Cecil is a familiar boys' name that peaked in 1920 and has since faded.
Cecil is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #1,486 for boy births in the United States (and #3,148 across all names), given to 119 babies. Cecil was first reported in SSA data in 1880 and peaked in 1920 (2,459 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 119 | 119 | — | #1,486 |
| 2024 | 122 | 122 | — | #1,482 |
| 2023 | 117 | 117 | — | #1,509 |
| 2022 | 119 | 119 | #15,784 | #1,561 |
| 2021 | 114 | 114 | — | #1,539 |
| 2020 | 97 | 97 | — | #1,647 |
| 2019 | 98 | 98 | — | #1,653 |
| 2018 | 114 | 114 | — | #1,508 |
| 2017 | 103 | 103 | — | #1,576 |
| 2016 | 103 | 103 | — | #1,588 |
| 2015 | 119 | 119 | #16,984 | #1,468 |
| 2014 | 99 | 99 | — | #1,590 |
| 2013 | 114 | 114 | — | #1,448 |
| 2012 | 97 | 97 | — | #1,602 |
| 2011 | 91 | 91 | — | #1,659 |
| 2010 | 78 | 78 | — | #1,853 |
| 2009 | 88 | 88 | — | #1,743 |
| 2008 | 122 | 122 | — | #1,390 |
| 2007 | 111 | 111 | — | #1,449 |
| 2006 | 107 | 107 | — | #1,447 |
| 2005 | 108 | 108 | — | #1,382 |
| 2004 | 105 | 105 | #16,606 | #1,415 |
| 2003 | 109 | 109 | #11,516 | #1,350 |
| 2002 | 106 | 106 | — | #1,282 |
| 2001 | 127 | 127 | #13,842 | #1,145 |
| 2000 | 130 | 130 | — | #1,083 |
| 1999 | 133 | 133 | — | #1,042 |
| 1998 | 132 | 132 | — | #1,023 |
| 1997 | 135 | — | — | #972 |
| 1996 | 153 | — | — | #885 |
| 1995 | 152 | — | #13,795 | #913 |
| 1994 | 169 | — | #10,767 | #840 |
| 1993 | 205 | — | #8,847 | #747 |
| 1992 | 194 | — | — | #742 |
| 1991 | 217 | — | — | #686 |
| 1990 | 236 | — | #13,304 | #665 |
| 1989 | 249 | — | #6,602 | #650 |
| 1988 | 278 | — | #8,514 | #564 |
| 1987 | 257 | — | #8,920 | #575 |
| 1986 | 285 | — | #7,215 | #535 |
| 1985 | 273 | — | #8,479 | #533 |
| 1984 | 309 | — | #6,370 | #483 |
| 1983 | 318 | — | #6,787 | #480 |
| 1982 | 305 | — | #6,965 | #494 |
| 1981 | 329 | — | #6,876 | #464 |
| 1980 | 419 | — | #5,584 | #401 |
| 1979 | 356 | — | #10,431 | #426 |
| 1978 | 359 | — | #7,729 | #417 |
| 1977 | 380 | — | #5,570 | #409 |
| 1976 | 351 | — | — | #412 |
| 1975 | 353 | — | #9,260 | #417 |
| 1974 | 431 | — | #4,759 | #375 |
| 1973 | 419 | — | #8,600 | #377 |
| 1972 | 485 | — | #5,154 | #354 |
| 1971 | 548 | — | #4,576 | #344 |
| 1970 | 573 | — | #6,447 | #337 |
| 1969 | 562 | — | #4,754 | #330 |
| 1968 | 573 | — | #4,825 | #321 |
| 1967 | 555 | — | #3,870 | #320 |
| 1966 | 690 | — | #3,764 | #284 |
| 1965 | 736 | — | #4,238 | #277 |
| 1964 | 742 | — | #3,719 | #290 |
| 1963 | 833 | — | #5,367 | #266 |
| 1962 | 904 | — | #2,745 | #258 |
| 1961 | 988 | — | #2,851 | #251 |
| 1960 | 978 | — | #2,828 | #255 |
| 1959 | 1,030 | — | #2,467 | #251 |
