Cecil is a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #3144 for boy births in the United States, given to 119 babies. Cecil first appears in the data in 1880 and reached its peak in 1920 (2,672 births). The chart below shows how the name has risen and fallen over time.
| Year | U.S. births | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 119 | #3,144 |
| 2024 | 122 | #3,114 |
| 2023 | 117 | #3,198 |
| 2022 | 119 | #3,199 |
| 2021 | 114 | #3,256 |
| 2020 | 97 | #3,542 |
| 2019 | 98 | #3,567 |
| 2018 | 114 | #3,252 |
| 2017 | 103 | #3,462 |
| 2016 | 103 | #3,464 |
| 2015 | 119 | #3,164 |
| 2014 | 99 | #3,528 |
| 2013 | 114 | #3,201 |
| 2012 | 97 | #3,553 |
| 2011 | 91 | #3,695 |
| 2010 | 78 | #4,184 |
| 2009 | 88 | #3,909 |
| 2008 | 122 | #3,135 |
| 2007 | 111 | #3,281 |
| 2006 | 107 | #3,295 |
| 2005 | 108 | #3,154 |
| 2004 | 105 | #3,150 |
| 2003 | 109 | #2,989 |
| 2002 | 106 | #2,973 |
| 2001 | 127 | #2,562 |
| 2000 | 130 | #2,470 |
| 1999 | 133 | #2,332 |
| 1998 | 132 | #2,320 |
| 1997 | 135 | #2,223 |
| 1996 | 153 | #2,038 |
| 1995 | 152 | #2,008 |
| 1994 | 169 | #1,862 |
| 1993 | 205 | #1,634 |
| 1992 | 194 | #1,696 |
| 1991 | 217 | #1,551 |
| 1990 | 236 | #1,459 |
| 1989 | 249 | #1,391 |
| 1988 | 278 | #1,231 |
| 1987 | 257 | #1,257 |
| 1986 | 285 | #1,153 |
| 1985 | 273 | #1,162 |
| 1984 | 309 | #1,050 |
| 1983 | 318 | #1,025 |
| 1982 | 305 | #1,064 |
| 1981 | 329 | #1,006 |
| 1980 | 419 | #878 |
| 1979 | 356 | #951 |
| 1978 | 359 | #924 |
| 1977 | 380 | #900 |
| 1976 | 351 | #926 |
| 1975 | 353 | #917 |
| 1974 | 431 | #808 |
| 1973 | 419 | #812 |
| 1972 | 485 | #756 |
| 1971 | 548 | #732 |
| 1970 | 573 | #732 |
| 1969 | 562 | #724 |
| 1968 | 573 | #692 |
| 1967 | 555 | #695 |
| 1966 | 690 | #609 |
| 1965 | 736 | #602 |
| 1964 | 742 | #627 |
| 1963 | 833 | #587 |
| 1962 | 904 | #566 |
| 1961 | 988 | #542 |
| 1960 | 978 | #545 |
| 1959 | 1,030 | #523 |
| 1958 | 1,036 | #514 |
| 1957 | 1,097 | #490 |
| 1956 | 1,161 | #457 |
| 1955 | 1,265 | #431 |
| 1954 | 1,330 | #408 |
| 1953 | 1,278 | #416 |
| 1952 | 1,357 | #393 |
| 1951 | 1,355 | #387 |
| 1950 | 1,378 | #370 |
| 1949 | 1,355 | #373 |
| 1948 | 1,431 | #358 |
| 1947 | 1,485 | #349 |
| 1946 | 1,460 | #336 |
| 1945 | 1,404 | #316 |
| 1944 | 1,556 | #296 |
| 1943 | 1,764 | #283 |
| 1942 | 1,687 | #284 |
| 1941 | 1,587 | #277 |
| 1940 | 1,663 | #264 |
| 1939 | 1,647 | #259 |
| 1938 | 1,635 | #260 |
| 1937 | 1,726 | #251 |
| 1936 | 1,661 | #251 |
| 1935 | 1,792 | #236 |
| 1934 | 1,667 | #246 |
| 1933 | 1,574 | #247 |
| 1932 | 1,728 | #237 |
| 1931 | 1,848 | #226 |
| 1930 | 1,975 | #223 |
| 1929 | 1,994 | #223 |
| 1928 | 2,101 | #219 |
| 1927 | 2,344 | #209 |
| 1926 | 2,451 | #198 |
| 1925 | 2,449 | #193 |
| 1924 | 2,473 | #196 |
| 1923 | 2,401 | #197 |
| 1922 | 2,510 | #188 |
| 1921 | 2,608 | #184 |
| 1920 | 2,672 | #177 |
| 1919 | 2,500 | #175 |
| 1918 | 2,566 | #175 |
| 1917 | 2,298 | #179 |
| 1916 | 2,422 | #167 |
| 1915 | 2,381 | #159 |
| 1914 | 1,723 | #170 |
| 1913 | 1,438 | #166 |
| 1912 | 1,193 | #173 |
| 1911 | 676 | #190 |
| 1910 | 602 | #198 |
| 1909 | 545 | #189 |
| 1908 | 511 | #197 |
| 1907 | 526 | #180 |
| 1906 | 477 | #187 |
| 1905 | 464 | #192 |
| 1904 | 489 | #171 |
| 1903 | 435 | #177 |
| 1902 | 466 | #171 |
| 1901 | 406 | #178 |
| 1900 | 473 | #188 |
| 1899 | 373 | #182 |
| 1898 | 376 | #195 |
| 1897 | 354 | #195 |
| 1896 | 308 | #219 |
| 1895 | 287 | #223 |
| 1894 | 255 | #241 |
| 1893 | 259 | #225 |
| 1892 | 221 | #260 |
| 1891 | 158 | #288 |
| 1890 | 178 | #274 |
| 1889 | 157 | #289 |
| 1888 | 132 | #316 |
| 1887 | 120 | #293 |
| 1886 | 117 | #305 |
| 1885 | 118 | #283 |
| 1884 | 95 | #329 |
| 1883 | 74 | #367 |
| 1882 | 77 | #353 |
| 1881 | 51 | #429 |
| 1880 | 59 | #405 |