Cecilia
#108 for girls in 2025, 2,506 births · Last seen for boys in 2004 at #11,356
Given to girls 99.8% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 2025 · 2,506 births
- Debut · girls
- 44 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 111,511since 1880
Cecilia over time
Rank among girls' names. Cecilia 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 | #108 | 2,506 | — | |
| 2024 | #123 | 2,248 | — | |
| 2023 | #137 | 2,058 | — | |
| 2022 | #145 | 2,006 | — | |
| 2021 | #133 | 2,095 | — | |
| 2020 | #147 | 1,860 | — | |
| 2019 | #153 | 1,861 | — | |
| 2018 | #155 | 1,809 | — | |
| 2017 | #168 | 1,815 | — | |
| 2016 | #177 | 1,827 | — | |
| 2015 | #181 | 1,782 | — | |
| 2014 | #206 | 1,640 | — | |
| 2013 | #224 | 1,434 | — | |
| 2012 | #215 | 1,463 | — | |
| 2011 | #242 | 1,317 | — | |
| 2010 | #277 | 1,202 | — | |
| 2009 | #266 | 1,235 | — | |
| 2008 | #271 | 1,259 | — | |
| 2007 | #276 | 1,242 | — | |
| 2006 | #264 | 1,245 | — | |
| 2005 | #281 | 1,189 | — | |
| 2004 | #279 | 1,178 | #11,356 | 5 |
| 2003 | #271 | 1,162 | — | |
| 2002 | #269 | 1,171 | — | |
| 2001 | #269 | 1,166 | — | |
| 2000 | #283 | 1,137 | — | |
| 1999 | #285 | 1,103 | — | |
| 1998 | #285 | 1,053 | #7,560 | 7 |
| 1997 | #300 | 962 | — | |
| 1996 | #269 | 1,072 | — | |
| 1995 | #251 | 1,128 | — | |
| 1994 | #286 | 969 | — | |
| 1993 | #278 | 998 | #6,816 | 7 |
| 1992 | #275 | 1,017 | #5,236 | 10 |
| 1991 | #291 | 965 | #5,942 | 8 |
| 1990 | #326 | 847 | #7,178 | 6 |
| 1989 | #314 | 810 | #4,811 | 10 |
| 1988 | #337 | 728 | — | |
| 1987 | #329 | 743 | #3,731 | 12 |
| 1986 | #349 | 686 | #5,332 | 7 |
| 1985 | #358 | 657 | #5,785 | 6 |
| 1984 | #325 | 723 | #3,925 | 10 |
| 1983 | #352 | 640 | #4,141 | 9 |
| 1982 | #353 | 664 | #5,003 | 7 |
| 1981 | #342 | 683 | #4,961 | 7 |
| 1980 | #361 | 654 | #5,525 | 6 |
| 1979 | #356 | 636 | #6,056 | 5 |
| 1978 | #379 | 556 | #5,772 | 5 |
| 1977 | #399 | 520 | — | |
| 1976 | #397 | 516 | — | |
| 1975 | #398 | 512 | — | |
| 1974 | #386 | 539 | — | |
| 1973 | #400 | 501 | #4,054 | 7 |
| 1972 | #376 | 569 | #3,622 | 8 |
| 1971 | #383 | 599 | #4,907 | 5 |
| 1970 | #383 | 621 | — | |
| 1969 | #406 | 545 | — | |
| 1968 | #390 | 550 | — | |
| 1967 | #360 | 620 | — | |
| 1966 | #357 | 644 | — | |
| 1965 | #332 | 733 | — | |
| 1964 | #328 | 835 | #4,039 | 5 |
| 1963 | #317 | 869 | — | |
| 1962 | #277 | 1,055 | — | |
| 1961 | #297 | 965 | — | |
| 1960 | #283 | 1,036 | — | |
| 1959 | #275 | 1,042 | — | |
