Meaning not yet researched.
Cecelia: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 569 in 2025. Its best rank was #169 in 1884.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #169 in 1884; #529 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Cecelia in 2025 was a girl.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#529 for US girls in 2025. Its best year was 1884, at #169.
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Cecelia: US girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 569 girls in 2025. Peak: #169 in 1884 · most girls in one year: 935 (1918).
In 2025, 569 US girls were named Cecelia, making it the 529th most common girls’ name of the year, up 42 places from #571 in 2024. That is 39 more than the 530 girls named Cecelia in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #169, reached in 1884. The most girls given the name in a single year was 935, in 1918. For comparison, it was #544 in 2015 and #277 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Cecelia in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 47 babies with the name. In all, 60,530 US babies have been given the name, all of them girls. Its busiest decade was the 1940s, with 7,368 babies named Cecelia.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 5,607 US girls were named Cecelia; the busiest of those years was 2023, with 617. In 2025 that was about 1 in 2,825 of the girls in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Cecelia ranked highest in Massachusetts in 2025, at #177 for girls there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Cecilia (111,688 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Cece and Cecely are summarised on this page.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Rare spellings summarised here: Cece (536), Cecely (80).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
No nicknames listed for Cecelia in the open dataset we use.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US girls. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five girls got the name, so 16 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Massachusetts | 32 | #177 | #226 |
| Rhode Island | 5 | #192 | #168 |
| North Dakota | 5 | #203 | — |
| Montana | 5 | #220 | — |
| New Hampshire | 5 | #243 | #192 |
| Ohio | 45 | #249 | #353 |
| Iowa | 13 | #262 | #236 |
| Pennsylvania | 39 | #279 | #244 |
| Minnesota | 19 | #289 | #208 |
| Indiana | 23 | #308 | #451 |
| Wisconsin | 17 | #315 | #254 |
| Oregon | 11 | #332 | #282 |
| Michigan | 26 | #343 | #243 |
| Louisiana | 13 | #350 | — |
| Nebraska | 6 | #351 | #241 |
| Colorado | 14 | #409 | #707 |
| Idaho | 5 | #418 | — |
| Missouri | 14 | #421 | #382 |
| Kentucky | 10 | #422 | #755 |
| Maryland | 12 | #437 | #709 |
| Oklahoma | 9 | #451 | — |
| New Jersey | 17 | #452 | #588 |
| Arkansas | 6 | #504 | — |
| Kansas | 6 | #510 | #369 |
| New York | 32 | #522 | #561 |
| Virginia | 15 | #524 | #505 |
| Connecticut | 5 | #553 | #344 |
| North Carolina | 19 | #562 | #1,008 |
| Illinois | 17 | #578 | #444 |
| Arizona | 11 | #590 | #990 |
| Georgia | 15 | #681 | #782 |
| Florida | 15 | #1,009 | #672 |
| Washington | 5 | #1,081 | #660 |
| Texas | 22 | #1,197 | #1,953 |
| California | 17 | #1,371 | #1,121 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 569 | #529 | — | — |
| 2024 | 530 | #571 | — | — |
| 2023 | 617 | #497 | — | — |
| 2022 | 599 | #519 | — | — |
| 2021 | 548 | #561 | — | — |
| 2020 | 511 | #573 | — | — |
| 2019 | 557 | #546 | — | — |
| 2018 | 512 | #594 | — | — |
| 2017 | 585 | #529 | — | — |
| 2016 | 579 | #537 | — | — |
| 2015 | 572 | #544 | — | — |
| 2014 | 535 | #571 | — | — |
| 2013 | 535 | #552 | — | — |
| 2012 | 484 | #596 | — | — |
| 2011 | 434 | #656 | — | — |
| 2010 | 377 | #739 | — | — |
| 2009 | 393 | #737 | — | — |
| 2008 | 387 | #761 | — | — |
| 2007 | 367 | #785 | — | — |
