Meaning not yet researched.
Cecilia: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 2,506 in 2025. Its best rank was #108 in 2025.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Its highest rank in 146 years of records is this year’s. Every baby recorded as Cecilia in 2025 was a girl.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#108 for US girls in 2025, its highest rank in 146 years of records.
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Cecilia: US girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 2,506 girls in 2025. Peak: #108 in 2025 · most girls in one year: 2,506 (2025).
In 2025, 2,506 US girls were named Cecilia, making it the 108th most common girls’ name of the year, up 15 places from #123 in 2024. That is 258 more than the 2,248 girls named Cecilia in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #108, reached in this year, 2025. That year also had the most girls given the name: 2,506. For comparison, it was #181 in 2015 and #249 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Cecilia in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 44 babies with the name. In all, 111,688 US babies have been given the name, 99.8% of them girls and 0.2% boys. Its busiest decade was the 2010s, with 16,150 babies named Cecilia.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 20,085 US girls were named Cecilia; the busiest of those years was 2025, with 2,506. In 2025 that was about 1 in 641 of the girls in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Cecilia ranked highest in Connecticut in 2025, at #37 for girls there. It was in the top 100 in 18 states (counting DC). Related spellings in the SSA files include Cecelia (60,530 babies since 1880), Celine (18,522 babies since 1880), Celina (16,301 babies since 1880) and Cecily (8,673 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Cecilio, Cesilia and Cecillia are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Celia and Cissy.
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 Dutch, Italian, Slovene and Swedish. That is where the name is used, not necessarily where it comes from.
Rare spellings summarised here: Cecilio (2,411), Cesilia (778), Cecillia (556), Cecilie (379), Secilia (350), Sicilia (347), Ceceilia (327), Cecilee (218), Cecylia (145), Ceciley (131), Cicilia (123), Sesilia (91), and more.
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.
Cecilia is listed as a nickname for Sheila.
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 3 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Connecticut | 62 | #37 | #138 |
| Vermont | 8 | #50 | #90 |
| Massachusetts | 101 | #50 | #95 |
| Delaware | 12 | #58 | — |
| New Jersey | 107 | #63 | #170 |
| Rhode Island | 11 | #67 | #67 |
| Michigan | 98 | #68 | #137 |
| Pennsylvania | 116 | #74 | #135 |
| Wisconsin | 59 | #75 | #107 |
| New Hampshire | 15 | #76 | #233 |
| Illinois | 104 | #79 | #146 |
