Cecile is an established variant of Cecilia that peaked in 1918 and has since faded.
Cecile is predominantly a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #5,592 for girl births in the United States (and #9,708 across all names), given to 22 babies. Cecile was first reported in SSA data in 1880 and peaked in 1918 (495 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 22 | 22 | #5,592 | — |
| 2024 | 22 | 22 | #5,659 | — |
| 2023 | 16 | 16 | #6,996 | — |
| 2022 | 20 | 20 | #6,041 | — |
| 2021 | 25 | 25 | #5,119 | — |
| 2020 | 25 | 25 | #5,043 | — |
| 2019 | 21 | 21 | #5,834 | — |
| 2018 | 24 | 24 | #5,346 | — |
| 2017 | 24 | 24 | #5,399 | — |
| 2016 | 25 | 25 | #5,314 | — |
| 2015 | 27 | 27 | #5,013 | — |
| 2014 | 19 | 19 | #6,507 | — |
| 2013 | 22 | 22 | #5,860 | — |
| 2012 | 29 | 29 | #4,859 | — |
| 2011 | 25 | 25 | #5,400 | — |
| 2010 | 21 | 21 | #6,226 | — |
| 2009 | 26 | 26 | #5,421 | — |
| 2008 | 23 | 23 | #5,983 | — |
| 2007 | 30 | 30 | #4,839 | — |
| 2006 | 30 | 30 | #4,708 | — |
| 2005 | 23 | 23 | #5,477 | — |
| 2004 | 28 | 28 | #4,730 | — |
| 2003 | 31 | 31 | #4,235 | — |
| 2002 | 22 | 22 | #5,296 | — |
| 2001 | 29 | 29 | #4,234 | — |
| 2000 | 20 | 20 | #5,530 | — |
| 1999 | 21 | 21 | #5,067 | — |
| 1998 | 25 | 25 | #4,387 | — |
| 1997 | 20 | — | #5,054 | — |
| 1996 | 28 | — | #3,851 | — |
| 1995 | 26 | — | #3,996 | — |
| 1994 | 34 | — | #3,311 | — |
| 1993 | 30 | — | #3,609 | — |
| 1992 | 31 | — | #3,514 | — |
| 1991 | 37 | — | #3,040 | — |
| 1990 | 43 | — | #2,702 | — |
| 1989 | 54 | — | #2,225 | — |
| 1988 | 32 | — | #3,100 | — |
| 1987 | 35 | — | #2,791 | — |
| 1986 | 20 | — | #4,053 | — |
| 1985 | 36 | — | #2,662 | — |
| 1984 | 49 | — | #2,054 | — |
| 1983 | 35 | — | #2,555 | — |
| 1982 | 44 | — | #2,257 | — |
| 1981 | 45 | — | #2,234 | — |
| 1980 | 52 | — | #2,019 | — |
| 1979 | 30 | — | #2,871 | — |
| 1978 | 22 | — | #3,404 | — |
| 1977 | 29 | — | #2,787 | — |
| 1976 | 26 | — | #2,876 | — |
| 1975 | 39 | — | #2,173 | — |
| 1974 | 30 | — | #2,504 | — |
| 1973 | 35 | — | #2,227 | — |
| 1972 | 37 | — | #2,104 | — |
| 1971 | 36 | — | #2,216 | — |
| 1970 | 51 | — | #1,762 | — |
| 1969 | 56 | — | #1,592 | — |
| 1968 | 53 | — | #1,576 | — |
| 1967 | 61 | — | #1,417 | — |
| 1966 | 53 | — | #1,533 | — |
| 1965 | 77 | — | #1,227 | — |
| 1964 | 77 | — | #1,254 | — |
| 1963 | 119 | — | #974 | — |
| 1962 | 124 | — | #954 | — |
| 1961 | 135 | — | #923 | — |
| 1960 | 140 | — | #878 | — |
| 1959 | 173 | — | #773 | — |
