Cecile
#5,554 for girls in 2025, 22 births · Last seen for boys in 1952 at #3,734
Given to girls 99.1% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1898 · 172 births
- Debut · girls
- 17 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 20,421since 1880
Cecile over time
Rank among girls' names. Cecile has never cracked the top 200 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 | #5,554 | 22 | — | |
| 2024 | #5,615 | 22 | — | |
| 2023 | #6,922 | 16 | — | |
| 2022 | #5,984 | 20 | — | |
| 2021 | #5,091 | 25 | — | |
| 2020 | #5,003 | 25 | — | |
| 2019 | #5,798 | 21 | — | |
| 2018 | #5,315 | 24 | — | |
| 2017 | #5,338 | 24 | — | |
| 2016 | #5,284 | 25 | — | |
| 2015 | #4,981 | 27 | — | |
| 2014 | #6,451 | 19 | — | |
| 2013 | #5,834 | 22 | — | |
| 2012 | #4,836 | 29 | — | |
| 2011 | #5,358 | 25 | — | |
| 2010 | #6,182 | 21 | — | |
| 2009 | #5,378 | 26 | — | |
| 2008 | #5,955 | 23 | — | |
| 2007 | #4,808 | 30 | — | |
| 2006 | #4,685 | 30 | — | |
| 2005 | #5,437 | 23 | — | |
| 2004 | #4,707 | 28 | — | |
| 2003 | #4,220 | 31 | — | |
| 2002 | #5,254 | 22 | — | |
| 2001 | #4,209 | 29 | — | |
| 2000 | #5,491 | 20 | — | |
| 1999 | #5,039 | 21 | — | |
| 1998 | #4,366 | 25 | — | |
| 1997 | #5,010 | 20 | — | |
| 1996 | #3,831 | 28 | — | |
| 1995 | #3,969 | 26 | — | |
| 1994 | #3,302 | 34 | — | |
| 1993 | #3,585 | 30 | — | |
| 1992 | #3,503 | 31 | — | |
| 1991 | #3,036 | 37 | — | |
| 1990 | #2,695 | 43 | — | |
| 1989 | #2,222 | 54 | — | |
| 1988 | #3,095 | 32 | — | |
| 1987 | #2,780 | 35 | — | |
| 1986 | #4,028 | 20 | — | |
| 1985 | #2,657 | 36 | — | |
| 1984 | #2,050 | 49 | — | |
| 1983 | #2,552 | 35 | — | |
| 1982 | #2,250 | 44 | — | |
| 1981 | #2,231 | 45 | — | |
| 1980 | #2,014 | 52 | — | |
| 1979 | #2,860 | 30 | — | |
| 1978 | #3,388 | 22 | — | |
| 1977 | #2,780 | 29 | — | |
| 1976 | #2,865 | 26 | — | |
| 1975 | #2,169 | 39 | — | |
| 1974 | #2,497 | 30 | — | |
| 1973 | #2,223 | 35 | — | |
| 1972 | #2,093 | 37 | — | |
| 1971 | #2,212 | 36 | — | |
| 1970 | #1,755 | 51 | — | |
| 1969 | #1,591 | 56 | — | |
| 1968 | #1,575 | 53 | — | |
| 1967 | #1,416 | 61 | — | |
| 1966 | #1,532 | 53 | — | |
| 1965 | #1,226 | 77 | — | |
| 1964 | #1,254 | 77 | — | |
| 1963 | #973 | 119 | — | |
| 1962 | #952 | 124 | — | |
| 1961 | #922 | 135 | — | |
| 1960 | #877 | 140 | — | |
| 1959 | #773 | 173 | — | |
| 1958 | #724 | 185 | — | |
| 1957 | #734 | 186 | — | |
| 1956 | #755 | 166 | — | |
| 1955 | #750 | 159 | — | |
| 1954 | #722 | 163 | — | |
