Recorded 1882–2009 Girls' name Peak 1907 37 births

Cilla — girls' name

37 babies named Cilla in U.S. Social Security records since 1882, with the highest year being 1907. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

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1940s
Peak decade

27% of everyone ever named Cilla was born in this single decade.

1907
Single peak year

7 babies were named Cilla in 1907 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Cilla

The Social Security Administration has registered 37 babies named Cilla between 1882 and 2009, spanning 128 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Cilla currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2009. The name reached its historical peak in 1907, when 7 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Cilla performed strongest in the 1940s, accumulating 10 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Cilla shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Cilla 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 37 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.

Cilla at a glance

Last recorded 2009

Total births

37

Since 1882

128 years of records

Peak year

1907

7 births that year

Strongest decade: 1940s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2009

Active since

1882

Recorded for 128 years

Last year on file: 2009

Cilla popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2009–1882

Last recorded 2009
Peak year (1907)
7
Annual births at peak — across 128 years of records
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Cilla by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 1940s
Peak decade
1940s
10 births that decade — 27% of Cilla's all-time total
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Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Cilla?
37 babies have been named Cilla since 1882. It was last recorded in 2009. The peak year was 1907 with 7 births.
When was Cilla most popular?
Cilla was most popular in the 1940s decade with 10 total births. The single peak year was 1907.
How long has the name Cilla been used?
Cilla has been recorded in Social Security data since 1882, spanning 128 years of data through 2009.
What names are similar to Cilla?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Cilicia, Cilia, Cillian, Ciley. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

Data Sources

Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1882–2009 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.