Girls' name · since 1889
Cenie
17 babies named Cenie in U.S. Social Security records since 1889, with the highest year being 1889. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #47,575 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 17
- born since 1889
- 1880s
- peak decade
Cenie is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 17 have been recorded since 1889.
Social Security Administration records show Cenie recorded 17 times among girls since 1889, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1880s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1889 to 1917.
- #47,575 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 17 born since 1889
- 1880s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Cenie ranks #47,575 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 17 born since 1889, peaking in the 1880s.
- #47,575 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 17
- born since 1889
- 1880s
- peak decade
Cenie's 17 recorded births place it above 33.2% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Cenie's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Cenie splits its recorded history at 1900: 65% of all births land in the more recent half, 35% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1917 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1889 peak of 6 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Cenie popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1889–1917
- Peak year (1889)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 29 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000, last recorded 1917.
17 total births across 29 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1889 with 6 births in a single year.
Cenie by decade
1880s is the heaviest window (6 births, 35% of the file).
1880s was Cenie's strongest decade.
6 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 35% of all-time use.
Cenie births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s
1880s
6 births
- 1900s
1900s
6 births
- 1910s
1910s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1880s at 6 births (35% of all-time use).
Cenie decade highlights
- Peak decade 6 births
- Runner-up 6 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
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What to do with Cenie's data
- Cenie's usage has stayed within range of its 1880s decade-level peak (6 total births) through the 1910s (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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Two nationwide peer axes for Cenie: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1889)
Similar record span (~28 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, 1889–1917 (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 Cenie 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.
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