| 1958 | 1,036 | — | #2,271 | #247 |
| 1957 | 1,097 | — | #2,355 | #230 |
| 1956 | 1,161 | — | #2,399 | #215 |
| 1955 | 1,265 | — | #1,696 | #205 |
| 1954 | 1,330 | — | #1,840 | #194 |
| 1953 | 1,278 | — | #2,130 | #196 |
| 1952 | 1,357 | — | #1,826 | #185 |
| 1951 | 1,355 | — | #1,709 | #181 |
| 1950 | 1,378 | — | #1,529 | #171 |
| 1949 | 1,355 | — | #1,514 | #173 |
| 1948 | 1,431 | — | #1,676 | #166 |
| 1947 | 1,485 | — | #1,439 | #165 |
| 1946 | 1,460 | — | #1,133 | #159 |
| 1945 | 1,404 | — | #1,124 | #152 |
| 1944 | 1,556 | — | #1,040 | #142 |
| 1943 | 1,764 | — | #966 | #132 |
| 1942 | 1,687 | — | #955 | #131 |
| 1941 | 1,587 | — | #838 | #132 |
| 1940 | 1,663 | — | #827 | #117 |
| 1939 | 1,647 | — | #839 | #114 |
| 1938 | 1,635 | — | #804 | #118 |
| 1937 | 1,726 | — | #713 | #114 |
| 1936 | 1,661 | — | #724 | #114 |
| 1935 | 1,792 | — | #849 | #109 |
| 1934 | 1,667 | — | #796 | #111 |
| 1933 | 1,574 | — | #808 | #111 |
| 1932 | 1,728 | — | #796 | #108 |
| 1931 | 1,848 | — | #751 | #102 |
| 1930 | 1,975 | — | #726 | #99 |
| 1929 | 1,994 | — | #684 | #101 |
| 1928 | 2,101 | — | #721 | #97 |
| 1927 | 2,344 | — | #664 | #92 |
| 1926 | 2,451 | — | #587 | #86 |
| 1925 | 2,449 | — | #584 | #87 |
| 1924 | 2,473 | — | #554 | #85 |
| 1923 | 2,401 | — | #600 | #87 |
| 1922 | 2,510 | — | #535 | #85 |
| 1921 | 2,608 | — | #587 | #79 |
| 1920 | 2,672 | — | #465 | #77 |
| 1919 | 2,500 | — | #470 | #78 |
| 1918 | 2,566 | — | #429 | #82 |
| 1917 | 2,298 | — | #462 | #83 |
| 1916 | 2,422 | — | #404 | #80 |
| 1915 | 2,381 | — | #429 | #76 |
| 1914 | 1,723 | — | #382 | #79 |
| 1913 | 1,438 | — | #380 | #74 |
| 1912 | 1,193 | — | #396 | #76 |
| 1911 | 676 | — | #377 | #76 |
| 1910 | 602 | — | #347 | #77 |
| 1909 | 545 | — | #339 | #72 |
| 1908 | 511 | — | #334 | #72 |
| 1907 | 526 | — | #308 | #69 |
| 1906 | 477 | — | #321 | #68 |
| 1905 | 464 | — | #309 | #72 |
| 1904 | 489 | — | #276 | #67 |
| 1903 | 435 | — | #308 | #66 |
| 1902 | 466 | — | #298 | #65 |
| 1901 | 406 | — | #255 | #70 |
| 1900 | 473 | — | #288 | #76 |
| 1899 | 373 | — | #263 | #77 |
| 1898 | 376 | — | #258 | #87 |
| 1897 | 354 | — | #240 | #84 |
| 1896 | 308 | — | #277 | #97 |
| 1895 | 287 | — | #293 | #100 |
| 1894 | 255 | — | #310 | #102 |
| 1893 | 259 | — | #250 | #114 |
| 1892 | 221 | — | #323 | #115 |
| 1891 | 158 | — | #351 | #126 |
| 1890 | 178 | — | #332 | #121 |
| 1889 | 157 | — | #335 | #142 |
| 1888 | 132 | — | #415 | #158 |
| 1887 | 120 | — | #338 | #155 |
| 1886 | 117 | — | #365 | #168 |
| 1885 | 118 | — | #365 | #154 |
| 1884 | 95 | — | #426 | #186 |
| 1883 | 74 | — | #386 | #212 |
| 1882 | 77 | — | #362 | #225 |
| 1881 | 51 | — | #420 | #268 |
| 1880 | 59 | — | #453 | #248 |