Cecilia

Meaning: Possibly blind
Origin: Latin — Feminine form of the Roman family name Caecilius

Nicknames: Cece, Sissy

Girl's name · #108 in the US (2025) · Trending

Popularity over time

Cecilia is moving up the charts. First recorded in 1880, it stood at #108 in 2025 — its strongest showing yet; about 112,000 girls have been named Cecilia along the way. In all that time it has never once missed a year of the national records.

Across the states

See where Cecilia is more common.

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 50 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

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#5 in Brazil (2025, through 23 Dec 2025, girls and boys combined) · #32 in Italy (2024) · #93 in Puerto Rico (2025) · #132 in Mexico (2024) · #154 in Canada (2025) · #172 in England & Wales (2025) · #221 in New Zealand (2025) · #237 in Austria (2025) · #246 in Switzerland (2025) · #259 in N. Ireland (2025) · #315 in Sweden (2025) · #325 in Ireland (2025) and 8 more.

Famous Cecilias

Cecilia Helena Payne Gaposchkin — British-American astronomer (1900–1979)
Cecilia Bartoli — Italian opera singer (born 1966)
Cecilia Roth — Argentine actress (born 1956)
Cecilia Malmström — Swedish politician (born 1968)
Cecilia Cheung — Hong Kong actress and singer (born 1980)

In stories & tradition

Cecilia Reyes — The New Mutants (film)
Cecilia Immergreen — English-language virtual YouTuber
Cecilia Algotsdotter^fr — Crusades trilogy (novel series)

What Cecilias become

Among 1,266 notable people named Cecilia:

No single standout — notable Cecilias spread across many fields.

Spellings & nicknames

Together with its spelling variant Cecelia (#529), Cecilia would rank around #82 with about 3,100 births last year — the newborns split about 81/19 between Cecilia and Cecelia.

Similar names: Cecelia · Lucia · Celeste · Natalia · Juliette · Liliana

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