Girls' name · since 1976
Cilicia
154 babies named Cilicia in U.S. Social Security records since 1976, with the highest year being 1998. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #22,471 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 154
- born since 1976
- 1980s
- peak decade
154 girls have been named Cilicia since 1976, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Cilicia has 154 recorded births among girls since 1976, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1976 to 2023.
- #22,471 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 154 born since 1976
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Cilicia ranks #22,471 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 154 born since 1976, peaking in the 1980s.
- #22,471 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 154
- born since 1976
- 1980s
- peak decade
Cilicia's 154 recorded births place it above 68.84% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by California.
Cilicia's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Cilicia splits its recorded history at 1994: 51% of all births land in the more recent half, 49% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1981 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1998 peak of 13 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Cilicia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1976–2023
- Peak year (1998)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 48 years of records
Cilicia by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (52 births, 34% of the file).
1980s was Cilicia's strongest decade.
52 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 34% of all-time use.
Cilicia births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 16
1970s
16 births
- 1980s
1980s
52 births
- 1990s
1990s
37 births
- 2000s
2000s
33 births
- 2010s 11
2010s
11 births
- 2020s 5
2020s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 52 births (34% of all-time use).
Cilicia by state
Where Cilicia concentrates geographically, total births since 1976
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 3.2% |
5 of 154 births nationwide.
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What to do with Cilicia's data
- Cilicia's decade-level peak was the 1980s (52 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Cilicias (5 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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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Cilicia: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1998)
Similar record span (~47 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, 1976–2023 (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 Cilicia 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.