Girls' name · since 1974

Cecili

26 babies named Cecili in U.S. Social Security records since 1974, with the highest year being 1990. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

#42,592 of 72,339
all-time among girls
26
born since 1974
1990s
peak decade

Cecili sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 26 recorded since 1974.

Cecili has 26 recorded births among girls since 1974, 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 1974 to 1995.

  • #42,592 of 72,339 all-time among girls
  • 26 born since 1974
  • 1990s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Cecili ranks #42,592 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 26 born since 1974, peaking in the 1990s.

#42,592 of 72,339
all-time among girls
26
born since 1974
1990s
peak decade
Below the archive median
All-time archive position

Cecili's 26 recorded births place it above 40.56% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.

National only
State-record footprint

No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.

Cecili's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Splitting Cecili's full recorded timeline at 1990, 58% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 42% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1974, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1990 peak of 9 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.

Cecili popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1974–1995

Last recorded 1995
Peak year (1990)
9
Annual births at peak, across 22 years of records
45678910 1974198919901995 6

Cecili by decade

1990s is the heaviest window (15 births, 58% of the file).

1990s was Cecili's strongest decade.

15 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 58% of all-time use.

Cecili births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 1990s at 15 births (58% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Cecili?
26 babies have been named Cecili since 1974. All-time, it sits at #42,592 of 72,339 girls' names by recorded births. It was last recorded in 1995. The peak year was 1990 with 9 births.
Where does Cecili sit in the SSA name archive?
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Cecili ranks #42,592 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the null SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Cecili most popular?
Cecili was most popular in the 1990s decade with 15 total births. The single peak year was 1990.
How long has the name Cecili been used?
Cecili has been recorded in Social Security data since 1974, spanning 22 years of data through 1995.
What names are similar to Cecili?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Cecilia, Cecelia, Cecile, Cecily, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span

Two nationwide peer axes for Cecili: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

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, 1974–1995 (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 Cecili 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.