Cecile — #5779 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Cecile

The Social Security Administration has registered 20,398 babies named Cecile between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Cecile currently holds the #5779 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1918, when 495 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Cecile performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 4,067 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Cecile shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Massachusetts, which accounts for 1,978 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Louisiana. In total, SSA state-level files list Cecile in 41 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Cecile 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 20,398 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.