Total births
58
Girls' name · since 2000
Cecilya
58 babies named Cecilya in U.S. Social Security records since 2000, with the highest year being 2010. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- 58
- total births
- 2000–2016
- years on record
- 2010s
- peak decade
- 57%
- born in that decade
58 girls have been named Cecilya since 2000, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Cecilya has 58 recorded births among girls since 2000, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2000 to 2016.
- 58 total births
- 2000–2016 years on record
- 2010s peak decade
- 57% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
The verdict
58 girls have been named Cecilya since 2000, peaking in the 2010s, last recorded in 2016.
- 58
- total births
- 2000–2016
- years on record
- 2010s
- peak decade
- 57%
- born in that decade
2010s
Peak decade
57% of everyone ever named Cecilya was born in this single decade.
2010
Single peak year
9 babies were named Cecilya in 2010 - its busiest year on record.
Cecilya's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Cecilya splits its recorded history at 2010: 57% of all births land in the more recent half, 43% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2005 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2010 peak of 9 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Cecilya at a glance
Last recorded 2016Peak year
2010
Current rank
Unranked
Active since
2000
Cecilya popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2000–2016
- Peak year (2010)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 17 years of records
Cecilya by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
2010s was Cecilya's strongest decade.
33 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 57% of all-time use.
Cecilya births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
25 births
- 2010s
2010s
33 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 33 births (57% of all-time use).
Frequently Asked Questions
How popular is the name Cecilya? ▼
58 babies have been named Cecilya since 2000. It was last recorded in 2016. The peak year was 2010 with 9 births.
When was Cecilya most popular? ▼
Cecilya was most popular in the 2010s decade with 33 total births. The single peak year was 2010.
How long has the name Cecilya been used? ▼
Records for Cecilya go back to 2000, giving 17 years of history through 2016.
What names are similar to Cecilya? ▼
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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Data Sources
Data as of July 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, 2000–2016 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac Editorial. "Cecilya: Baby Name Since 2000 - 58 Births, Peak 2010." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/cecilya. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 Cecilya 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 July 2026.