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.
- #33,211 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 58
- born since 2000
- 2010s
- peak 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.
- #33,211 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 58 born since 2000
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Cecilya ranks #33,211 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 58 born since 2000, peaking in the 2010s.
- #33,211 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 58
- born since 2000
- 2010s
- peak decade
Cecilya's 58 recorded births place it above 53.85% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
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 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
2010s is the heaviest window (33 births, 57% of the file).
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).
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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Cecilya: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2010)
Similar record span (~16 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, 2000–2016 (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 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 August 2026.