Cecily

#1,540 for girls in 2025, 137 births

Peak · girls
#497
1989 · 472 births
Debut · girls
1911
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
8,673
since 1911

Cecily over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Cecily has never cracked the top 400 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201963peak #497, 1989girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025#1,540137
2024#1,598131
2023#1,813111
2022#1,612131
2021#1,641127
2020#1,593131
2019#1,392161
2018#1,540141
2017#1,244191
2016#1,241196
2015#1,175214
2014#1,061244
2013#1,371170
2012#1,791114
2011#1,909104
2010#2,02898
2009#1,914109
2008#1,890112
2007#2,05999
2006#1,743119
2005#1,911101
2004#2,06788
2003#1,845100
2002#2,00487
2001#1,80798
2000#1,80196
1999#1,560108
1998#1,508112
1997#1,352127
1996#1,306132
1995#1,197143
1994#1,393117
1993#1,389117
1992#1,274134
1991#991189
1990#575403
1989#497472
1988#792236
1987#1,033150
1986#2,14849
1985#1,80962
1984#1,83758
1983#1,81758
1982#1,87357
1981#1,59673
1980#1,58373
1979#1,42086
1978#1,27596
1977#1,26894
1976#1,33081
1975#1,066110
1974#950130
1973#1,028114
1972#1,62755
1971#1,66555
1970#1,57061
1969#1,60955
1968#2,12632
1967#1,84840
1966#1,70044
1965#1,76841
1964#1,91838
1963#1,92237
1962#1,91736
1961#1,52055
1960#1,63747
1959#1,31566
1958#1,67941
1957#1,45853
1956#1,61743
1955#1,42350
1954#1,40951
1953#1,37350
1952#1,33352
1951#1,61135
1950#1,41142
1949#1,33547
1948#1,54836
1947#1,75230
1946#1,48135
1945#1,54328
1944#1,60926
1943#1,90021
1942#1,24941
1941#2,66811
1940#2,42412
1939#1,63822
1938#1,75220
1937#1,91417
1936#1,48025
1935#1,91717
1934#1,91317
1933#2,54011
1932#2,23514
1931#2,58111
1930#2,30614
1929#2,92110
1928#2,76811
1927#2,16917
1926#2,56913
1925#3,3629
1924#2,51414
1923#2,73212
1922#2,61213
1921#4,0237
1920#2,89911
1919#2,81311
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1916#4,4175
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First appearance
1911

The first year at least five girls were named Cecily! It came in at #2,463, and was given to 5 baby girls.

Quietest stretch: 1911–1916, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

See more about Cecily
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 58 spots since 2024 (#1,598 → #1,540)
  • 53 spots since 2020 (#1,593 → #1,540)
  • 365 spots since 2015 (#1,175 → #1,540)
  • Biggest jump: 295 spots in 1989 (#792 → #497)
  • Biggest drop: 416 spots in 1991 (#575 → #991)
Rise & fade · girls
78 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1911
  • Peaked 1989 at #497 (472 births)
  • Births halved by 1991, 2 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 5 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 5 yrs · run 1988–1991
Share of babies · girls
1 in 3,906
  • Highest: 1 in 3,906 girls born in 1989 were named Cecily (0.03%)
  • Latest: 1 in 11,732 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · girls
The 2010s
  • 18.8% of all girls named Cecily (1,633) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s31#2,463 (1911)#3,143
1920s117#2,169 (1927)#2,857
1930s168#1,480 (1936)#2,028
1940s287#1,249 (1942)#1,751
1950s483#1,315 (1959)#1,463
1960s425#1,520 (1961)#1,797
1970s882#950 (1974)#1,320
1980s1,288#497 (1989)#1,499
1990s1,582#575 (1990)#1,255
2000s1,009#1,743 (2006)#1,904
2010s1,633#1,061 (2014)#1,475
2020s768#1,540 (2025)#1,633

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.

Cecily in 1963

girls
#1,922
37 births · 1 in 52,095 girls

Top girls' names in 1963

  1. #1Lisa56,047
  2. #2Mary41,546
  3. #3Susan33,991
  4. #4Karen32,492
  5. #5Linda27,727
  6. #6Donna25,405
  7. #7Patricia25,374
  8. #8Lori23,899
  9. #9Sandra21,621
  10. #10Cynthia21,589
  11. #1,922Cecily37
More about 1963

girls

1,927,507 girls got a published name in 1963; 1 in 52,095 of them was named Cecily, which outranked 74.9% of the 7,661 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Cecily
  1. #1,894Sheryll38
  2. #1,894Sonda38
  3. #1,894Vada38
  4. #1,922Cecily37
  5. #1,922Adelaida37
  6. #1,922Ami37
  7. #1,922Camala37
  8. #1,952Alycia36
  9. #1,952Annita36
  10. #1,952Brett36

Tied with 29 names at #1,922; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1962
Risers
  1. ↑ 631Zena#1,323 → #692
  2. ↑ 623Zina#992 → #369
  3. ↑ 540Trisha#1,020 → #480
  4. ↑ 457Shirl#1,304 → #847
  5. ↑ 396Glynis#992 → #596
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,195Marnita#727 → #1,922
  2. ↓ 255Velvet#623 → #878
  3. ↓ 235Delphine#904 → #1,139
  4. ↓ 224Rosita#934 → #1,158
  5. ↓ 197Lindy#885 → #1,082

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1963 →