| 1958 | #279 | 1,002 | — | |
| 1957 | #266 | 1,057 | — | |
| 1956 | #272 | 997 | — | |
| 1955 | #270 | 1,004 | — | |
| 1954 | #267 | 984 | — | |
| 1953 | #252 | 1,038 | — | |
| 1952 | #250 | 984 | — | |
| 1951 | #247 | 954 | — | |
| 1950 | #249 | 921 | — | |
| 1949 | #242 | 944 | — | |
| 1948 | #241 | 955 | #3,668 | 5 |
| 1947 | #242 | 973 | — | |
| 1946 | #250 | 802 | — | |
| 1945 | #264 | 656 | — | |
| 1944 | #258 | 704 | #3,430 | 5 |
| 1943 | #233 | 842 | — | |
| 1942 | #233 | 831 | — | |
| 1941 | #251 | 670 | #3,505 | 5 |
| 1940 | #252 | 629 | — | |
| 1939 | #261 | 562 | — | |
| 1938 | #268 | 549 | — | |
| 1937 | #262 | 560 | — | |
| 1936 | #269 | 507 | — | |
| 1935 | #274 | 487 | — | |
| 1934 | #296 | 438 | — | |
| 1933 | #291 | 431 | — | |
| 1932 | #287 | 468 | — | |
| 1931 | #291 | 459 | — | |
| 1930 | #262 | 567 | #4,001 | 5 |
| 1929 | #290 | 500 | — | |
| 1928 | #272 | 570 | — | |
| 1927 | #258 | 654 | — | |
| 1926 | #246 | 717 | #4,201 | 5 |
| 1925 | #251 | 705 | — | |
| 1924 | #237 | 768 | — | |
| 1923 | #238 | 742 | — | |
| 1922 | #240 | 733 | — | |
| 1921 | #236 | 761 | — | |
| 1920 | #237 | 757 | — | |
| 1919 | #228 | 746 | — | |
| 1918 | #229 | 755 | — | |
| 1917 | #233 | 704 | — | |
| 1916 | #233 | 685 | — | |
| 1915 | #221 | 723 | — | |
| 1914 | #234 | 525 | — | |
| 1913 | #214 | 485 | — | |
| 1912 | #210 | 453 | — | |
| 1911 | #207 | 342 | — | |
| 1910 | #225 | 287 | — | |
| 1909 | #220 | 257 | — | |
| 1908 | #206 | 263 | — | |
| 1907 | #215 | 234 | — | |
| 1906 | #208 | 219 | — | |
| 1905 | #197 | 237 | — | |
| 1904 | #190 | 250 | — | |
| 1903 | #192 | 218 | — | |
| 1902 | #214 | 195 | — | |
| 1901 | #202 | 196 | — | |
| 1900 | #199 | 249 | — | |
| 1899 | #195 | 205 | — | |
| 1898 | #201 | 213 | — | |
| 1897 | #214 | 160 | — | |
| 1896 | #213 | 168 | — | |
| 1895 | #232 | 138 | — | |
| 1894 | #221 | 144 | — | |
| 1893 | #235 | 126 | — | |
| 1892 | #221 | 138 | — | |
| 1891 | #219 | 121 | — | |
| 1890 | #262 | 91 | — | |
| 1889 | #247 | 89 | — | |
| 1888 | #234 | 97 | — | |
| 1887 | #228 | 83 | — | |
| 1886 | #252 | 68 | — | |
| 1885 | #236 | 71 | — | |
| 1884 | #239 | 63 | — | |
| 1883 | #282 | 39 | — | |
| 1882 | #290 | 37 | — | |
| 1881 | #257 | 39 | — | |
| 1880 | #233 | 44 | — | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Cecilia was already there! It came in at #233, and was given to 44 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1880–1883, when fewer than 45 girls a year got the name.
