Cecila — girls' name

What the Data Says About Cecila

The Social Security Administration has registered 804 babies named Cecila between 1900 and 2022, spanning 123 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Cecila currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2022. The name reached its historical peak in 1970, when 18 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Cecila performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 123 births during that ten-year window. Across the 13 decades of recorded activity, Cecila shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 14 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Cecila in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Cecila 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 804 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.