Cecy — #16193 US girls' name
47 babies named Cecy in U.S. Social Security records since 1998, with the highest year being 2005. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
Cecy is currently the #16193 girls' name in America, more common than 9% of girls — 47 born since 1998, peaking in the 2000s.
- #16193
- among girls today
- 47
- born since 1998
- 2000s
- peak decade
- 9%
- more common than other girls
More common than 9% of names given to girls today.
57% of everyone ever named Cecy was born in this single decade.
11 babies were named Cecy in 2005 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Cecy
The Social Security Administration has registered 47 babies named Cecy between 1998 and 2024, spanning 27 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Cecy currently holds the #16193 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2005, when 11 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Cecy performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 27 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Cecy shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Cecy in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Cecy in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 47 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Cecy at a glance
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Current rank
Active since
Cecy popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1998
- Peak year (2005)
- 11
- Annual births at peak — across 27 years of records
Currently ranks #16193 among girls.
47 total births across 27 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2005 with 11 births in a single year.
Cecy by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 27 births that decade — 57% of Cecy's all-time total
Cecy decade highlights
- Peak decade 27 births
- Runner-up 10 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Cecy's strongest decade
27 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 57% of all-time use.
Cecy by state
Where Cecy concentrates geographically — total births since 1998
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 10.6% |
5 of 47 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 10.6% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 10.6% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1998–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.