Cecile
Cecile was the 5592nd most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 22 babies. Its best year was 1898, when it ranked 221st; the most babies were born in 1918 (495). Over the last ten years it has moved down 579 places. More babies were named Cecile in the 1920s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #5,592 girls, down 549 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 22girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 1918495 babies
- Total since 1880
- 20,612babies recorded
Cecile popularity since 1880
A few boys are given the name too: 191 since 1915.
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #5,592 | 22 |
| 2020 | #5,043 | 25 |
| 2010 | #6,226 | 21 |
| 2000 | #5,530 | 20 |
| 1990 | #2,702 | 43 |
| 1980 | #2,019 | 52 |
| 1970 | #1,762 | 51 |
| 1960 | #878 | 140 |
| 1950 | #601 | 196 |
| 1940 | #372 | 310 |
| 1930 | #395 | 295 |
| 1920 | #297 | 482 |
| 1910 | #284 | 187 |
| 1900 | #246 | 175 |
| 1890 | #294 | 71 |
| 1880 | #405 | 17 |
How popular is Cecile, counting every spelling?
Cecile is the most common spelling of a name family that had 22 girls in 2025 across its spellings. Together these spellings went to 22 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cecile | 22 | #5,592 | 105 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Cecile?
22 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Cecile (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Cecile born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 381 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Cecile.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Cecile?
About 5,800 people born in the US named Cecile are alive today, with a median age of 70; half are between 52 and 80. That makes Cecile a name most people associate with older generations.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Cecile: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Cecile, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Cecile
How popular is the name Cecile?
Cecile was the 5592nd most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 22 babies. Its best year was 1898, when it ranked 221st; the most babies were born in 1918 (495). Over the last ten years it has moved down 579 places. More babies were named Cecile in the 1920s than in any other decade.
Is Cecile a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Cecile in the US.