Unisex name · since 1999
Ciel
Ciel has 399 recorded births since 1999 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2025 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #13,527 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #4,839 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 399
- born since 1999
- 2010s
- peak decade
399 babies have been named Ciel since 1999, making it today's #4839 unisex name.
Social Security Administration records show Ciel recorded 399 times among girls since 1999, holding rank #4839 nationally today, ahead of 72% of girls, peaking in the 2010s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1999 to 2025.
- #13,527 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #4,839 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 399 born since 1999
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ciel ranks #13,527 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #4,839 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 399 born since 1999, peaking in the 2010s.
- #13,527 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #4,839 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 399
- born since 1999
- 2010s
- peak decade
Ciel's 399 recorded births place it above 81.27% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 3 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Ciel compares
399 Top 49% higher than 51% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Ciel's all-time total is 6% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Ciel | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 399 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 28 | 21 | 19,840 |
Ciel's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Ciel's full recorded timeline at 2013, 70% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 30% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 2000, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2025 peak of 28 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Ciel popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1999–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 28
- Annual births at peak, across 27 years of records
Ciel popularity over time - boys
319 total births recorded since 2004 (Ciel as boys' name)
Ciel by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (180 births, 45% of the file).
2010s was Ciel's strongest decade.
180 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 45% of all-time use.
Ciel births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 6
1990s
6 births
- 2000s
2000s
73 births
- 2010s
2010s
180 births
- 2020s
2020s
140 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 180 births (45% of all-time use).
Ciel by state
Where Ciel concentrates geographically, total births since 1999
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 64 | 16.0% |
| #2 | Florida | | 10 | 2.5% |
| #3 | New York | | 5 | 1.3% |
64 of 399 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 3 reporting states.
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What to do with Ciel's data
- Ciel's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (180 total births) through the 2020s (140) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Ciels (64 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Ciel: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~26 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, 1999–2025 (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 Ciel 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.