1979 | #356 | 636 | #6,056 | 5 |
| 1978 | #379 | 556 | #5,772 | 5 |
| 1977 | #399 | 520 | — | |
| 1976 | #397 | 516 | — | |
| 1975 | #398 | 512 | — | |
| 1974 | #386 | 539 | — | |
| 1973 | #400 | 501 | #4,054 | 7 |
| 1972 | #376 | 569 | #3,622 | 8 |
| 1971 | #383 | 599 | #4,907 | 5 |
| 1970 | #383 | 621 | — | |
| 1969 | #406 | 545 | — | |
| 1968 | #390 | 550 | — | |
| 1967 | #360 | 620 | — | |
| 1966 | #357 | 644 | — | |
| 1965 | #332 | 733 | — | |
| 1964 | #328 | 835 | #4,039 | 5 |
| 1963 | #317 | 869 | — | |
| 1962 | #277 | 1,055 | — | |
| 1961 | #297 | 965 | — | |
| 1960 | #283 | 1,036 | — | |
| 1959 | #275 | 1,042 | — | |
| 1958 | #279 | 1,002 | — | |
| 1957 | #266 | 1,057 | — | |
| 1956 | #272 | 997 | — | |
| 1955 | #270 | 1,004 | — | |
| 1954 | #267 | 984 | — | |
| 1953 | #252 | 1,038 | — | |
| 1952 | #250 | 984 | — | |
| 1951 | #247 | 954 | — | |
| 1950 | #249 | 921 | — | |
| 1949 | #242 | 944 | — | |
| 1948 | #241 | 955 | #3,668 | 5 |
| 1947 | #242 | 973 | — | |
| 1946 | #250 | 802 | — | |
| 1945 | #264 | 656 | — | |
| 1944 | #258 | 704 | #3,430 | 5 |
| 1943 | #233 | 842 | — | |
| 1942 | #233 | 831 | — | |
| 1941 | #251 | 670 | #3,505 | 5 |
| 1940 | #252 | 629 | — | |
| 1939 | #261 | 562 | — | |
| 1938 | #268 | 549 | — | |
| 1937 | #262 | 560 | — | |
| 1936 | #269 | 507 | — | |
| 1935 | #274 | 487 | — | |
| 1934 | #296 | 438 | — | |
| 1933 | #291 | 431 | — | |
| 1932 | #287 | 468 | — | |
| 1931 | #291 | 459 | — | |
| 1930 | #262 | 567 | #4,001 | 5 |
| 1929 | #290 | 500 | — | |
| 1928 | #272 | 570 | — | |
| 1927 | #258 | 654 | — | |
| 1926 | #246 | 717 | #4,201 | 5 |
| 1925 | #251 | 705 | — | |
| 1924 | #237 | 768 | — | |
| 1923 | #238 | 742 | — | |
| 1922 | #240 | 733 | — | |
| 1921 | #236 | 761 | — | |
| 1920 | #237 | 757 | — | |
| 1919 | #228 | 746 | — | |
| 1918 | #229 | 755 | — | |
| 1917 | #233 | 704 | — | |
| 1916 | #233 | 685 | — | |
| 1915 | #221 | 723 | — | |
| 1914 | #234 | 525 | — | |
| 1913 | #214 | 485 | — | |
| 1912 | #210 | 453 | — | |
| 1911 | #207 | 342 | — | |
| 1910 | #225 | 287 | — | |
| 1909 | #220 | 257 | — | |
| 1908 | #206 | 263 | — | |
| 1907 | #215 | 234 | — | |
| 1906 | #208 | 219 | — | |
| 1905 | #197 | 237 | — | |
| 1904 | #190 | 250 | — | |
| 1903 | #192 | 218 | — | |
| 1902 | #214 | 195 | — | |
| 1901 | #202 | 196 | — | |
| 1900 | #199 | 249 | — | |
| 1899 | #195 | 205 | — | |
| 1898 | #201 | 213 | — | |
| 1897 | #214 | 160 | — | |
| 1896 | #213 | 168 | — | |
| 1895 | #232 | 138 | — | |
| 1894 | #221 | 144 | — | |
| 1893 | #235 | 126 | — | |
| 1892 | #221 | 138 | — | |
| 1891 | #219 | 121 | — | |
| 1890 | #262 | 91 | — | |
| 1889 | #247 | 89 | — | |
| 1888 | #234 | 97 | — | |
| 1887 | #228 | 83 | — | |
| 1886 | #252 | 68 | — | |
| 1885 | #236 | 71 | — | |
| 1884 | #239 | 63 | — | |
| 1883 | #282 | 39 | — | |
| 1882 | #290 | 37 | — | |
| 1881 | #257 | 39 | — | |
| 1880 | #233 | 44 | — | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Cecilia was already there! It came in at #233, and was given to 44 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1880–1883, when fewer than 45 girls a year got the name.
See more about Cecilia
- 15 spots since 2024 (#123 → #108)
- 39 spots since 2020 (#147 → #108)
- 73 spots since 2015 (#181 → #108)
- Biggest jump: 43 spots in 1884 (#282 → #239)
- Biggest drop: 40 spots in 1963 (#277 → #317)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 2025 at #108 (2,506 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
- Highest: 1 in 641 girls born in 2025 were named Cecilia (0.16%)
- 14.5% of all girls named Cecilia (16,150) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 630 | #228 (1887) | #250 |
| 1890s | 1,504 | #195 (1899) | #221 |
| 1900s | 2,318 | #190 (1904) | #204 |
| 1910s | 5,705 | #207 (1911) | #223 |
| 1920s | 6,907 | #236 (1921) | #251 |
| 1930s | 5,028 | #261 (1939) | #276 |
| 1940s | 8,006 | #233 (1943) | #247 |
| 1950s | 9,983 | #247 (1951) | #263 |
| 1960s | 7,852 | #277 (1962) | #335 |
| 1970s | 5,569 | #356 (1979) | #386 |
| 1980s | 6,988 | #314 (1989) | #342 |
| 1990s | 10,114 | #251 (1995) | #285 |
| 2000s | 11,984 | #264 (2006) | #273 |
| 2010s | 16,150 | #153 (2019) | #200 |
| 2020s | 12,773 | #108 (2025) | #132 |
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.
Cecilia in 1964
Top girls' names in 1964
Top boys' names in 1964
More about 1964
girls
1,894,855 girls got a published name in 1964; 1 in 2,269 of them was named Cecilia, which outranked 95.8% of the 7,806 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 15.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,992,698 boys got a published name in 1964; 1 in 398,540 of them was named Cecilia, which outranked 12.1% of the 4,594 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 29.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied with 555 names at #4,039; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↑ 864Deron#1,548 → #684
- ↑ 653Cassius#1,513 → #860
- ↑ 392Kipp#1,215 → #823
- ↑ 363Fitzgerald#1,052 → #689
- ↑ 334Adrain#1,279 → #945
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.