| 1958 | 185 | — | #725 | — |
| 1957 | 186 | — | #734 | — |
| 1956 | 166 | — | #755 | — |
| 1955 | 159 | — | #750 | — |
| 1954 | 163 | — | #722 | — |
| 1953 | 195 | — | #639 | — |
| 1952 | 208 | — | #614 | #3,819 |
| 1951 | 184 | — | #639 | — |
| 1950 | 196 | — | #601 | — |
| 1949 | 196 | — | #593 | — |
| 1948 | 214 | — | #570 | — |
| 1947 | 234 | — | #555 | — |
| 1946 | 230 | — | #523 | #3,599 |
| 1945 | 198 | — | #516 | — |
| 1944 | 214 | — | #492 | — |
| 1943 | 280 | — | #444 | — |
| 1942 | 287 | — | #429 | #3,642 |
| 1941 | 243 | — | #439 | — |
| 1940 | 310 | — | #372 | — |
| 1939 | 332 | — | #364 | #2,074 |
| 1938 | 325 | — | #371 | #2,098 |
| 1937 | 363 | — | #330 | #3,225 |
| 1936 | 364 | — | #326 | #3,625 |
| 1935 | 275 | — | #389 | #3,732 |
| 1934 | 217 | — | #450 | #3,017 |
| 1933 | 211 | — | #457 | #3,725 |
| 1932 | 242 | — | #428 | #3,130 |
| 1931 | 267 | — | #403 | #3,139 |
| 1930 | 304 | — | #395 | #2,807 |
| 1929 | 312 | — | #383 | #3,616 |
| 1928 | 339 | — | #377 | #2,536 |
| 1927 | 377 | — | #350 | #3,840 |
| 1926 | 386 | — | #344 | #3,171 |
| 1925 | 421 | — | #330 | #2,459 |
| 1924 | 429 | — | #327 | #3,546 |
| 1923 | 486 | — | #296 | #2,469 |
| 1922 | 429 | — | #316 | #3,582 |
| 1921 | 475 | — | #301 | — |
| 1920 | 489 | — | #297 | #3,537 |
| 1919 | 484 | — | #293 | #3,803 |
| 1918 | 503 | — | #284 | #3,148 |
| 1917 | 482 | — | #284 | #3,623 |
| 1916 | 417 | — | #295 | — |
| 1915 | 473 | — | #272 | #3,913 |
| 1914 | 351 | — | #280 | — |
| 1913 | 282 | — | #280 | — |
| 1912 | 275 | — | #270 | — |
| 1911 | 184 | — | #288 | — |
| 1910 | 187 | — | #284 | — |
| 1909 | 186 | — | #263 | — |
| 1908 | 155 | — | #282 | — |
| 1907 | 156 | — | #280 | — |
| 1906 | 163 | — | #257 | — |
| 1905 | 161 | — | #258 | — |
| 1904 | 173 | — | #234 | — |
| 1903 | 159 | — | #239 | — |
| 1902 | 181 | — | #222 | — |
| 1901 | 133 | — | #252 | — |
| 1900 | 175 | — | #246 | — |
| 1899 | 147 | — | #227 | — |
| 1898 | 172 | — | #221 | — |
| 1897 | 121 | — | #257 | — |
| 1896 | 144 | — | #231 | — |
| 1895 | 109 | — | #267 | — |
| 1894 | 102 | — | #275 | — |
| 1893 | 86 | — | #291 | — |
| 1892 | 92 | — | #278 | — |
| 1891 | 79 | — | #277 | — |
| 1890 | 71 | — | #294 | — |
| 1889 | 67 | — | #294 | — |
| 1888 | 81 | — | #256 | — |
| 1887 | 34 | — | #368 | — |
| 1886 | 43 | — | #319 | — |
| 1885 | 32 | — | #355 | — |
| 1884 | 29 | — | #369 | — |
| 1883 | 35 | — | #294 | — |
| 1882 | 27 | — | #344 | — |
| 1881 | 24 | — | #326 | — |
| 1880 | 17 | — | #405 | — |