The name Cecilia is of Latin origin, and is a feminine form of Cecil.
The table below indicates the number of times the name Cecilia has been given to baby girls in recent years.
The last 125 years refers to 1880 through 2004; last year refers to 2004.
The rank and count values are based on U.S. Social Security Administration counts for the one thousand most popular names given to baby girls in each of these years.
Cumulative Usage Chart for the Name Cecilia
Use of the Name Cecilia for Girls During the Last ...
125 Years
50 Years
25 Years
10 Years
5 Years
2 Years
1 Year
76,276
41,333
22,846
11,092
5,782
2,319
1,165
The table below indicates the number of times the name Cecilia has been given to baby girls and baby boys each year, from 1880 through 2004.
A blank entry indicates that the name did not rank among the top one thousand names given to girls or boys, respectively, during the specified year.
Yearly Usage Chart for the Name Cecilia
Used as a Girl Name
Used as a Boy Name
Year
Rank
Count
Rank
Count
1880
233
44
1881
257
39
1882
290
37
1883
282
39
1884
239
63
1885
237
71
1886
252
68
1887
228
83
1888
234
97
1889
247
89
1890
262
91
1891
217
122
1892
221
138
1893
235
126
1894
221
144
1895
232
138
1896
213
168
1897
214
160
1898
202
213
1899
194
205
1900
199
249
1901
203
196
1902
215
195
1903
194
217
1904
190
250
1905
197
237
1906
208
219
1907
214
234
1908
206
263
1909
220
256
1910
226
287
1911
206
342
1912
210
452
1913
215
482
1914
234
525
1915
222
721
1916
233
681
1917
233
704
1918
229
756
1919
228
747
1920
236
759
1921
239
754
1922
240
732
1923
239
740
1924
237
766
1925
251
704
1926
245
717
1927
259
651
1928
272
569
1929
290
502
1930
262
565
1931
290
461
1932
287
469
1933
291
432
1934
297
435
1935
274
488
1936
270
505
1937
263
559
1938
268
549
1939
261
565
1940
252
626
1941
251
669
1942
231
836
1943
233
839
1944
256
709
1945
267
649
1946
250
800
1947
243
970
1948
242
956
1949
242
944
1950
249
917
1951
247
952
1952
250
983
1953
252
1,037
1954
266
986
1955
269
1,003
1956
272
996
1957
266
1,060
1958
279
1,001
1959
275
1,043
1960
283
1,034
1961
297
962
1962
277
1,054
1963
317
868
1964
328
832
1965
333
733
1966
358
642
1967
359
621
1968
392
546
1969
408
539
1970
383
616
1971
382
601
1972
377
567
1973
401
501
1974
386
539
1975
399
509
1976
400
512
1977
399
519
1978
380
555
1979
357
634
1980
362
653
1981
342
679
1982
353
661
1983
358
635
1984
324
721
1985
360
654
1986
349
683
1987
329
743
1988
338
724
1989
312
810
1990
326
849
1991
291
962
1992
275
1,018
1993
279
996
1994
286
966
1995
251
1,126
1996
269
1,069
1997
300
961
1998
285
1,052
1999
285
1,102
2000
285
1,131
2001
269
1,163
2002
269
1,169
2003
272
1,154
2004
276
1,165
Totals:
76,276
0
During the last 125 years, parents have used Cecilia as a girl's name nearly 100% of the time and hardly ever as a boy's name.