Ceceilia — girls' name
327 babies named Ceceilia in U.S. Social Security records since 1939, with the highest year being 1956. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
22% of everyone ever named Ceceilia was born in this single decade.
15 babies were named Ceceilia in 1956 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Ceceilia
The Social Security Administration has registered 327 babies named Ceceilia between 1939 and 2023, spanning 85 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Ceceilia currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 1956, when 15 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Ceceilia performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 71 births during that ten-year window. Across the 10 decades of recorded activity, Ceceilia shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Ceceilia in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Ceceilia 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 327 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.
Ceceilia at a glance
Last recorded 2023Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Ceceilia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2023–1939
- Peak year (1956)
- 15
- Annual births at peak — across 85 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2023.
327 total births across 85 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1956 with 15 births in a single year.
Ceceilia by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 71 births that decade — 22% of Ceceilia's all-time total
Ceceilia decade highlights
- Peak decade 71 births
- Runner-up 62 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Ceceilia's strongest decade
71 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 22% of all-time use.
Ceceilia by state
Where Ceceilia concentrates geographically — total births since 1939
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 1.5% |
5 of 327 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 1.5% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 1.5% 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, 1939–2023 (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.