How Many People Are Named Cecile?
people named Cecile are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 56,502 people in the US has this name
Based on 20,612 babies named Cecile in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
503 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
French form of CECILIA.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Cecile (99.7%) were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Cecile alive today is about 64 years old, and 70% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 53 and 80 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Cecile first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1918, to 503 babies. In 2025, 22 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Cecile has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #221, in 1898. In 2025 it ranked #5,591.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #5,591 |
| Best rank | #221 (1898) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #331 in the 1920s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Cecile alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Cecile were born in New York than in any other state: about 474 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Cecile was given 19.6 times as often in New Hampshire, 13.4 times in Maine and 10.1 times in Rhode Island.
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