Cecelia is a familiar girls' name that peaked in 1918 and remains in steady use.
Cecelia is predominantly a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #529 for girl births in the United States (and #1,066 across all names), given to 569 babies. Cecelia was first reported in SSA data in 1880 and peaked in 1918 (935 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 569 | 569 | #529 | — |
| 2024 | 530 | 530 | #571 | — |
| 2023 | 617 | 617 | #497 | — |
| 2022 | 599 | 599 | #519 | — |
| 2021 | 548 | 548 | #561 | — |
| 2020 | 511 | 511 | #573 | — |
| 2019 | 557 | 557 | #546 | — |
| 2018 | 512 | 512 | #594 | — |
| 2017 | 585 | 585 | #529 | — |
| 2016 | 579 | 579 | #537 | — |
| 2015 | 572 | 572 | #544 | — |
| 2014 | 535 | 535 | #571 | — |
| 2013 | 535 | 535 | #552 | — |
| 2012 | 484 | 484 | #596 | — |
| 2011 | 434 | 434 | #656 | — |
| 2010 | 377 | 377 | #739 | — |
| 2009 | 393 | 393 | #737 | — |
| 2008 | 387 | 387 | #761 | — |
| 2007 | 367 | 367 | #785 | — |
| 2006 | 423 | 423 | #673 | — |
| 2005 | 420 | 420 | #660 | — |
| 2004 | 386 | 386 | #697 | — |
| 2003 | 341 | 341 | #746 | — |
| 2002 | 328 | 328 | #740 | — |
| 2001 | 313 | 313 | #763 | — |
| 2000 | 296 | 296 | #771 | — |
| 1999 | 291 | 291 | #761 | — |
| 1998 | 264 | 264 | #805 | — |
| 1997 | 232 | — | #876 | — |
| 1996 | 284 | — | #743 | — |
| 1995 | 248 | — | #800 | — |
| 1994 | 232 | — | #853 | — |
| 1993 | 246 | — | #812 | — |
| 1992 | 206 | — | #941 | — |
| 1991 | 212 | — | #911 | — |
| 1990 | 231 | — | #849 | — |
| 1989 | 200 | — | #909 | — |
| 1988 | 215 | — | #837 | — |
| 1987 | 211 | — | #826 | — |
| 1986 | 173 | — | #926 | — |
| 1985 | 180 | — | #886 | — |
| 1984 | 177 | — | #863 | — |
| 1983 | 187 | — | #820 | — |
| 1982 | 168 | — | #900 | — |
| 1981 | 153 | — | #956 | — |
| 1980 | 161 | — | #928 | — |
| 1979 | 151 | — | #959 | — |
| 1978 | 127 | — | #1,057 | — |
| 1977 | 130 | — | #1,027 | — |
| 1976 | 135 | — | #946 | — |
| 1975 | 167 | — | #818 | — |
| 1974 | 165 | — | #815 | — |
| 1973 | 192 | — | #731 | — |
| 1972 | 212 | — | #691 | — |
| 1971 | 249 | — | #652 | — |
| 1970 | 309 | — | #575 | — |
| 1969 | 209 | — | #689 | — |
| 1968 | 269 | — | #584 | — |
| 1967 | 272 | — | #579 | — |
| 1966 | 286 | — | #563 | — |
| 1965 | 330 | — | #526 | — |
| 1964 | 374 | — | #507 | — |
| 1963 | 470 | — | #446 | — |
| 1962 | 523 | — | #424 | — |
| 1961 | 565 | — | #410 | — |
| 1960 | 559 | — | #406 | — |
| 1959 | 670 | — | #370 | — |
| 1958 | 614 | — | #368 | — |
| 1957 | 681 | — | #346 | — |
| 1956 | 666 | — | #341 | — |
| 1955 | 655 | — | #332 | — |
| 1954 | 679 | — | #325 | — |
| 1953 | 691 | — | #312 | — |
| 1952 | 713 | — | #298 | — |
| 1951 | 761 | — | #285 | — |
| 1950 | 768 | — | #277 | — |
| 1949 | 851 | — | #261 | — |
| 1948 | 843 | — | #263 | — |
| 1947 | 890 | — | #249 | — |
| 1946 | 712 | — | #272 | — |
| 1945 | 628 | — | #275 | — |
| 1944 | 645 | — | #271 | — |
| 1943 | 787 | — | #246 | #3,618 |
| 1942 | 836 | — | #230 | — |
| 1941 | 609 | — | #258 | — |
| 1940 | 567 | — | #261 | — |
| 1939 | 534 | — | #268 | — |
| 1938 | 514 | — | #279 | — |
| 1937 | 474 | — | #283 | — |
| 1936 | 471 | — | #278 | — |
| 1935 | 409 | — | #301 | — |
| 1934 | 374 | — | #323 | — |
| 1933 | 403 | — | #310 | — |
| 1932 | 440 | — | #304 | #3,428 |
| 1931 | 453 | — | #295 | — |
| 1930 | 526 | — | #286 | — |
| 1929 | 559 | — | #271 | — |
| 1928 | 579 | — | #270 | — |
| 1927 | 622 | — | #265 | — |
| 1926 | 685 | — | #251 | — |
| 1925 | 721 | — | #247 | — |
| 1924 | 742 | — | #245 | — |
| 1923 | 786 | — | #234 | — |
| 1922 | 760 | — | #236 | — |
| 1921 | 825 | — | #226 | — |
| 1920 | 890 | — | #217 | — |
| 1919 | 867 | — | #212 | — |
| 1918 | 935 | — | #205 | — |
| 1917 | 920 | — | #201 | — |
| 1916 | 883 | — | #200 | — |
| 1915 | 821 | — | #200 | — |
| 1914 | 679 | — | #196 | — |
| 1913 | 536 | — | #198 | — |
| 1912 | 513 | — | #191 | — |
| 1911 | 416 | — | #175 | — |
| 1910 | 335 | — | #196 | — |
| 1909 | 294 | — | #198 | — |
| 1908 | 325 | — | #178 | — |
| 1907 | 321 | — | #174 | — |
| 1906 | 290 | — | #175 | — |
| 1905 | 293 | — | #175 | — |
| 1904 | 272 | — | #178 | — |
| 1903 | 242 | — | #189 | — |
| 1902 | 243 | — | #187 | — |
| 1901 | 249 | — | #176 | — |
| 1900 | 264 | — | #195 | — |
| 1899 | 214 | — | #190 | — |
| 1898 | 229 | — | #192 | — |
| 1897 | 212 | — | #187 | — |
| 1896 | 190 | — | #200 | — |
| 1895 | 163 | — | #213 | — |
| 1894 | 159 | — | #212 | — |
| 1893 | 182 | — | #192 | — |
| 1892 | 175 | — | #191 | — |
| 1891 | 130 | — | #205 | — |
| 1890 | 130 | — | #211 | — |
| 1889 | 138 | — | #193 | — |
| 1888 | 113 | — | #216 | — |
| 1887 | 92 | — | #216 | — |
| 1886 | 96 | — | #201 | — |
| 1885 | 84 | — | #215 | — |
| 1884 | 109 | — | #169 | — |
| 1883 | 67 | — | #218 | — |
| 1882 | 55 | — | #233 | — |
| 1881 | 51 | — | #213 | — |
| 1880 | 47 | — | #226 | — |