Girls' name · since 1916
Cecylia
145 babies named Cecylia in U.S. Social Security records since 1916, with the highest year being 1917. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #23,103 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 145
- born since 1916
- 2010s
- peak decade
145 girls have been named Cecylia since 1916, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Cecylia has 145 recorded births among girls since 1916, 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 1916 to 2023.
- #23,103 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 145 born since 1916
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Cecylia ranks #23,103 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 145 born since 1916, peaking in the 2010s.
- #23,103 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 145
- born since 1916
- 2010s
- peak decade
Cecylia's 145 recorded births place it above 67.97% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Cecylia's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Cecylia's full recorded timeline at 2009, 53% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 47% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1929, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1917 peak of 9 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Cecylia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1916–2023
- Peak year (1917)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 108 years of records
Cecylia by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (51 births, 35% of the file).
2010s was Cecylia's strongest decade.
51 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 35% of all-time use.
Cecylia births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 17
1910s
17 births
- 1920s 5
1920s
5 births
- 1990s 10
1990s
10 births
- 2000s
2000s
44 births
- 2010s
2010s
51 births
- 2020s 18
2020s
18 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 51 births (35% of all-time use).
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What to do with Cecylia's data
- Cecylia's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (51 total births) through the 2020s (18) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
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 Cecylia: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1917)
Similar record span (~107 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, 1916–2023 (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 Cecylia 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.