How Many People Are Named Cecilia?
people named Cecilia are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 4,081 people in the US has this name
Based on 111,688 babies named Cecilia in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
2,506 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Latinate feminine form of the Roman family name Caecilius, which was derived from Latin caecus "blind". Saint Cecilia was a semi-legendary 2nd- or 3rd-century martyr who was sentenced to die because she refused to worship the Roman gods. After attempts to suffocate her failed, she was beheaded. She was later regarded as the patron saint of music and musicians.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Cecilia in English. Counting Cecilia and these spellings together, about 116,265 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Cecilia (99.8%) were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Cecilia alive today is about 33 years old, and 53% are under 30. Half of them were between 10 and 56 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Cecilia first appears in the records in 1880, and 2025 was its biggest year so far, with 2,506 babies.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Cecilia has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #108, in 2025. In 2025 it ranked #108.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #108 |
| Best rank | #108 (2025) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #199 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Cecilia alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Cecilia were born in California than in any other state: about 15,366 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Cecilia was given 3.9 times as often in New Mexico, 1.9 times in Arizona and 1.7 times in Hawaii.
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