Cicero

#12,008 for boys in 2025, 5 births

Peak · boys
1881 · 18 births
Debut · boys
14 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
1,453
since 1880

Cicero over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Cicero has never cracked the top 300 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201899peak #395, 1881boys
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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
Yearboys
rankbirths
2025#12,0085
2024#12,3495
2023#10,8216
2022—
2021—
2020#12,0225
2019—
2018—
2017—
2016—
2015—
2014#10,7176
2013—
2012—
2011#12,2875
2010—
2009#12,4915
2008—
2007—
2006—
2005—
2004—
2003—
2002—
2001—
2000#9,1126
1999—
1998—
1997—
1996—
1995—
1994—
1993—
1992—
1991—
1990—
1989#7,9055
1988—
1987—
1986—
1985#5,7856
1984—
1983—
1982#6,3855
1981#6,2625
1980#5,5256
1979#6,0565
1978—
1977—
1976#4,9356
1975#4,7976
1974#4,6346
1973—
1972#4,4416
1971#4,3756
1970#3,8367
1969#3,5957
1968—
1967—
1966#2,46511
1965#2,9828
1964#2,66510
1963—
1962#2,67310
1961#3,3567
1960#2,8719
1959#3,6196
1958#3,5596
1957#2,8229
1956#2,16814
1955#2,13914
1954—
1953#2,18613
1952#2,6809
1951#2,8448
1950#2,20712
1949#2,12313
1948#2,21812
1947#1,78618
1946#2,03013
1945#1,85214
1944#1,81015
1943#1,83316
1942#2,14512
1941#2,08312
1940#1,57319
1939#1,71216
1938#1,55919
1937#1,62718
1936#1,54019
1935#2,24611
1934#1,60819
1933#1,82915
1932#1,50922
1931#1,69318
1930#1,46325
1929#1,73119
1928#1,82218
1927#1,37229
1926#1,35329
1925#1,67921
1924#1,45827
1923#1,38528
1922#1,15838
1921#1,64822
1920#1,10841
1919#1,15936
1918#1,31329
1917#1,43724
1916#1,12034
1915#1,14132
1914#1,15325
1913#1,11221
1912#1,05919
1911#1,03811
1910#98111
1909#65317
1908#1,3735
1907#9998
1906#1,0047
1905#61515
1904—
1903#55016
1902#53616
1901#9436
1900#57818
1899#58312
1898#52316
1897#65211
1896#55114
1895#1,0795
1894#66810
1893#53813
1892#54714
1891#59710
1890#53313
1889#7228
1888#52814
1887#58310
1886#6948
1885#48015
1884#57011
1883#55611
1882#51413
1881#39518
1880#48214
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Cicero was already there! It came in at #482, and was given to 14 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1904, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

Where Cicero is popular in 1899

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

See more about Cicero
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 341 spots since 2024 (#12,349 → #12,008)
  • 14 spots since 2020 (#12,022 → #12,008)
  • Biggest jump: 720 spots in 1909 (#1,373 → #653)
  • Biggest drop: 411 spots in 1895 (#668 → #1,079)
Rise & fade · boys
1 yr to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1881 at #395 (18 births)
  • Births halved by 1886, 5 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 27 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 27 yrs · run 1880–1894
Share of babies · boys
1 in 5,596
  • Highest: 1 in 5,596 boys born in 1881 were named Cicero (0.02%)
  • Latest: 1 in 341,615 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 18.7% of all boys named Cicero (272) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s122#395 (1881)#552
1890s118#523 (1898)#627
1900s108#536 (1902)#806
1910s242#981 (1910)#1,151
1920s272#1,108 (1920)#1,471
1930s182#1,463 (1930)#1,679
1940s144#1,573 (1940)#1,945
1950s91#2,139 (1955)#2,692
1960s62#2,465 (1966)#2,944
1970s42#3,836 (1970)#4,725
1980s27#5,525 (1980)#6,372
1990s0——
2000s11#9,112 (2000)#10,802
2010s11#10,717 (2014)#11,502
2020s21#10,821 (2023)#11,800

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Cicero in 1899

boys
#583
12 births · 1 in 8,851 boys

Top boys' names in 1899

  1. #1John6,990
  2. #2William6,086
  3. #3James4,597
  4. #4George4,018
  5. #5Charles3,147
  6. #6Joseph2,679
  7. #7Robert2,609
  8. #8Frank2,550
  9. #9Edward1,901
  10. #10Henry1,831
  11. #583Cicero12
More about 1899

boys

106,211 boys got a published name in 1899; 1 in 8,851 of them was named Cicero, which outranked 51.4% of the 1,200 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 34.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Cicero
  1. #548Wilburn13
  2. #548Winfred13
  3. #548Wyatt13
  4. #583Cicero12
  5. #583Addison12
  6. #583Alois12
  7. #583Butler12
  8. #613Adolphus11
  9. #613Alfonso11
  10. #613Alphonso11

Tied with 29 names at #583; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1898
Risers
  1. ↑ 640Rogers#1,121 → #481
  2. ↑ 600Edna#1,121 → #521
  3. ↑ 545Giles#1,002 → #457
  4. ↑ 508Sarah#1,121 → #613
  5. ↑ 461Thaddeus#885 → #424
Fallers
  1. ↓ 566Jason#485 → #1,051
  2. ↓ 564Fitzhugh#364 → #928
  3. ↓ 508Oran#543 → #1,051
  4. ↓ 493Wilber#435 → #928
  5. ↓ 443Hosea#485 → #928

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

See the top 100 for 1899 →