Meaning not yet researched.
Cecil: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 119 in 2025. Its best rank was #65 in 1902.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #65 in 1902; #1,486 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Cecil in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#1,486 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1902, at #65.
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Cecil: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 119 boys in 2025. Peak: #65 in 1902 · most boys in one year: 2,459 (1920).
In 2025, 119 US boys were named Cecil, making it the 1,486th most common boys’ name of the year, down 4 places from #1,482 in 2024. That is 3 fewer than the 122 boys named Cecil in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #65, reached in 1902. The most boys given the name in a single year was 2,459, in 1920. For comparison, it was #1,468 in 2015 and #171 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Cecil in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 59 babies with the name. In all, 114,676 US babies have been given the name, 6.7% of them girls and 93% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1920s, with 24,003 babies named Cecil.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 1,101 US boys were named Cecil; the busiest of those years was 2024, with 122. In 2025 that was about 1 in 14,354 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Cecil ranked highest in Arkansas in 2025, at #568 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Cecile (20,612 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Cecille, Cecila and Cicel 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.
Wikidata records this spelling as a given name in Danish. That is where the name is used, not necessarily where it comes from.
Rare spellings summarised here: Cecille (984), Cecila (804), Cicel (51), Cecili (26), Cecele (15), Cecyle (12), Cecial (10), Cecel (5).
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 Cecil in the open dataset we use.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 42 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arkansas | 5 | #568 | — |
| Missouri | 7 | #730 | #845 |
| Tennessee | 8 | #794 | — |
| Washington | 7 | #822 | — |
| Indiana | 5 | #968 | #737 |
| Georgia | 5 | #1,386 | #1,243 |
| Florida | 7 | #1,501 | #1,191 |
| Texas | 10 | #1,672 | #1,254 |
| California | 7 | #2,025 | #2,080 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 119 | #1,486 |
| 2024 | — | — | 122 | #1,482 |
| 2023 | — | — | 117 | #1,509 |
| 2022 | 5 | #15,784 | 114 | #1,561 |
| 2021 | — | — | 114 | #1,539 |
| 2020 | — | — | 97 | #1,647 |
| 2019 | — | — | 98 | #1,653 |
| 2018 | — | — | 114 | #1,508 |
| 2017 | — | — | 103 | #1,576 |
| 2016 | — | — | 103 | #1,588 |
| 2015 | 5 | #16,984 | 114 | #1,468 |
| 2014 | — | — | 99 | #1,590 |
| 2013 | — | — | 114 | #1,448 |
| 2012 | — | — | 97 | #1,602 |
| 2011 | — | — | 91 | #1,659 |
| 2010 | — | — | 78 | #1,853 |
| 2009 | — | — | 88 | #1,743 |
| 2008 | — | — | 122 | #1,390 |
| 2007 | — | — | 111 | #1,449 |
| 2006 | — | — | 107 | #1,447 |
| 2005 | — | — | 108 | #1,382 |
| 2004 | 5 | #16,606 | 100 | #1,415 |
| 2003 | 8 | #11,516 | 101 | #1,350 |
| 2002 | — | — | 106 | #1,282 |
| 2001 | 6 | #13,842 | 121 | #1,145 |
| 2000 | — | — | 130 | #1,083 |
| 1999 | — | — | 133 | #1,042 |
| 1998 | — | — | 132 | #1,023 |
| 1997 | — | — | 135 | #972 |
| 1996 | — | — | 153 | #885 |
| 1995 | 5 | #13,795 | 147 | #913 |
| 1994 | 7 | #10,767 | 162 | #840 |
| 1993 | 9 | #8,847 | 196 | #747 |
| 1992 | — | — | 194 | #742 |
| 1991 | — | — | 217 | #686 |
| 1990 | 5 | #13,304 | 231 | #665 |
| 1989 | 12 | #6,602 | 237 | #650 |
| 1988 | 8 | #8,514 | 270 | #564 |
| 1987 | 7 | #8,920 | 250 | #575 |
| 1986 | 9 | #7,215 | 276 | #535 |
