Ciel

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Peak · girls
#4,758
2025 · 28 births
Debut · girls
1999
6 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
399
since 1999

Ciel over time

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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

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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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2025#4,75828#3,94927
2024#4,89327#3,98627
2023#5,39023#3,62931
2022#5,30924#4,08926
2021#5,95520#3,49732
2020#6,32518#4,54021
2019#6,17619#4,11425
2018#6,52118#5,54016
2017#6,28719#4,93519
2016#6,40119#4,32723
2015#6,03621#5,50716
2014#5,31025#4,70220
2013#6,72918#5,17117
2012#5,89522#8,1589
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2010#9,79011#12,2315
2009#9,97511—
2008#12,5798—
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2006#11,4179—
2005#11,8348—
2004#12,7617#11,3565
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2001#15,3525—
2000#15,0315—
1999#12,6886—
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First appearance
1999

The first year at least five girls were named Ciel! It came in at #12,688, and was given to 6 baby girls.

Quietest stretch: 2003, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Ciel is popular in 2025

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
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Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Ciel, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Ciel, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Ciel, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Ciel, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Ciel, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Ciel, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Ciel, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Ciel, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Ciel, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 girls named Ciel, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Ciel, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Ciel, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 girls named Ciel, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Ciel, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Ciel, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Ciel, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Ciel, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Ciel, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Ciel, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Ciel, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Ciel, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Ciel, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Ciel, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Ciel, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Ciel, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 girls named Ciel, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Ciel, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Ciel, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Ciel, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Ciel, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Ciel, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Ciel, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Ciel, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Ciel, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Ciel, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Ciel, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Ciel, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Ciel, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Ciel, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Ciel, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Ciel, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Ciel, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Ciel, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Ciel, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Ciel, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Ciel, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Ciel, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Ciel, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Ciel, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 girls named Ciel, so not publishedTXFlorida: #2,151 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 17,352 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Florida#2,151 · 1 in 17,352

Best ever in a state: #1,940 in California, 2014.

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See more about Ciel
Momentum · girls
Rising
  • 135 spots since 2024 (#4,893 → #4,758)
  • 1,567 spots since 2020 (#6,325 → #4,758)
  • 1,278 spots since 2015 (#6,036 → #4,758)
Rise & fade · girls
26 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1999
  • Peaked 2025 at #4,758 (28 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 57,402
  • Highest: 1 in 57,402 girls born in 2025 were named Ciel (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 2010s
  • 45.1% of all girls named Ciel (180) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 2024
  • Mostly boys until 2023, mostly girls since
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1990s6#12,688 (1999)#12,688
2000s73#9,007 (2007)#12,238
2010s180#5,310 (2014)#7,130
2020s140#4,758 (2025)#5,438

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.

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