Cicero
#12,008 for boys in 2025, 5 births
- Peak · boys
- 1881 · 18 births
- Debut · boys
- 14 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,453since 1880
Cicero over time
Rank among boys' names. Cicero has never cracked the top 300 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #12,008 | 5 |
| 2024 | #12,349 | 5 |
| 2023 | #10,821 | 6 |
| 2022 | — | |
| 2021 | — | |
| 2020 | #12,022 | 5 |
| 2019 | — | |
| 2018 | — | |
| 2017 | — | |
| 2016 | — | |
| 2015 | — | |
| 2014 | #10,717 | 6 |
| 2013 | — | |
| 2012 | — | |
| 2011 | #12,287 | 5 |
| 2010 | — | |
| 2009 | #12,491 | 5 |
| 2008 | — | |
| 2007 | — | |
| 2006 | — | |
| 2005 | — | |
| 2004 | — | |
| 2003 | — | |
| 2002 | — | |
| 2001 | — | |
| 2000 | #9,112 | 6 |
| 1999 | — | |
| 1998 | — | |
| 1997 | — | |
| 1996 | — | |
| 1995 | — | |
| 1994 | — | |
| 1993 | — | |
| 1992 | — | |
| 1991 | — | |
| 1990 | — | |
| 1989 | #7,905 | 5 |
| 1988 | — | |
| 1987 | — | |
| 1986 | — | |
| 1985 | #5,785 | 6 |
| 1984 | — | |
| 1983 | — | |
| 1982 | #6,385 | 5 |
| 1981 | #6,262 | 5 |
| 1980 | #5,525 | 6 |
| 1979 | #6,056 | 5 |
| 1978 | — | |
| 1977 | — | |
| 1976 | #4,935 | 6 |
| 1975 | #4,797 | 6 |
| 1974 | #4,634 | 6 |
| 1973 | — | |
| 1972 | #4,441 | 6 |
| 1971 | #4,375 | 6 |
| 1970 | #3,836 | 7 |
| 1969 | #3,595 | 7 |
| 1968 | — | |
| 1967 | — | |
| 1966 | #2,465 | 11 |
| 1965 | #2,982 | 8 |
| 1964 | #2,665 | 10 |
| 1963 | — | |
| 1962 | #2,673 | 10 |
| 1961 | #3,356 | 7 |
| 1960 | #2,871 | 9 |
| 1959 | #3,619 | 6 |
| 1958 | #3,559 | 6 |
| 1957 | #2,822 | 9 |
| 1956 | #2,168 | 14 |
| 1955 | #2,139 | 14 |
| 1954 | — | |
| 1953 | #2,186 | 13 |
| 1952 | #2,680 | 9 |
| 1951 | #2,844 | 8 |
| 1950 | #2,207 | 12 |
| 1949 | #2,123 | 13 |
| 1948 | #2,218 | 12 |
| 1947 | #1,786 | 18 |
| 1946 | #2,030 | 13 |
| 1945 | #1,852 | 14 |
| 1944 | #1,810 | 15 |
| 1943 | #1,833 | 16 |
| 1942 | #2,145 | 12 |
| 1941 | #2,083 | 12 |
| 1940 | #1,573 | 19 |
| 1939 | #1,712 | 16 |
| 1938 | #1,559 | 19 |
| 1937 | #1,627 | 18 |
| 1936 | #1,540 | 19 |
| 1935 | #2,246 | 11 |
| 1934 | #1,608 | 19 |
| 1933 | #1,829 | 15 |
| 1932 | #1,509 | 22 |
| 1931 | #1,693 | 18 |
| 1930 | #1,463 | 25 |
| 1929 | #1,731 | 19 |
| 1928 | #1,822 | 18 |
| 1927 | #1,372 | 29 |
| 1926 | #1,353 | 29 |
| 1925 | #1,679 | 21 |
| 1924 | #1,458 | 27 |
| 1923 | #1,385 | 28 |
| 1922 | #1,158 | 38 |
| 1921 | #1,648 | 22 |
| 1920 | #1,108 | 41 |
| 1919 | #1,159 | 36 |
| 1918 | #1,313 | 29 |
| 1917 | #1,437 | 24 |
| 1916 | #1,120 | 34 |
| 1915 | #1,141 | 32 |
| 1914 | #1,153 | 25 |
| 1913 | #1,112 | 21 |
| 1912 | #1,059 | 19 |
| 1911 | #1,038 | 11 |
| 1910 | #981 | 11 |
| 1909 | #653 | 17 |
| 1908 | #1,373 | 5 |
| 1907 | #999 | 8 |
| 1906 | #1,004 | 7 |
| 1905 | #615 | 15 |
| 1904 | — | |
| 1903 | #550 | 16 |
| 1902 | #536 | 16 |
| 1901 | #943 | 6 |
| 1900 | #578 | 18 |
