In 2024, 2,238 girls in the United States were named Cecilia, making it the 123rd most popular girl's name that year.
It has climbed sharply, from 206th a decade earlier.
2024 is its busiest year on record.
Records for Cecilia go back to 1880, and 109,169 babies have been given the name since.
A Latin name meaning "blind". Despite its meaning, its musical associations and flowing sound have a harmonious, elegant quality. Cecilia, patron saint of music.
Cecilia is of Latin origin, described as classic and musical in style.
In 2024 the name was recorded only for girls — 2,238 of them, with no births of the other sex frequent enough to appear in the data.
Each of these is a name in its own right in the 2024 US data, given to at least 100 babies that year.
Names of the same origin for a brother, most common first.
A Latin name meaning "blind". Despite its meaning, its musical associations and flowing sound have a harmonious, elegant quality.
Cecilia is of Latin origin, and is usually described as classic and musical in style.
In 2024, 2,238 girls in the United States were named Cecilia, making it the 123rd most popular girl's name that year.
In 2024 the name was recorded only for girls — 2,238 of them, with no births of the other sex frequent enough to appear in the data.
Cecily, Cecil are shorter names in current US use that share the opening of Cecilia.