| 1953 | #639 | 195 | — | |
| 1952 | #614 | 203 | #3,734 | 5 |
| 1951 | #639 | 184 | — | |
| 1950 | #601 | 196 | — | |
| 1949 | #593 | 196 | — | |
| 1948 | #569 | 214 | — | |
| 1947 | #555 | 234 | — | |
| 1946 | #523 | 225 | #3,525 | 5 |
| 1945 | #515 | 198 | — | |
| 1944 | #492 | 214 | — | |
| 1943 | #444 | 280 | — | |
| 1942 | #429 | 282 | #3,560 | 5 |
| 1941 | #439 | 243 | — | |
| 1940 | #372 | 310 | — | |
| 1939 | #364 | 320 | #2,050 | 12 |
| 1938 | #370 | 313 | #2,084 | 12 |
| 1937 | #330 | 357 | #3,175 | 6 |
| 1936 | #325 | 359 | #3,549 | 5 |
| 1935 | #389 | 270 | #3,645 | 5 |
| 1934 | #450 | 210 | #2,973 | 7 |
| 1933 | #457 | 206 | #3,642 | 5 |
| 1932 | #428 | 235 | #3,092 | 7 |
| 1931 | #403 | 260 | #3,095 | 7 |
| 1930 | #395 | 295 | #2,781 | 9 |
| 1929 | #383 | 306 | #3,559 | 6 |
| 1928 | #377 | 328 | #2,522 | 11 |
| 1927 | #350 | 371 | #3,780 | 6 |
| 1926 | #344 | 378 | #3,139 | 8 |
| 1925 | #330 | 409 | #2,435 | 12 |
| 1924 | #327 | 422 | #3,505 | 7 |
| 1923 | #296 | 474 | #2,446 | 12 |
| 1922 | #316 | 422 | #3,532 | 7 |
| 1921 | #301 | 475 | — | |
| 1920 | #297 | 482 | #3,489 | 7 |
| 1919 | #293 | 478 | #3,736 | 6 |
| 1918 | #284 | 495 | #3,096 | 8 |
| 1917 | #284 | 476 | #3,545 | 6 |
| 1916 | #295 | 417 | — | |
| 1915 | #271 | 468 | #3,825 | 5 |
| 1914 | #280 | 351 | — | |
| 1913 | #280 | 282 | — | |
| 1912 | #270 | 275 | — | |
| 1911 | #288 | 184 | — | |
| 1910 | #283 | 187 | — | |
| 1909 | #263 | 186 | — | |
| 1908 | #281 | 155 | — | |
| 1907 | #280 | 156 | — | |
| 1906 | #257 | 163 | — | |
| 1905 | #258 | 161 | — | |
| 1904 | #234 | 173 | — | |
| 1903 | #238 | 159 | — | |
| 1902 | #222 | 181 | — | |
| 1901 | #252 | 133 | — | |
| 1900 | #246 | 175 | — | |
| 1899 | #227 | 147 | — | |
| 1898 | #221 | 172 | — | |
| 1897 | #257 | 121 | — | |
| 1896 | #231 | 144 | — | |
| 1895 | #267 | 109 | — | |
| 1894 | #275 | 102 | — | |
| 1893 | #291 | 86 | — | |
| 1892 | #278 | 92 | — | |
| 1891 | #277 | 79 | — | |
| 1890 | #294 | 71 | — | |
| 1889 | #294 | 67 | — | |
| 1888 | #255 | 81 | — | |
| 1887 | #367 | 34 | — | |
| 1886 | #318 | 43 | — | |
| 1885 | #354 | 32 | — | |
| 1884 | #368 | 29 | — | |
| 1883 | #294 | 35 | — | |
| 1882 | #341 | 27 | — | |
| 1881 | #325 | 24 | — | |
| 1880 | #403 | 17 | — | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Cecile was already there! It came in at #403, and was given to 17 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 2022–2025, when fewer than 23 girls a year got the name.
