Girls' name · since 1973
Ceciley
131 babies named Ceciley in U.S. Social Security records since 1973, with the highest year being 1989. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #24,164 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 131
- born since 1973
- 1990s
- peak decade
Ceciley sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 131 recorded since 1973.
Ceciley has 131 recorded births among girls since 1973, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1973 to 2000.
- #24,164 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 131 born since 1973
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ceciley ranks #24,164 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 131 born since 1973, peaking in the 1990s.
- #24,164 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 131
- born since 1973
- 1990s
- peak decade
Ceciley's 131 recorded births place it above 66.51% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Ceciley's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Ceciley splits its recorded history at 1992: 34% of all births land in the more recent half, 66% in the earlier half, leaning more toward its earlier era than today's. The single quietest year was 1975 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1989 peak of 23 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Ceciley popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1973–2000
- Peak year (1989)
- 23
- Annual births at peak, across 28 years of records
Ceciley by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (68 births, 52% of the file).
1990s was Ceciley's strongest decade.
68 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 52% of all-time use.
Ceciley births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 12
1970s
12 births
- 1980s
1980s
46 births
- 1990s
1990s
68 births
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 68 births (52% of all-time use).
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- Ceciley's decade-level peak was the 1990s (68 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2000s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Ceciley: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1989)
Similar record span (~27 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1973–2000 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Ceciley draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.