Cielo
- #795 for girls in 2025, 342 births
- #4,539 for boys in 2025, 22 births
- Given to girls 96.7% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 2025 · 342 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 4,764since 1977
Cielo over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Cielo has never cracked the top 700 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
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 | #795 | 342 | #4,539 | 22 |
| 2024 | #807 | 348 | #3,896 | 28 |
| 2023 | #862 | 310 | #5,255 | 18 |
| 2022 | #996 | 263 | #4,089 | 26 |
| 2021 | #1,223 | 192 | #6,698 | 12 |
| 2020 | #1,518 | 140 | #9,554 | 7 |
| 2019 | #1,483 | 148 | — | |
| 2018 | #1,520 | 143 | #12,156 | 5 |
| 2017 | #1,482 | 150 | #9,696 | 7 |
| 2016 | #1,485 | 154 | — | |
| 2015 | #1,793 | 116 | — | |
| 2014 | #1,781 | 115 | #9,642 | 7 |
| 2013 | #1,968 | 100 | — | |
| 2012 | #1,831 | 110 | — | |
| 2011 | #1,789 | 113 | #10,808 | 6 |
| 2010 | #1,574 | 139 | — | |
| 2009 | #1,719 | 128 | #9,864 | 7 |
| 2008 | #1,539 | 150 | #11,037 | 6 |
| 2007 | #1,602 | 139 | #10,921 | 6 |
| 2006 | #1,664 | 127 | — | |
| 2005 | #1,645 | 121 | — | |
| 2004 | #1,528 | 131 | — | |
| 2003 | #1,313 | 157 | — | |
| 2002 | #1,185 | 173 | — | |
| 2001 | #886 | 259 | #8,339 | 7 |
| 2000 | #895 | 245 | — | |
| 1999 | #2,991 | 44 | — | |
| 1998 | #3,914 | 29 | — | |
| 1997 | #4,125 | 26 | — | |
| 1996 | #3,429 | 33 | — | |
| 1995 | #5,019 | 19 | — | |
| 1994 | #7,097 | 12 | — | |
| 1993 | #7,038 | 12 | — | |
| 1992 | #8,734 | 9 | — | |
| 1991 | #11,509 | 6 | — | |
| 1990 | #10,193 | 7 | — | |
| 1989 | #9,681 | 7 | — | |
| 1988 | #10,386 | 6 | — | |
| 1987 | #11,325 | 5 | — | |
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| 1985 | #9,307 | 6 | — | |
| 1984 | #10,422 | 5 | — | |
| 1983 | #9,015 | 6 | — | |
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| 1981 | #9,110 | 6 | — | |
| 1980 | #7,418 | 8 | — | |
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| 1977 | #9,652 | 5 | — | |
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First appearance
1977
The first year at least five girls were named Cielo! It came in at #9,652, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1977–1979, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Cielo is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · girls
- New Mexico#296 · 1 in 935
- California#300 · 1 in 1,497
- Oklahoma#340 · 1 in 1,232
- Arizona#344 · 1 in 1,411
- Texas#487 · 1 in 2,432
Best ever in a state: #296 in New Mexico, 2025.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | #296 | 5 | 1 in 935 |
| California | #300 | 108 | 1 in 1,497 |
| Oklahoma | #340 | 12 | 1 in 1,232 |
| Arizona | #344 | 20 | 1 in 1,411 |
| Texas | #487 | 66 | 1 in 2,432 |
| Nevada | #508 | 5 | 1 in 1,840 |
| Utah | #605 | 6 | 1 in 2,846 |
| Washington | #617 | 10 | 1 in 2,886 |
| Colorado | #634 | 8 | 1 in 2,916 |
| Minnesota | #731 | 6 | 1 in 3,580 |
| Indiana | #916 | 6 | 1 in 4,651 |
| Illinois | #927 | 9 | 1 in 4,925 |
| New Jersey | #939 | 7 | 1 in 5,071 |
| Florida | #959 | 16 | 1 in 5,423 |
| Tennessee | #983 | 6 | 1 in 5,346 |
| Virginia | #1,037 | 6 | 1 in 5,624 |
| New York | #1,526 | 8 | 1 in 9,791 |
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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
Rising
- 723 spots since 2020 (#1,518 → #795)
- Biggest jump: 2,096 spots in 2000
- Biggest drop: 299 spots in 2002
Rise & fade · girls
48 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1977
- Peaked 2025 at #795 (342 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 6 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 6 yrs · run 2022–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 4,656
- Highest: 1 in 4,656 girls born in 2024 were named Cielo (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 4,700 girls born in 2025 (0.02%)
- Its best rank, #795 in 2025, was only 1 in 4,700 (0.02%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 2000s
- 34.2% of all girls named Cielo (1,630) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 5 | #9,652 (1977) | #9,652 |
| 1980s | 49 | #7,418 (1980) | #9,583 |
| 1990s | 197 | #2,991 (1999) | #6,405 |
| 2000s | 1,630 | #886 (2001) | #1,398 |
| 2010s | 1,288 | #1,482 (2017) | #1,671 |
| 2020s | 1,595 | #795 (2025) | #1,034 |
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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