Cece — #6192 US girls' name
518 babies named Cece in U.S. Social Security records since 1947, with the highest year being 2021. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 65% of names given to girls today.
22% of everyone ever named Cece was born in this single decade.
22 babies were named Cece in 2021 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Cece
The Social Security Administration has registered 518 babies named Cece between 1947 and 2024, spanning 78 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Cece currently holds the #6192 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2021, when 22 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Cece performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 115 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Cece shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Cece in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Cece in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 518 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Cece at a glance
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Current rank
Active since
Cece popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1947
- Peak year (2021)
- 22
- Annual births at peak — across 78 years of records
Currently ranks #6192 among girls.
518 total births across 78 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2021 with 22 births in a single year.
Cece by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 115 births that decade — 22% of Cece's all-time total
Cece decade highlights
- Peak decade 115 births
- Runner-up 88 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Cece's strongest decade
115 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 22% of all-time use.
Cece by state
Where Cece concentrates geographically — total births since 1947
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 6 | 1.2% |
6 of 518 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 1.2% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 1.2% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1947–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.