| 1985 | 7 | #8,479 | 266 | #533 |
| 1984 | 10 | #6,370 | 299 | #483 |
| 1983 | 9 | #6,787 | 309 | #480 |
| 1982 | 9 | #6,965 | 296 | #494 |
| 1981 | 9 | #6,876 | 320 | #464 |
| 1980 | 12 | #5,584 | 407 | #401 |
| 1979 | 5 | #10,431 | 351 | #426 |
| 1978 | 7 | #7,729 | 352 | #417 |
| 1977 | 11 | #5,570 | 369 | #409 |
| 1976 | — | — | 351 | #412 |
| 1975 | 5 | #9,260 | 348 | #417 |
| 1974 | 12 | #4,759 | 419 | #375 |
| 1973 | 5 | #8,600 | 414 | #377 |
| 1972 | 10 | #5,154 | 475 | #354 |
| 1971 | 12 | #4,576 | 536 | #344 |
| 1970 | 7 | #6,447 | 566 | #337 |
| 1969 | 10 | #4,754 | 552 | #330 |
| 1968 | 9 | #4,825 | 564 | #321 |
| 1967 | 12 | #3,870 | 543 | #320 |
| 1966 | 12 | #3,764 | 678 | #284 |
| 1965 | 10 | #4,238 | 726 | #277 |
| 1964 | 13 | #3,719 | 729 | #290 |
| 1963 | 7 | #5,367 | 826 | #266 |
| 1962 | 20 | #2,745 | 884 | #258 |
| 1961 | 19 | #2,851 | 969 | #251 |
| 1960 | 19 | #2,828 | 959 | #255 |
| 1959 | 22 | #2,467 | 1,008 | #251 |
| 1958 | 25 | #2,271 | 1,011 | #247 |
| 1957 | 23 | #2,355 | 1,074 | #230 |
| 1956 | 22 | #2,399 | 1,139 | #215 |
| 1955 | 37 | #1,696 | 1,228 | #205 |
| 1954 | 32 | #1,840 | 1,298 | #194 |
| 1953 | 24 | #2,130 | 1,254 | #196 |
| 1952 | 30 | #1,826 | 1,327 | #185 |
| 1951 | 32 | #1,709 | 1,323 | #181 |
| 1950 | 37 | #1,529 | 1,341 | #171 |
| 1949 | 37 | #1,514 | 1,318 | #173 |
| 1948 | 31 | #1,676 | 1,400 | #166 |
| 1947 | 42 | #1,439 | 1,443 | #165 |
| 1946 | 56 | #1,133 | 1,404 | #159 |
| 1945 | 49 | #1,124 | 1,355 | #152 |
| 1944 | 57 | #1,040 | 1,499 | #142 |
| 1943 | 67 | #966 | 1,697 | #132 |
| 1942 | 67 | #955 | 1,620 | #131 |
| 1941 | 75 | #838 | 1,512 | #132 |
| 1940 | 74 | #827 | 1,589 | #117 |
| 1939 | 69 | #839 | 1,578 | #114 |
| 1938 | 77 | #804 | 1,558 | #118 |
| 1937 | 91 | #713 | 1,635 | #114 |
| 1936 | 84 | #724 | 1,577 | #114 |
| 1935 | 66 | #849 | 1,726 | #109 |
| 1934 | 71 | #796 | 1,596 | #111 |
| 1933 | 68 | #808 | 1,506 | #111 |
| 1932 | 73 | #796 | 1,655 | #108 |
| 1931 | 79 | #751 | 1,769 | #102 |
| 1930 | 93 | #726 | 1,882 | #99 |
| 1929 | 105 | #684 | 1,889 | #101 |
| 1928 | 96 | #721 | 2,005 | #97 |
| 1927 | 117 | #664 | 2,227 | #92 |
| 1926 | 146 | #587 | 2,305 | #86 |
| 1925 | 152 | #584 | 2,297 | #87 |
| 1924 | 174 | #554 | 2,299 | #85 |
| 1923 | 146 | #600 | 2,255 | #87 |
| 1922 | 174 | #535 | 2,336 | #85 |
| 1921 | 152 | #587 | 2,456 | #79 |
| 1920 | 213 | #465 | 2,459 | #77 |
| 1919 | 200 | #470 | 2,300 | #78 |
| 1918 | 238 | #429 | 2,328 | #82 |
| 1917 | 197 | #462 | 2,101 | #83 |
| 1916 | 241 | #404 | 2,181 | #80 |
| 1915 | 200 | #429 | 2,181 | #76 |
| 1914 | 193 | #382 | 1,530 | #79 |
| 1913 | 162 | #380 | 1,276 | #74 |
| 1912 | 135 | #396 | 1,058 | #76 |
| 1911 | 116 | #377 | 560 | #76 |
| 1910 | 130 | #347 | 472 | #77 |
| 1909 | 113 | #339 | 432 | #72 |
| 1908 | 114 | #334 | 397 | #72 |
| 1907 | 127 | #308 | 399 | #69 |
| 1906 | 109 | #321 | 368 | #68 |
| 1905 | 117 | #309 | 347 | #72 |
| 1904 | 130 | #276 | 359 | #67 |
| 1903 | 103 | #308 | 332 | #66 |
| 1902 | 112 | #298 | 354 | #65 |
| 1901 | 128 | #255 | 278 | #70 |
| 1900 | 129 | #288 | 344 | #76 |
| 1899 | 117 | #263 | 256 | #77 |
| 1898 | 133 | #258 | 243 | #87 |
| 1897 | 138 | #240 | 216 | #84 |
| 1896 | 108 | #277 | 200 | #97 |
| 1895 | 95 | #293 | 192 | #100 |
| 1894 | 80 | #310 | 175 | #102 |
| 1893 | 112 | #250 | 147 | #114 |
| 1892 | 70 | #323 | 151 | #115 |
| 1891 | 50 | #351 | 108 | #126 |
| 1890 | 58 | #332 | 120 | #121 |
| 1889 | 55 | #335 | 102 | #142 |
| 1888 | 36 | #415 | 96 | #158 |
| 1887 | 40 | #338 | 80 | #155 |
| 1886 | 34 | #365 | 83 | #168 |
| 1885 | 31 | #365 | 87 | #154 |
| 1884 | 22 | #426 | 73 | #186 |
| 1883 | 23 | #386 | 51 | #212 |
| 1882 | 24 | #362 | 53 | #225 |
| 1881 | 16 | #420 | 35 | #268 |
| 1880 | 14 | #453 | 45 | #248 |
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).