Girls' name · since 1999
Ciela
Ciela has 330 recorded births since 1999 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2024 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #15,124 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #4,237 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 330
- born since 1999
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Ciela is the #4237 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 330 recorded since 1999.
Ciela has 330 recorded births among girls since 1999, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #4237 as of the latest data, more common than 76% of girls, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1999 to 2025.
- #15,124 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #4,237 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 330 born since 1999
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ciela ranks #15,124 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #4,237 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 330 born since 1999, peaking in the 2020s.
- #15,124 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #4,237 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 330
- born since 1999
- 2020s
- peak decade
Ciela's 330 recorded births place it above 79.07% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Ciela compares
330 47th percentile among 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
Ciela's all-time total is 12% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Ciela | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 330 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 39 | 21 | 19,840 |
Ciela's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Ciela splits its recorded history at 2013: 71% of all births land in the more recent half, 29% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1999 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2024 peak of 39 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Ciela popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1999–2025
- Peak year (2024)
- 39
- Annual births at peak, across 27 years of records
Ciela by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (154 births, 47% of the file).
2020s was Ciela's strongest decade.
154 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 47% of all-time use.
Ciela births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
- 2000s
2000s
72 births
- 2010s
2010s
99 births
- 2020s
2020s
154 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 154 births (47% of all-time use).
Ciela by state
Where Ciela concentrates geographically, total births since 1999
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 37 | 11.2% |
| #2 | Florida | | 6 | 1.8% |
37 of 330 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
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- California records the most Cielas (37 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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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Ciela: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2024)
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 Ciela 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.