Cilia — girls' name

What the Data Says About Cilia

The Social Security Administration has registered 48 babies named Cilia between 1969 and 2006, spanning 38 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Cilia currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2006. The name reached its historical peak in 1984, when 20 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Cilia performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 37 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Cilia shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Cilia in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Cilia 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 48 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.