How Many People Are Named Cecily?
people named Cecily are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 42,712 people in the US has this name
Based on 8,673 babies named Cecily in Social Security records from 1911 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
472 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
English form of CECILIA. This was the usual English form during the Middle Ages.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Cecily in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Cecily alive today is about 31 years old, and 48% are under 30. Half of them were between 12 and 43 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Cecily first appears in the records in 1911 and was given most often in 1989, to 472 babies. In 2025, 137 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1911 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Cecily has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #498, in 1989. In 2025 it ranked #1,541.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #1,541 |
| Best rank | #498 (1989) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,418 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Cecily alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Cecily were born in California than in any other state: about 953 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Cecily was given 2.3 times as often in Utah, 1.9 times in Texas and 1.6 times in California.
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