How Many People Are Named Cecelia?
people named Cecelia are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 10,505 people in the US has this name
Based on 60,530 babies named Cecelia in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
935 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Variant of CECILIA.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Cecelia in English. Counting Cecelia and these spellings together, about 116,265 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Cecelia in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Cecelia alive today is about 44 years old, and 42% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 15 and 71 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Cecelia first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1918, to 935 babies. In 2025, 569 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Cecelia has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #169, in 1884. In 2025 it ranked #529.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #529 |
| Best rank | #169 (1884) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #264 in the 1940s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Cecelia alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Cecelia were born in California than in any other state: about 2,934 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Cecelia was given 2.2 times as often in District of Columbia, 1.8 times in Maryland and 1.8 times in New Mexico.
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