How rare is the name Cecilia?

109,389 people in the United States have the first name Cecilia, about 1 in 2,761. It ranks #517 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

CECILIA

#517

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
109,389
About
1 in 2,761
This common or more
59.1%
Who bears it

Of the 109,389 people named Cecilia, 54.5% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 31.1% as White and 7.2% as Asian or Pacific Islander. Virtually all are female (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Cecilia peaked in 2025, when 2,506 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18802025
Peak year
2025
Births that year
2,506
In 2025*
2,506
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 111,688 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.

Cecilia by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1900s, when it ranked #300. The largest share of babies named Cecilia, 22.3%, were born in 2013 or later.

1880s#446630
1890s#3271,504
1900s#3002,318
1910s#3945,705
1920s#4596,912
1930s#5095,033
1940s#4558,021
1950s#4929,983
1960s#6027,857
1970s#7165,599
1980s#6557,062
1990s#55910,152
2000s#54711,989
2010s#44216,150
2020s#32312,773
Before 19012.1%
Greatest Generation 1901–2712.2%
Silent Generation 1928–459.4%
Baby boom 1946–6416.5%
Generation X 1965–808.4%
Millennials 1981–9612%
Generation Z 1997–1217.1%
2013 and later22.3%

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 Cecilia is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Cecilia has been most common in New Mexico (3.6×), Arizona (2.2×), and California (1.7×), and least common in Alaska (0.21×).

103,009 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 Cecilia

#515 Tristan · 109,402#516 Eddie · 109,400#518 Norman · 109,382#519 Clara · 109,248

Spelled almost the same

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

#1,101 Cecil · 37,487#1,226 Cecelia · 31,176#2,512 Cecile · 9,689#3,074 Cecily · 7,194#3,866 Cecilio · 5,081#10,167 Cecila · 1,325#10,917 Cecille · 1,198#14,701 Cesilia · 797

Also a last name

As a last name, Cecilia ranks #67,004 of 156,621, with 318 people. See Cecilia as a last name

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