Where Cecile is popular in 1918
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- New Hampshire#43 · 1 in 147
- Maine#51 · 1 in 195
- Rhode Island#53 · 1 in 215
- Vermont#69 · 1 in 239
- Massachusetts#106 · 1 in 486
Best ever in a state: #22 in New Hampshire, 1916.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Hampshire | #43 | 23 | 1 in 147 |
| Maine | #51 | 33 | 1 in 195 |
| Rhode Island | #53 | 26 | 1 in 215 |
| Vermont | #69 | 11 | 1 in 239 |
| Massachusetts | #106 | 76 | 1 in 486 |
| Louisiana | #119 | 42 | 1 in 493 |
| South Dakota | #180 | 7 | 1 in 922 |
| Connecticut | #197 | 10 | 1 in 1,469 |
| Montana | #208 | 5 | 1 in 1,284 |
| New York | #249 | 41 | 1 in 2,467 |
| California | #255 | 13 | 1 in 1,773 |
| Illinois | #263 | 25 | 1 in 2,480 |
| Virginia | #279 | 11 | 1 in 2,467 |
| Minnesota | #288 | 9 | 1 in 2,502 |
| Michigan | #290 | 12 | 1 in 3,054 |
| Wisconsin | #309 | 8 | 1 in 3,123 |
| Iowa | #327 | 7 | 1 in 3,144 |
| Oklahoma | #333 | 10 | 1 in 2,334 |
| Kansas | #352 | 5 | 1 in 3,189 |
| Ohio | #354 | 12 | 1 in 4,543 |
| Pennsylvania | #356 | 17 | 1 in 5,857 |
| West Virginia | #379 | 5 | 1 in 3,513 |
| North Carolina | #380 | 8 | 1 in 4,239 |
| Mississippi | #386 | 6 | 1 in 3,215 |
| Alabama | #396 | 7 | 1 in 3,823 |
| Indiana | #410 | 5 | 1 in 5,192 |
| Arkansas | #426 | 6 | 1 in 3,251 |
| Missouri | #433 | 7 | 1 in 4,391 |
| Tennessee | #466 | 5 | 1 in 5,142 |
| Kentucky | #482 | 5 | 1 in 5,406 |
| Texas | #557 | 11 | 1 in 4,502 |
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| Utah | — | — | — |
| Washington | — | — | — |
| Wyoming | — | — | — |
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 Cecile
- 61 spots since 2024 (#5,615 → #5,554)
- 551 spots since 2020 (#5,003 → #5,554)
- 573 spots since 2015 (#4,981 → #5,554)
- Biggest jump: 112 spots in 1888 (#367 → #255)
- Biggest drop: 281 spots in 1964 (#973 → #1,254)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1898 at #221 (172 births)
- Births halved by 1964, 66 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 84 yrs · run 1880–1963
- Highest: 1 in 1,459 girls born in 1902 were named Cecile (0.07%)
- Latest: 1 in 73,058 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #221 in 1898, was only 1 in 1,504 (0.07%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 19.9% of all girls named Cecile (4,067) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 389 | #255 (1888) | #332 |
| 1890s | 1,123 | #221 (1898) | #262 |
| 1900s | 1,642 | #222 (1902) | #253 |
| 1910s | 3,613 | #270 (1912) | #283 |
| 1920s | 4,067 | #296 (1923) | #332 |
| 1930s | 2,825 | #325 (1936) | #391 |
| 1940s | 2,396 | #372 (1940) | #493 |
| 1950s | 1,810 | #601 (1950) | #695 |
| 1960s | 895 | #877 (1960) | #1,232 |
| 1970s | 335 | #1,755 (1970) | #2,484 |
| 1980s | 402 | #2,014 (1980) | #2,588 |
| 1990s | 295 | #2,695 (1990) | #3,834 |
| 2000s | 262 | #4,209 (2001) | #5,014 |
| 2010s | 237 | #4,836 (2012) | #5,538 |
| 2020s | 130 | #5,003 (2020) | #5,695 |
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.
Cecile in 1918
Top girls' names in 1918
Top boys' names in 1918
More about 1918
girls
1,157,631 girls got a published name in 1918; 1 in 2,339 of them was named Cecile, which outranked 94.9% of the 5,585 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- ↑ 547Jesse#1,507 → #960
- ↑ 494Liberty#1,079 → #585
- ↑ 389Marilynn#1,337 → #948
- ↑ 312Margueritte#1,281 → #969
- ↑ 306Syble#807 → #501
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,013,480 boys got a published name in 1918; 1 in 126,685 of them was named Cecile, which outranked 35.7% of the 4,813 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #2,882Woodfin9
- #2,882Worthington9
- #2,882Zolton9
- #3,096Cecile8
- #3,096Abb8
- #3,096Adren8
- #3,096Agustus8
- #3,368Acel7
- #3,368Achilles7
- #3,368Ada7
Tied with 271 names at #3,096; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.