Cecila
- Last seen for girls in 2022 at #15,306
- Peak · girls
- 1900 · 7 births
- Debut · girls
- 7 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 804since 1900
Cecila over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Cecila has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | — | |
| 2023 | — | |
| 2022 | #15,306 | 5 |
| 2021 | — | |
| 2020 | #13,453 | 6 |
| 2019 | — | |
| 2018 | — | |
| 2017 | — | |
| 2016 | — | |
| 2015 | — | |
| 2014 | — | |
| 2013 | — | |
| 2012 | #13,483 | 7 |
| 2011 | #12,153 | 8 |
| 2010 | — | |
| 2009 | #13,704 | 7 |
| 2008 | — | |
| 2007 | #17,636 | 5 |
| 2006 | #15,152 | 6 |
| 2005 | — | |
| 2004 | — | |
| 2003 | — | |
| 2002 | #15,432 | 5 |
| 2001 | #10,102 | 9 |
| 2000 | #8,534 | 11 |
| 1999 | #7,716 | 12 |
| 1998 | — | |
| 1997 | #8,334 | 10 |
| 1996 | #11,807 | 6 |
| 1995 | #6,641 | 13 |
| 1994 | #8,804 | 9 |
| 1993 | #7,038 | 12 |
| 1992 | #8,065 | 10 |
| 1991 | #9,336 | 8 |
| 1990 | #5,549 | 16 |
| 1989 | #5,286 | 16 |
| 1988 | #5,065 | 16 |
| 1987 | #5,923 | 12 |
| 1986 | #7,749 | 8 |
| 1985 | #5,678 | 12 |
| 1984 | #6,810 | 9 |
| 1983 | #5,457 | 12 |
| 1982 | #5,209 | 13 |
| 1981 | #5,571 | 12 |
| 1980 | #5,245 | 13 |
| 1979 | #5,427 | 12 |
| 1978 | #5,214 | 12 |
| 1977 | #8,444 | 6 |
| 1976 | #5,601 | 10 |
| 1975 | #5,984 | 9 |
| 1974 | #4,227 | 14 |
| 1973 | #3,971 | 15 |
| 1972 | #4,523 | 12 |
| 1971 | #3,943 | 15 |
| 1970 | #3,435 | 18 |
| 1969 | #5,456 | 8 |
| 1968 | #3,315 | 16 |
| 1967 | — | |
| 1966 | #4,493 | 9 |
| 1965 | #3,549 | 13 |
| 1964 | #5,008 | 8 |
| 1963 | #5,296 | 7 |
| 1962 | #3,438 | 14 |
| 1961 | #4,239 | 10 |
| 1960 | #5,696 | 6 |
| 1959 | #3,104 | 15 |
| 1958 | #3,543 | 12 |
| 1957 | #4,202 | 9 |
| 1956 | #4,467 | 8 |
| 1955 | #4,376 | 8 |
| 1954 | #5,753 | 5 |
| 1953 | #3,480 | 11 |
| 1952 | #4,123 | 8 |
| 1951 | #3,714 | 9 |
| 1950 | — | |
| 1949 | — | |
| 1948 | #2,974 | 12 |
| 1947 | — | |
| 1946 | #3,217 | 10 |
| 1945 | #4,556 | 5 |
| 1944 | #3,378 | 8 |
| 1943 | — | |
| 1942 | #4,622 | 5 |
| 1941 | — | |
| 1940 | #3,863 | 6 |
| 1939 | — | |
| 1938 | #3,181 | 8 |
| 1937 | #3,146 | 8 |
| 1936 | #4,181 | 5 |
| 1935 | — | |
| 1934 | — | |
| 1933 | — | |
| 1932 | — | |
| 1931 | #3,497 | 7 |
| 1930 | #4,047 | 6 |
| 1929 | #4,053 | 6 |
| 1928 | #4,195 | 6 |
| 1927 | #3,875 | 7 |
| 1926 | #3,269 | 9 |
| 1925 | #4,028 | 7 |
| 1924 | #2,973 | 11 |
| 1923 | #3,971 | 7 |
| 1922 | #2,958 | 11 |
| 1921 | #3,400 | 9 |
| 1920 | #3,598 | 8 |
| 1919 | #2,515 | 13 |
| 1918 | #4,809 | 5 |
| 1917 | #4,083 | 6 |
| 1916 | #3,552 | 7 |
| 1915 | #4,274 | 5 |
| 1914 | — | |
| 1913 | #2,540 | 7 |
| 1912 | — | |
| 1911 | — | |
| 1910 | #2,140 | 6 |
| 1909 | — | |
| 1908 | — | |
| 1907 | — | |
| 1906 | — | |
| 1905 | — | |
| 1904 | — | |
| 1903 | — | |
| 1902 | — | |
| 1901 | — | |
| 1900 | #1,561 | 7 |
| 1899 | — | |
| 1898 | — | |
| 1897 | — | |
| 1896 | — | |
| 1895 | — | |
| 1894 | — | |
| 1893 | — | |
| 1892 | — | |
| 1891 | — | |
| 1890 | — | |
| 1889 | — | |
| 1888 | — | |
| 1887 | — | |
| 1886 | — | |
| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
First appearance
1900
The first year at least five girls were named Cecila! It came in at #1,561, and was given to 7 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1901–1909, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Cecila is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Cecila in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
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Momentum · girls
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2022
Rise & fade · girls
Peaked on debut
- Debuted 1900
- Peaked 1900 at #1,561 (7 births)
- Births halved by 1901, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 42,826
- Highest: 1 in 42,826 girls born in 1900 were named Cecila (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 328,026 girls born in 2022 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1970s
- 15.3% of all girls named Cecila (123) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 7 | #1,561 (1900) | #1,561 |
| 1910s | 49 | #2,140 (1910) | #3,416 |
| 1920s | 81 | #2,958 (1922) | #3,632 |
| 1930s | 34 | #3,146 (1937) | #3,610 |
| 1940s | 46 | #2,974 (1948) | #3,768 |
| 1950s | 85 | #3,104 (1959) | #4,085 |
| 1960s | 91 | #3,315 (1968) | #4,499 |
| 1970s | 123 | #3,435 (1970) | #5,077 |
| 1980s | 123 | #5,065 (1988) | #5,799 |
| 1990s | 96 | #5,549 (1990) | #8,143 |
| 2000s | 43 | #8,534 (2000) | #13,427 |
| 2010s | 15 | #12,153 (2011) | #12,818 |
| 2020s | 11 | #13,453 (2020) | #14,380 |
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.
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