Cecelia
Cecelia is ranked 568th among girls in 2024 (529 births). Its best rank was 169th, in 1884.
- Rank in 2024
- #568down 71 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 5290.03% of girls
- Peak year
- 1918935 births
- Best rank
- #169in 1884
- Since 1880
- 59,948people given the name
The story in the numbers
59,948 girls have been named Cecelia in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1918, with 935 births.
This is a comeback. After an early peak the name fell to a fraction of its former share, and it has been climbing again for the past decade.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1948, and the 1940s alone account for 12%. It has spent 143 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Cecelia | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 852 | |
| 1890s | 1,784 | |
| 1900s | 2,793 | |
| 1910s | 6,905 | |
| 1920s | 7,169 | |
| 1930s | 4,592 | |
| 1940s | 7,363 | |
| 1950s | 6,898 | |
| 1960s | 3,857 | |
| 1970s | 1,837 | |
| 1980s | 1,825 | |
| 1990s | 2,446 | |
| 2000s | 3,654 | |
| 2010s | 5,170 | |
| 2020s | 2,803 |
In 1918, its biggest year
Cecelia was the 205th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1918 were Mary, Helen, Dorothy, Margaret and Ruth. See all of 1918.
Names that rose and fell with Cecelia
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Nolapeak 2020
- Rosiepeak 1927
- Rosepeak 1917
- Adelepeak 1918
- Georgiapeak 1947
- Esterpeak 1925
- Lolapeak 1919
- Odeliapeak 2024
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.