Cecily
#1,540 for girls in 2025, 137 births
- Peak · girls
- 1989 · 472 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 8,673since 1911
Cecily over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Cecily has never cracked the top 400 here.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
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| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #1,540 | 137 |
| 2024 | #1,598 | 131 |
| 2023 | #1,813 | 111 |
| 2022 | #1,612 | 131 |
| 2021 | #1,641 | 127 |
| 2020 | #1,593 | 131 |
| 2019 | #1,392 | 161 |
| 2018 | #1,540 | 141 |
| 2017 | #1,244 | 191 |
| 2016 | #1,241 | 196 |
| 2015 | #1,175 | 214 |
| 2014 | #1,061 | 244 |
| 2013 | #1,371 | 170 |
| 2012 | #1,791 | 114 |
| 2011 | #1,909 | 104 |
| 2010 | #2,028 | 98 |
| 2009 | #1,914 | 109 |
| 2008 | #1,890 | 112 |
| 2007 | #2,059 | 99 |
| 2006 | #1,743 | 119 |
| 2005 | #1,911 | 101 |
| 2004 | #2,067 | 88 |
| 2003 | #1,845 | 100 |
| 2002 | #2,004 | 87 |
| 2001 | #1,807 | 98 |
| 2000 | #1,801 | 96 |
| 1999 | #1,560 | 108 |
| 1998 | #1,508 | 112 |
| 1997 | #1,352 | 127 |
| 1996 | #1,306 | 132 |
| 1995 | #1,197 | 143 |
| 1994 | #1,393 | 117 |
| 1993 | #1,389 | 117 |
| 1992 | #1,274 | 134 |
| 1991 | #991 | 189 |
| 1990 | #575 | 403 |
| 1989 | #497 | 472 |
| 1988 | #792 | 236 |
| 1987 | #1,033 | 150 |
| 1986 | #2,148 | 49 |
| 1985 | #1,809 | 62 |
| 1984 | #1,837 | 58 |
| 1983 | #1,817 | 58 |
| 1982 | #1,873 | 57 |
| 1981 | #1,596 | 73 |
| 1980 | #1,583 | 73 |
| 1979 | #1,420 | 86 |
| 1978 | #1,275 | 96 |
| 1977 | #1,268 | 94 |
| 1976 | #1,330 | 81 |
| 1975 | #1,066 | 110 |
| 1974 | #950 | 130 |
| 1973 | #1,028 | 114 |
| 1972 | #1,627 | 55 |
| 1971 | #1,665 | 55 |
| 1970 | #1,570 | 61 |
| 1969 | #1,609 | 55 |
| 1968 | #2,126 | 32 |
| 1967 | #1,848 | 40 |
| 1966 | #1,700 | 44 |
| 1965 | #1,768 | 41 |
| 1964 | #1,918 | 38 |
| 1963 | #1,922 | 37 |
| 1962 | #1,917 | 36 |
| 1961 | #1,520 | 55 |
| 1960 | #1,637 | 47 |
| 1959 | #1,315 | 66 |
| 1958 | #1,679 | 41 |
| 1957 | #1,458 | 53 |
| 1956 | #1,617 | 43 |
| 1955 | #1,423 | 50 |
| 1954 | #1,409 | 51 |
| 1953 | #1,373 | 50 |
| 1952 | #1,333 | 52 |
| 1951 | #1,611 | 35 |
| 1950 | #1,411 | 42 |
| 1949 | #1,335 | 47 |
| 1948 | #1,548 | 36 |
| 1947 | #1,752 | 30 |
| 1946 | #1,481 | 35 |
| 1945 | #1,543 | 28 |
| 1944 | #1,609 | 26 |
| 1943 | #1,900 | 21 |
| 1942 | #1,249 | 41 |
| 1941 | #2,668 | 11 |
| 1940 | #2,424 | 12 |
| 1939 | #1,638 | 22 |
| 1938 | #1,752 | 20 |
| 1937 | #1,914 | 17 |
| 1936 | #1,480 | 25 |
| 1935 | #1,917 | 17 |
| 1934 | #1,913 | 17 |
| 1933 | #2,540 | 11 |
| 1932 | #2,235 | 14 |
| 1931 | #2,581 | 11 |
| 1930 | #2,306 | 14 |
| 1929 | #2,921 | 10 |
| 1928 | #2,768 | 11 |
| 1927 | #2,169 | 17 |
| 1926 | #2,569 | 13 |
| 1925 | #3,362 | 9 |
| 1924 | #2,514 | 14 |
| 1923 | #2,732 | 12 |
| 1922 | #2,612 | 13 |
| 1921 | #4,023 | 7 |
| 1920 | #2,899 | 11 |
| 1919 | #2,813 | 11 |
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| 1917 | #2,879 | 10 |
| 1916 | #4,417 | 5 |
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| 1911 | #2,463 | 5 |
