Cicero — #12307 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Cicero

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,448 babies named Cicero between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Cicero currently holds the #12307 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1920, when 41 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Cicero performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 272 births during that ten-year window. Across the 14 decades of recorded activity, Cicero shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in North Carolina, which accounts for 143 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Georgia and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Cicero in 6 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Cicero 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 1,448 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.