Ceil
Last seen for girls in 1965 at #5,289
- Peak · girls
- 1905 · 19 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 783since 1894
Ceil over time
Rank among girls' names. Ceil has never cracked the top 800 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| 1965 | #5,289 | 7 |
| 1964 | — | |
| 1963 | #4,896 | 8 |
| 1962 | #4,011 | 11 |
| 1961 | #5,309 | 7 |
| 1960 | #4,184 | 10 |
| 1959 | #2,596 | 20 |
| 1958 | #4,193 | 9 |
| 1957 | #3,033 | 15 |
| 1956 | #2,929 | 16 |
| 1955 | #2,971 | 15 |
| 1954 | #2,592 | 18 |
| 1953 | #2,812 | 15 |
| 1952 | #3,201 | 12 |
| 1951 | #2,810 | 14 |
| 1950 | #2,781 | 14 |
| 1949 | #5,244 | 5 |
| 1948 | #3,883 | 8 |
| 1947 | #3,240 | 11 |
| 1946 | #2,482 | 15 |
| 1945 | #4,556 | 5 |
| 1944 | #4,054 | 6 |
| 1943 | #3,801 | 7 |
| 1942 | #2,817 | 11 |
| 1941 | #2,846 | 10 |
| 1940 | #3,863 | 6 |
| 1939 | — | |
| 1938 | #3,450 | 7 |
| 1937 | #3,434 | 7 |
| 1936 | #3,376 | 7 |
| 1935 | #3,156 | 8 |
| 1934 | #3,449 | 7 |
| 1933 | — | |
| 1932 | #2,644 | 11 |
| 1931 | #3,848 | 6 |
| 1930 | #4,550 | 5 |
| 1929 | #3,682 | 7 |
| 1928 | #3,743 | 7 |
| 1927 | #3,561 | 8 |
| 1926 | #2,708 | 12 |
| 1925 | #4,426 | 6 |
| 1924 | #2,809 | 12 |
| 1923 | #2,917 | 11 |
| 1922 | #2,479 | 14 |
| 1921 | #3,400 | 9 |
| 1920 | #2,731 | 12 |
| 1919 | #1,921 | 19 |
| 1918 | #1,754 | 22 |
| 1917 | #1,470 | 26 |
| 1916 | #1,298 | 31 |
| 1915 | #1,258 | 31 |
| 1914 | #1,385 | 21 |
| 1913 | #1,465 | 16 |
| 1912 | #1,032 | 25 |
| 1911 | #1,241 | 14 |
| 1910 | #1,207 | 14 |
| 1909 | #1,052 | 15 |
| 1908 | #1,004 | 16 |
| 1907 | #923 | 17 |
| 1906 | #1,101 | 12 |
| 1905 | #848 | 19 |
| 1904 | #938 | 15 |
| 1903 | #1,318 | 8 |
| 1902 | #1,133 | 10 |
| 1901 | — | |
| 1900 | #1,171 | 11 |
| 1899 | #1,596 | 5 |
| 1898 | — | |
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| 1894 | #1,485 | 5 |
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| 1880 | — | |
The first year at least five girls were named Ceil! It came in at #1,485, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1894–1899, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Ceil is popular in 1912
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- New York#354 · 1 in 4,939
Best ever in a state: #322 in New York, 1910.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| New York | #354 | 10 | 1 in 4,939 |
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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 Ceil
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1965
- Biggest jump: 380 spots in 1904 (#1,318 → #938)
- Biggest drop: 253 spots in 1906 (#848 → #1,101)
- Debuted 1894
- Peaked 1905 at #848 (19 births)
- Births halved by 1921, 16 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 3 yrs · run 1904–1905
- Highest: 1 in 15,348 girls born in 1905 were named Ceil (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 252,166 girls born in 1965 (0.00%)
- 28.0% of all girls named Ceil (219) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 10 | #1,485 (1894) | #1,541 |
| 1900s | 123 | #848 (1905) | #1,054 |
| 1910s | 219 | #1,032 (1912) | #1,403 |
| 1920s | 98 | #2,479 (1922) | #3,246 |
| 1930s | 58 | #2,644 (1932) | #3,488 |
| 1940s | 84 | #2,482 (1946) | #3,679 |
| 1950s | 148 | #2,592 (1954) | #2,992 |
| 1960s | 43 | #4,011 (1962) | #4,738 |
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.
Ceil in 1912
Top girls' names in 1912
More about 1912
girls
558,119 girls got a published name in 1912; 1 in 22,325 of them was named Ceil, which outranked 70.0% of the 3,445 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,003Tempie26
- #1,003Theodosia26
- #1,003Zita26
- #1,032Ceil25
- #1,032Ardith25
- #1,032Aurore25
- #1,032Carole25
- #1,055Abigail24
- #1,055Almira24
- #1,055Ana24
Tied with 22 names at #1,032; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.