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First appearance
1911
The first year at least five girls were named Cecily! It came in at #2,463, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1911–1916, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Cecily is popular in 1988
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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Top states · girls
- Arkansas#331 · 1 in 2,060
- Mississippi#353 · 1 in 1,923
- Alabama#374 · 1 in 2,402
- Missouri#439 · 1 in 3,519
- Oklahoma#441 · 1 in 2,901
Best ever in a state: #138 in Arkansas, 1989.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arkansas | #331 | 6 | 1 in 2,060 |
| Mississippi | #353 | 7 | 1 in 1,923 |
| Alabama | #374 | 9 | 1 in 2,402 |
| Missouri | #439 | 9 | 1 in 3,519 |
| Oklahoma | #441 | 6 | 1 in 2,901 |
| Utah | #460 | 5 | 1 in 2,716 |
| Indiana | #466 | 9 | 1 in 3,769 |
| Georgia | #493 | 11 | 1 in 3,647 |
| Texas | #548 | 33 | 1 in 3,888 |
| Colorado | #552 | 5 | 1 in 4,173 |
| Florida | #576 | 16 | 1 in 4,558 |
| Tennessee | #644 | 5 | 1 in 5,786 |
| North Carolina | #685 | 6 | 1 in 6,390 |
| Massachusetts | #718 | 5 | 1 in 7,445 |
| New Jersey | #786 | 6 | 1 in 7,548 |
| Illinois | #813 | 10 | 1 in 7,370 |
| California | #915 | 28 | 1 in 8,159 |
| New York | #979 | 12 | 1 in 9,504 |
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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.
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Momentum · girls
Holding steady
- 58 spots since 2024 (#1,598 → #1,540)
- 53 spots since 2020 (#1,593 → #1,540)
- 365 spots since 2015 (#1,175 → #1,540)
- Biggest jump: 295 spots in 1989 (#792 → #497)
- Biggest drop: 416 spots in 1991 (#575 → #991)
Rise & fade · girls
78 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1911
- Peaked 1989 at #497 (472 births)
- Births halved by 1991, 2 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 5 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 5 yrs · run 1988–1991
Share of babies · girls
1 in 3,906
- Highest: 1 in 3,906 girls born in 1989 were named Cecily (0.03%)
- Latest: 1 in 11,732 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · girls
The 2010s
- 18.8% of all girls named Cecily (1,633) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 31 | #2,463 (1911) | #3,143 |
| 1920s | 117 | #2,169 (1927) | #2,857 |
| 1930s | 168 | #1,480 (1936) | #2,028 |
| 1940s | 287 | #1,249 (1942) | #1,751 |
| 1950s | 483 | #1,315 (1959) | #1,463 |
| 1960s | 425 | #1,520 (1961) | #1,797 |
| 1970s | 882 | #950 (1974) | #1,320 |
| 1980s | 1,288 | #497 (1989) | #1,499 |
| 1990s | 1,582 | #575 (1990) | #1,255 |
| 2000s | 1,009 | #1,743 (2006) | #1,904 |
| 2010s | 1,633 | #1,061 (2014) | #1,475 |
| 2020s | 768 | #1,540 (2025) | #1,633 |
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.
Cecily in 1988
girls
#792
236 births · 1 in 7,546 girls
Top girls' names in 1988
More about 1988
girls
1,780,854 girls got a published name in 1988; 1 in 7,546 of them was named Cecily, which outranked 94.3% of the 13,883 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).