| Ohio | 113 | #80 | #112 |
| Maryland | 50 | #80 | #187 |
| Louisiana | 45 | #81 | #166 |
| Colorado | 59 | #84 | #146 |
| Minnesota | 57 | #89 | #74 |
| New York | 150 | #93 | #168 |
| Virginia | 74 | #96 | #171 |
| Maine | 10 | #101 | #126 |
| Kansas | 30 | #104 | #139 |
| Missouri | 56 | #105 | #145 |
| Nebraska | 20 | #106 | #74 |
| Washington | 59 | #106 | #159 |
| Indiana | 55 | #118 | #148 |
| Florida | 144 | #125 | #253 |
| Iowa | 25 | #126 | #197 |
| Texas | 250 | #127 | #265 |
| Alabama | 32 | #139 | #246 |
| South Dakota | 8 | #142 | — |
| Georgia | 67 | #145 | #290 |
| Alaska | 5 | #146 | — |
| Montana | 7 | #147 | #230 |
| Utah | 28 | #159 | #174 |
| North Dakota | 6 | #169 | #163 |
| Oklahoma | 23 | #170 | #361 |
| California | 186 | #173 | #237 |
| South Carolina | 26 | #179 | #589 |
| Oregon | 20 | #182 | #201 |
| Arizona | 35 | #191 | #225 |
| Kentucky | 24 | #195 | #161 |
| North Carolina | 54 | #200 | #289 |
| Tennessee | 36 | #219 | #334 |
| West Virginia | 7 | #239 | #233 |
| Arkansas | 12 | #253 | #601 |
| Mississippi | 10 | #276 | #375 |
| Idaho | 8 | #284 | #288 |
| New Mexico | 5 | #319 | #223 |
| Nevada | 8 | #343 | — |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2,506 | #108 | — | — |
| 2024 | 2,248 | #123 | — | — |
| 2023 | 2,058 | #137 | — | — |
| 2022 | 2,006 | #145 | — | — |
| 2021 | 2,095 | #133 | — | — |
| 2020 | 1,860 | #147 | — | — |
| 2019 | 1,861 | #153 | — | — |
| 2018 | 1,809 | #155 | — | — |
| 2017 | 1,815 | #168 | — | — |
| 2016 | 1,827 | #177 | — | — |
| 2015 | 1,782 | #181 | — | — |
| 2014 | 1,640 | #206 | — | — |
| 2013 | 1,434 | #224 | — | — |
| 2012 | 1,463 | #215 | — | — |
| 2011 | 1,317 | #242 | — | — |
| 2010 | 1,202 | #277 | — | — |
| 2009 | 1,235 | #266 | — | — |
| 2008 | 1,259 | #271 | — | — |
| 2007 | 1,242 | #276 | — | — |
| 2006 | 1,245 | #264 | — | — |
| 2005 | 1,189 | #281 | — | — |
| 2004 | 1,178 | #279 | 5 | #11,649 |
| 2003 | 1,162 | #271 | — | — |
| 2002 | 1,171 | #269 | — | — |
| 2001 | 1,166 | #269 | — | — |
| 2000 | 1,137 | #283 | — | — |
| 1999 | 1,103 | #285 | — | — |
| 1998 | 1,053 | #285 | 7 | #7,689 |
| 1997 | 962 | #300 | — | — |
| 1996 | 1,072 | #269 | — | — |
| 1995 | 1,128 | #251 | — | — |
| 1994 | 969 | #286 | — | — |
| 1993 | 998 | #278 | 7 | #6,928 |
| 1992 | 1,017 | #275 | 10 | #5,287 |
| 1991 | 965 | #291 | 8 | #6,031 |
| 1990 | 847 | #326 | 6 | #7,309 |
| 1989 | 810 | #314 | 10 | #4,864 |
| 1988 | 728 | #337 | — | — |
| 1987 | 743 | #329 | 12 | #3,757 |
| 1986 | 686 | #349 | 7 | #5,421 |
| 1985 | 657 | #358 | 6 | #5,902 |
| 1984 | 723 | #325 | 10 | #3,961 |
| 1983 | 640 | #352 | 9 | #4,183 |
| 1982 | 664 | #353 | 7 | #5,098 |
| 1981 | 683 | #342 | 7 | #5,024 |
| 1980 | 654 | #361 | 6 | #5,625 |
| 1979 | 636 | #356 | 5 | #6,187 |
| 1978 | 556 | #379 | 5 | #5,934 |
| 1977 | 520 | #399 | — | — |
| 1976 | 516 | #397 | — | — |
| 1975 | 512 | #399 | — | — |
| 1974 | 539 | #386 | — | — |
