How rare is the name Cecile?

9,689 people in the United States have the first name Cecile, about 1 in 31,173. It ranks #2,512 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

CECILE

#2,512

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
9,689
About
1 in 31,173
This common or more
80%
Who bears it

Of the 9,689 people named Cecile, 67.1% reported their origin as White, 15.8% as Black and 9.4% as Asian or Pacific Islander. 99.1% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Cecile peaked in 1918, when 503 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18802025
Peak year
1918
Births that year
503
In 2025*
22 ▼96%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 20,612 babies have been given the name since 1880. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Cecile by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1900s, when it ranked #384. The largest share of babies named Cecile, 41.7%, were born between 1901 and 1927, the Greatest Generation's birth years.

1880s#594389
1890s#4011,123
1900s#3841,642
1910s#5013,638
1920s#6114,143
1930s#6932,900
1940s#8862,406
1950s#1,2381,815
1960s#1,919895
1970s#3,788335
1980s#3,944402
1990s#6,112295
2000s#8,323262
2010s#9,429237
2020s#9,763130
Before 19018.2%
Greatest Generation 1901–2741.7%
Silent Generation 1928–4524.7%
Baby boom 1946–6415.9%
Generation X 1965–803.3%
Millennials 1981–962.8%
Generation Z 1997–122%
2013 and later1.4%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Cecile is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Cecile has been most common in New Hampshire (19×), Maine (18×), and Rhode Island (13×), and least common in Florida (0.15×).

12,920 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Cecile

#2,510 Willian · 9,695#2,511 Zainab · 9,692#2,513 Elbert · 9,684#2,514 Sami · 9,683

Spelled almost the same

8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Cecile, most common first.

#1,101 Cecil · 37,487#3,074 Cecily · 7,194#10,167 Cecila · 1,325#10,917 Cecille · 1,198#20,564 Cecilie · 501#29,846 Cecilee · 295#39,641 Ceciley · 190#39,915 Cecili · 188

Also a last name

As a last name, Cecile ranks #115,686 of 156,621, with 160 people. See Cecile as a last name

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