Ceil — girls' name

What the Data Says About Ceil

The Social Security Administration has registered 783 babies named Ceil between 1894 and 1965, spanning 72 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Ceil currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1965. The name reached its historical peak in 1915, when 31 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Ceil performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 219 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Ceil shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 96 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. In total, SSA state-level files list Ceil in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Ceil 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 783 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.