| 1973 | 501 | #401 | 7 | #4,123 |
| 1972 | 569 | #376 | 8 | #3,673 |
| 1971 | 599 | #383 | 5 | #5,012 |
| 1970 | 621 | #383 | — | — |
| 1969 | 545 | #406 | — | — |
| 1968 | 550 | #390 | — | — |
| 1967 | 620 | #360 | — | — |
| 1966 | 644 | #357 | — | — |
| 1965 | 733 | #332 | — | — |
| 1964 | 835 | #328 | 5 | #4,135 |
| 1963 | 869 | #317 | — | — |
| 1962 | 1,055 | #277 | — | — |
| 1961 | 965 | #297 | — | — |
| 1960 | 1,036 | #283 | — | — |
| 1959 | 1,042 | #275 | — | — |
| 1958 | 1,002 | #279 | — | — |
| 1957 | 1,057 | #266 | — | — |
| 1956 | 997 | #272 | — | — |
| 1955 | 1,004 | #270 | — | — |
| 1954 | 984 | #267 | — | — |
| 1953 | 1,038 | #252 | — | — |
| 1952 | 984 | #250 | — | — |
| 1951 | 954 | #247 | — | — |
| 1950 | 921 | #249 | — | — |
| 1949 | 944 | #242 | — | — |
| 1948 | 955 | #241 | 5 | #3,749 |
| 1947 | 973 | #242 | — | — |
| 1946 | 802 | #250 | — | — |
| 1945 | 656 | #264 | — | — |
| 1944 | 704 | #258 | 5 | #3,500 |
| 1943 | 842 | #233 | — | — |
| 1942 | 831 | #233 | — | — |
| 1941 | 670 | #251 | 5 | #3,575 |
| 1940 | 629 | #252 | — | — |
| 1939 | 562 | #261 | — | — |
| 1938 | 549 | #268 | — | — |
| 1937 | 560 | #262 | — | — |
| 1936 | 507 | #269 | — | — |
| 1935 | 487 | #274 | — | — |
| 1934 | 438 | #296 | — | — |
| 1933 | 431 | #291 | — | — |
| 1932 | 468 | #287 | — | — |
| 1931 | 459 | #291 | — | — |
| 1930 | 567 | #262 | 5 | #4,084 |
| 1929 | 500 | #290 | — | — |
| 1928 | 570 | #272 | — | — |
| 1927 | 654 | #258 | — | — |
| 1926 | 717 | #246 | 5 | #4,299 |
| 1925 | 705 | #251 | — | — |
| 1924 | 768 | #237 | — | — |
| 1923 | 742 | #238 | — | — |
| 1922 | 733 | #240 | — | — |
| 1921 | 761 | #236 | — | — |
| 1920 | 757 | #238 | — | — |
| 1919 | 746 | #228 | — | — |
| 1918 | 755 | #229 | — | — |
| 1917 | 704 | #233 | — | — |
| 1916 | 685 | #233 | — | — |
| 1915 | 723 | #221 | — | — |
| 1914 | 525 | #234 | — | — |
| 1913 | 485 | #214 | — | — |
| 1912 | 453 | #210 | — | — |
| 1911 | 342 | #207 | — | — |
| 1910 | 287 | #226 | — | — |
| 1909 | 257 | #221 | — | — |
| 1908 | 263 | #206 | — | — |
| 1907 | 234 | #215 | — | — |
| 1906 | 219 | #208 | — | — |
| 1905 | 237 | #197 | — | — |
| 1904 | 250 | #190 | — | — |
| 1903 | 218 | #192 | — | — |
| 1902 | 195 | #215 | — | — |
| 1901 | 196 | #203 | — | — |
| 1900 | 249 | #199 | — | — |
| 1899 | 205 | #195 | — | — |
| 1898 | 213 | #202 | — | — |
| 1897 | 160 | #214 | — | — |
| 1896 | 168 | #213 | — | — |
| 1895 | 138 | #232 | — | — |
| 1894 | 144 | #221 | — | — |
| 1893 | 126 | #235 | — | — |
| 1892 | 138 | #221 | — | — |
| 1891 | 121 | #219 | — | — |
| 1890 | 91 | #262 | — | — |
| 1889 | 89 | #247 | — | — |
| 1888 | 97 | #234 | — | — |
| 1887 | 83 | #228 | — | — |
| 1886 | 68 | #252 | — | — |
| 1885 | 71 | #237 | — | — |
| 1884 | 63 | #239 | — | — |
| 1883 | 39 | #282 | — | — |
| 1882 | 37 | #290 | — | — |
| 1881 | 39 | #257 | — | — |
| 1880 | 44 | #233 | — | — |
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).