| 2006 | 423 | #673 | — | — |
| 2005 | 420 | #660 | — | — |
| 2004 | 386 | #697 | — | — |
| 2003 | 341 | #746 | — | — |
| 2002 | 328 | #740 | — | — |
| 2001 | 313 | #763 | — | — |
| 2000 | 296 | #771 | — | — |
| 1999 | 291 | #761 | — | — |
| 1998 | 264 | #805 | — | — |
| 1997 | 232 | #876 | — | — |
| 1996 | 284 | #743 | — | — |
| 1995 | 248 | #800 | — | — |
| 1994 | 232 | #853 | — | — |
| 1993 | 246 | #812 | — | — |
| 1992 | 206 | #941 | — | — |
| 1991 | 212 | #911 | — | — |
| 1990 | 231 | #849 | — | — |
| 1989 | 200 | #909 | — | — |
| 1988 | 215 | #837 | — | — |
| 1987 | 211 | #826 | — | — |
| 1986 | 173 | #926 | — | — |
| 1985 | 180 | #886 | — | — |
| 1984 | 177 | #863 | — | — |
| 1983 | 187 | #820 | — | — |
| 1982 | 168 | #900 | — | — |
| 1981 | 153 | #956 | — | — |
| 1980 | 161 | #928 | — | — |
| 1979 | 151 | #959 | — | — |
| 1978 | 127 | #1,057 | — | — |
| 1977 | 130 | #1,027 | — | — |
| 1976 | 135 | #946 | — | — |
| 1975 | 167 | #818 | — | — |
| 1974 | 165 | #815 | — | — |
| 1973 | 192 | #731 | — | — |
| 1972 | 212 | #691 | — | — |
| 1971 | 249 | #652 | — | — |
| 1970 | 309 | #575 | — | — |
| 1969 | 209 | #689 | — | — |
| 1968 | 269 | #584 | — | — |
| 1967 | 272 | #579 | — | — |
| 1966 | 286 | #563 | — | — |
| 1965 | 330 | #526 | — | — |
| 1964 | 374 | #507 | — | — |
| 1963 | 470 | #446 | — | — |
| 1962 | 523 | #424 | — | — |
| 1961 | 565 | #410 | — | — |
| 1960 | 559 | #406 | — | — |
| 1959 | 670 | #370 | — | — |
| 1958 | 614 | #368 | — | — |
| 1957 | 681 | #346 | — | — |
| 1956 | 666 | #341 | — | — |
| 1955 | 655 | #332 | — | — |
| 1954 | 679 | #325 | — | — |
| 1953 | 691 | #312 | — | — |
| 1952 | 713 | #298 | — | — |
| 1951 | 761 | #285 | — | — |
| 1950 | 768 | #277 | — | — |
| 1949 | 851 | #261 | — | — |
| 1948 | 843 | #263 | — | — |
| 1947 | 890 | #249 | — | — |
| 1946 | 712 | #272 | — | — |
| 1945 | 628 | #275 | — | — |
| 1944 | 645 | #271 | — | — |
| 1943 | 782 | #246 | 5 | #3,618 |
| 1942 | 836 | #230 | — | — |
| 1941 | 609 | #258 | — | — |
| 1940 | 567 | #261 | — | — |
| 1939 | 534 | #268 | — | — |
| 1938 | 514 | #279 | — | — |
| 1937 | 474 | #283 | — | — |
| 1936 | 471 | #278 | — | — |
| 1935 | 409 | #301 | — | — |
| 1934 | 374 | #323 | — | — |
| 1933 | 403 | #310 | — | — |
| 1932 | 434 | #304 | 6 | #3,428 |
| 1931 | 453 | #295 | — | — |
| 1930 | 526 | #286 | — | — |
| 1929 | 559 | #271 | — | — |
| 1928 | 579 | #270 | — | — |
| 1927 | 622 | #265 | — | — |
| 1926 | 685 | #251 | — | — |
| 1925 | 721 | #247 | — | — |
| 1924 | 742 | #245 | — | — |
| 1923 | 786 | #234 | — | — |
| 1922 | 760 | #236 | — | — |
| 1921 | 825 | #226 | — | — |
| 1920 | 890 | #217 | — | — |
| 1919 | 867 | #212 | — | — |
| 1918 | 935 | #205 | — | — |
| 1917 | 920 | #201 | — | — |
| 1916 | 883 | #200 | — | — |
| 1915 | 821 | #200 | — | — |
| 1914 | 679 | #196 | — | — |
| 1913 | 536 | #198 | — | — |
| 1912 | 513 | #191 | — | — |
| 1911 | 416 | #175 | — | — |
| 1910 | 335 | #196 | — | — |
| 1909 | 294 | #198 | — | — |
| 1908 | 325 | #178 | — | — |
| 1907 | 321 | #174 | — | — |
| 1906 | 290 | #175 | — | — |
| 1905 | 293 | #175 | — | — |
| 1904 | 272 | #178 | — | — |
| 1903 | 242 | #189 | — | — |
| 1902 | 243 | #187 | — | — |
| 1901 | 249 | #176 | — | — |
| 1900 | 264 | #195 | — | — |
| 1899 | 214 | #190 | — | — |
| 1898 | 229 | #192 | — | — |
| 1897 | 212 | #187 | — | — |
| 1896 | 190 | #200 | — | — |
| 1895 | 163 | #213 | — | — |
| 1894 | 159 | #212 | — | — |
| 1893 | 182 | #192 | — | — |
| 1892 | 175 | #191 | — | — |
| 1891 | 130 | #205 | — | — |
| 1890 | 130 | #211 | — | — |
| 1889 | 138 | #193 | — | — |
| 1888 | 113 | #216 | — | — |
| 1887 | 92 | #216 | — | — |
| 1886 | 96 | #201 | — | — |
| 1885 | 84 | #215 | — | — |
| 1884 | 109 | #169 | — | — |
| 1883 | 67 | #218 | — | — |
| 1882 | 55 | #233 | — | — |
| 1881 | 51 | #213 | — | — |
| 1880 | 47 | #226 | — | — |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).