Cecelie — girls' name
31 babies named Cecelie in U.S. Social Security records since 1961, with the highest year being 1989. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
31 girls have been named Cecelie since 1961, peaking in the 1980s, last recorded in 1990.
- 31
- total births
- 1961–1990
- years on record
- 1980s
- peak decade
- 58%
- born in that decade
58% of everyone ever named Cecelie was born in this single decade.
13 babies were named Cecelie in 1989 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Cecelie
The Social Security Administration has registered 31 babies named Cecelie between 1961 and 1990, spanning 30 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Cecelie currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1990. The name reached its historical peak in 1989, when 13 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Cecelie performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 18 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Cecelie shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Cecelie in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Cecelie 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 31 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.
Cecelie at a glance
Last recorded 1990Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Cecelie popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1990–1961
- Peak year (1989)
- 13
- Annual births at peak — across 30 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1990.
31 total births across 30 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1989 with 13 births in a single year.
Cecelie by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 18 births that decade — 58% of Cecelie's all-time total
Cecelie decade highlights
- Peak decade 18 births
- Runner-up 7 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Cecelie's strongest decade
18 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 58% of all-time use.
Cecelie by state
Where Cecelie concentrates geographically — total births since 1961
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 5 | 16.1% |
5 of 31 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Texas 16.1% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 16.1% 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, 1961–1990 (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.