Girls' name · since 1907
Cecillia
Cecillia has 556 recorded births since 1907 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2007 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #11,090 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 556
- born since 1907
- 2000s
- peak decade
Cecillia is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 556 have been recorded since 1907.
Cecillia has 556 recorded births among girls since 1907, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1907 to 2024.
- #11,090 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 556 born since 1907
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Cecillia ranks #11,090 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 556 born since 1907, peaking in the 2000s.
- #11,090 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 556
- born since 1907
- 2000s
- peak decade
Cecillia's 556 recorded births place it above 84.65% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Illinois.
Cecillia's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Cecillia splits its recorded history at 1993: 60% of all births land in the more recent half, 40% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1907 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2007 peak of 20 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Cecillia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1907–2024
- Peak year (2007)
- 20
- Annual births at peak, across 118 years of records
Cecillia by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (119 births, 21% of the file).
2000s was Cecillia's strongest decade.
119 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 21% of all-time use.
Cecillia births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1900s 5
1900s
5 births
- 1910s 5
1910s
5 births
- 1920s 6
1920s
6 births
- 1940s 11
1940s
11 births
- 1950s 44
1950s
44 births
- 1960s 27
1960s
27 births
- 1970s 25
1970s
25 births
- 1980s
1980s
74 births
- 1990s
1990s
88 births
- 2000s
2000s
119 births
- 2010s
2010s
108 births
- 2020s 44
2020s
44 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 119 births (21% of all-time use).
How Cecillia compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Cecillia's total volume
Cecillia by state
Where Cecillia concentrates geographically, total births since 1907
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Illinois | | 5 | 0.9% |
5 of 556 births nationwide.
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- Cecillia's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (119 total births) through the 2020s (44) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- Illinois records the most Cecillias (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Illinois names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Cecillia: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2007)
Similar record span (~117 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, 1907–2024 (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 Cecillia 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.