How rare is the name Cecily?

7,194 people in the United States have the first name Cecily, about 1 in 41,984. It ranks #3,074 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

CECILY

#3,074

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
7,194
About
1 in 41,984
This common or more
81.6%
Who bears it

Of the 7,194 people named Cecily, 64.2% reported their origin as White, 14.5% as Hispanic or Latino and 12.5% as Black. Virtually all are female (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Cecily peaked in 1989, when 472 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19112025
Peak year
1989
Births that year
472
In 2025*
137 ▼71%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 8,673 babies have been given the name since 1911. 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.

Cecily by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1980s, when it ranked #1,887. The largest share of babies named Cecily, 28.2%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.

1910s#7,11431
1920s#4,865117
1930s#3,461168
1940s#2,778287
1950s#2,443483
1960s#2,846425
1970s#2,104882
1980s#1,8871,288
1990s#2,0021,582
2000s#3,3091,009
2010s#2,5201,633
2020s#3,005768
Greatest Generation 1901–271.5%
Silent Generation 1928–453.8%
Baby boom 1946–649.7%
Generation X 1965–8013.5%
Millennials 1981–9628.2%
Generation Z 1997–1219.3%
2013 and later24%

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 Cecily is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Cecily has been most common in Utah (2.8×), Texas (2.3×), and California (2.2×), and least common in New Jersey (0.38×).

4,468 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.

Exactly as common as Cecily

1 other first name also has 7,194 people.

#3,074 Austyn · 7,194

Either side of Cecily

#3,072 Tyrese · 7,199#3,074 Austyn · 7,194#3,076 Kylan · 7,193#3,077 Hussein · 7,190

Spelled almost the same

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

#1,101 Cecil · 37,487#2,512 Cecile · 9,689#10,167 Cecila · 1,325#39,641 Ceciley · 190#39,915 Cecili · 188#45,674 Cesily · 148#48,685 Cecely · 130

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