| 1899 | #583 | 12 |
| 1898 | #523 | 16 |
| 1897 | #652 | 11 |
| 1896 | #551 | 14 |
| 1895 | #1,079 | 5 |
| 1894 | #668 | 10 |
| 1893 | #538 | 13 |
| 1892 | #547 | 14 |
| 1891 | #597 | 10 |
| 1890 | #533 | 13 |
| 1889 | #722 | 8 |
| 1888 | #528 | 14 |
| 1887 | #583 | 10 |
| 1886 | #694 | 8 |
| 1885 | #480 | 15 |
| 1884 | #570 | 11 |
| 1883 | #556 | 11 |
| 1882 | #514 | 13 |
| 1881 | #395 | 18 |
| 1880 | #482 | 14 |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Cicero was already there! It came in at #482, and was given to 14 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1904, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Cicero is popular in 1924
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Georgia#339 · 1 in 3,480
- North Carolina#442 · 1 in 4,974
Best ever in a state: #204 in North Carolina, 1910.
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| Georgia | #339 | 8 | 1 in 3,480 |
| North Carolina | #442 | 7 | 1 in 4,974 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys 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 Cicero
- 341 spots since 2024 (#12,349 → #12,008)
- 14 spots since 2020 (#12,022 → #12,008)
- Biggest jump: 720 spots in 1909 (#1,373 → #653)
- Biggest drop: 411 spots in 1895 (#668 → #1,079)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1881 at #395 (18 births)
- Births halved by 1886, 5 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 27 yrs · run 1880–1894
- Highest: 1 in 5,596 boys born in 1881 were named Cicero (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 341,615 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 18.7% of all boys named Cicero (272) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 122 | #395 (1881) | #552 |
| 1890s | 118 | #523 (1898) | #627 |
| 1900s | 108 | #536 (1902) | #806 |
| 1910s | 242 | #981 (1910) | #1,151 |
| 1920s | 272 | #1,108 (1920) | #1,471 |
| 1930s | 182 | #1,463 (1930) | #1,679 |
| 1940s | 144 | #1,573 (1940) | #1,945 |
| 1950s | 91 | #2,139 (1955) | #2,692 |
| 1960s | 62 | #2,465 (1966) | #2,944 |
| 1970s | 42 | #3,836 (1970) | #4,725 |
| 1980s | 27 | #5,525 (1980) | #6,372 |
| 1990s | 0 | — | — |
| 2000s | 11 | #9,112 (2000) | #10,802 |
| 2010s | 11 | #10,717 (2014) | #11,502 |
| 2020s | 21 | #10,821 (2023) | #11,800 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Cicero in 1924
Top boys' names in 1924
More about 1924
boys
1,132,742 boys got a published name in 1924; 1 in 41,953 of them was named Cicero, which outranked 70.7% of the 4,970 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,414Wendall28
- #1,414West28
- #1,414Westley28
- #1,458Cicero27
- #1,458Audley27
- #1,458Chalmers27
- #1,458Clemon27
- #1,492Anselmo26
- #1,492Augustin26
- #1,492Carnell26
Tied with 33 names at #1,458; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.