Girls' name · since 1976
Ceila
Ceila has 10 recorded births since 1976 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1976 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #54,874 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 10
- born since 1976
- 1970s
- peak decade
Ceila is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 10 have been recorded since 1976.
Ceila has 10 recorded births among girls since 1976, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1970s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1976 to 2023.
- #54,874 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 10 born since 1976
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ceila ranks #54,874 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 10 born since 1976, peaking in the 1970s.
- #54,874 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 10
- born since 1976
- 1970s
- peak decade
Ceila's 10 recorded births place it above 21.24% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Ceila's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Ceila's SSA record in two at 2023 and the more recent half accounts for 50% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 50%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1976, with only 5 births recorded.
Ceila popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1976–2023
- Peak year (1976)
- 5
- Annual births at peak, across 48 years of records
Ceila by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (5 births, 50% of the file).
1970s was Ceila's strongest decade.
5 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 50% of all-time use.
Ceila births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
5 births
- 2020s
2020s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 5 births (50% of all-time use).
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What to do with Ceila's data
- Ceila's usage has stayed within range of its 1970s decade-level peak (5 total births) through the 2020s (5) -- 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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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Ceila: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1976)
Similar record span (~47 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, 1976–2023 (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 Ceila 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.