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.
Where Cecelia is popular in 1978
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Alabama#511 · 1 in 3,625
- California#744 · 1 in 6,133
- Pennsylvania#998 · 1 in 13,201
- Ohio#1,005 · 1 in 13,791
- Texas#1,048 · 1 in 10,339
Best ever in a state: #18 in Alaska, 1932.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | #511 | 6 | 1 in 3,625 |
| California | #744 | 25 | 1 in 6,133 |
| Pennsylvania | #998 | 5 | 1 in 13,201 |
| Ohio | #1,005 | 5 | 1 in 13,791 |
| Texas | #1,048 | 10 | 1 in 10,339 |
| New York | #1,604 | 5 | 1 in 19,665 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
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 1978
Top girls' names in 1978
More about 1978
girls
1,531,859 girls got a published name in 1978; 1 in 12,062 of them was named Cecelia, which outranked 90.8% of the 11,475 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).