Where Cecilia is popular in 1930
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Hawaii#68 · 1 in 247
- New Mexico#78 · 1 in 285
- Arizona#109 · 1 in 398
- Rhode Island#122 · 1 in 602
- North Dakota#124 · 1 in 537
Best ever in a state: #15 in New Mexico, 1927.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hawaii | #68 | 14 | 1 in 247 |
| New Mexico | #78 | 16 | 1 in 285 |
| Arizona | #109 | 11 | 1 in 398 |
| Rhode Island | #122 | 8 | 1 in 602 |
| North Dakota | #124 | 11 | 1 in 537 |
| Colorado | #158 | 11 | 1 in 756 |
| Massachusetts | #163 | 24 | 1 in 1,320 |
| Connecticut | #167 | 9 | 1 in 1,259 |
| Pennsylvania | #173 | 61 | 1 in 1,345 |
| Minnesota | #177 | 15 | 1 in 1,305 |
| New Jersey | #179 | 22 | 1 in 1,337 |
| California | #187 | 36 | 1 in 1,035 |
| Wisconsin | #187 | 17 | 1 in 1,420 |
| New York | #191 | 72 | 1 in 1,332 |
| Michigan | #196 | 28 | 1 in 1,502 |
| Maryland | #199 | 8 | 1 in 1,566 |
| Illinois | #212 | 36 | 1 in 1,589 |
| Kansas | #223 | 10 | 1 in 1,415 |
| Nebraska | #247 | 6 | 1 in 1,818 |
| Texas | #252 | 48 | 1 in 1,240 |
| Washington | #257 | 5 | 1 in 1,891 |
| Ohio | #259 | 21 | 1 in 2,481 |
| Indiana | #292 | 8 | 1 in 3,138 |
| Florida | #327 | 5 | 1 in 2,418 |
| Missouri | #334 | 9 | 1 in 3,104 |
| Iowa | #347 | 5 | 1 in 3,747 |
| Louisiana | #362 | 8 | 1 in 2,646 |
| Oklahoma | #470 | 5 | 1 in 4,754 |
| Alabama | — | — | — |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Arkansas | — | — | — |
| Delaware | — | — | — |
| District of Columbia | — | — | — |
| Georgia | — | — | — |
| Idaho | — | — | — |
| Kentucky | — | — | — |
| Maine | — | — | — |
| Mississippi | — | — | — |
| Montana | — | — | — |
| Nevada | — | — | — |
| New Hampshire | — | — | — |
| North Carolina | — | — | — |
| Oregon | — | — | — |
| South Carolina | — | — | — |
| South Dakota | — | — | — |
| Tennessee | — | — | — |
| Utah | — | — | — |
| Vermont | — | — | — |
| Virginia | — | — | — |
| West Virginia | — | — | — |
| 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 Cecilia
- 15 spots since 2024 (#123 → #108)
- 39 spots since 2020 (#147 → #108)
- 73 spots since 2015 (#181 → #108)
- Biggest jump: 43 spots in 1884 (#282 → #239)
- Biggest drop: 40 spots in 1963 (#277 → #317)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 2025 at #108 (2,506 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
- Highest: 1 in 641 girls born in 2025 were named Cecilia (0.16%)
- 14.5% of all girls named Cecilia (16,150) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 630 | #228 (1887) | #250 |
| 1890s | 1,504 | #195 (1899) | #221 |
| 1900s | 2,318 | #190 (1904) | #204 |
| 1910s | 5,705 | #207 (1911) | #223 |
| 1920s | 6,907 | #236 (1921) | #251 |
| 1930s | 5,028 | #261 (1939) | #276 |
| 1940s | 8,006 | #233 (1943) | #247 |
| 1950s | 9,983 | #247 (1951) | #263 |
| 1960s | 7,852 | #277 (1962) | #335 |
| 1970s | 5,569 | #356 (1979) | #386 |
| 1980s | 6,988 | #314 (1989) | #342 |
| 1990s | 10,114 | #251 (1995) | #285 |
| 2000s | 11,984 | #264 (2006) | #273 |
| 2010s | 16,150 | #153 (2019) | #200 |
| 2020s | 12,773 | #108 (2025) | #132 |
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.
Cecilia in 1930
Top girls' names in 1930
Top boys' names in 1930
More about 1930
girls
1,125,927 girls got a published name in 1930; 1 in 1,986 of them was named Cecilia, which outranked 95.0% of the 5,247 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,097,378 boys got a published name in 1930; 1 in 219,476 of them was named Cecilia, which outranked 11.9% of the 4,542 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied with 541 names at #4,001; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.