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Girl's name · #108 in the US (2025) · Trending
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.
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.
Cecilia is especially popular in Brazil.
#3 in Brazil (2025) · #93 in Puerto Rico (2025) · #143 in Mexico (2024) · #172 in England & Wales (2025) · #221 in New Zealand (2025) · #237 in Austria (2025) · #246 in Switzerland (2025) · #267 in N. Ireland (2025) · #315 in Sweden (2025) · #332 in Ireland (2025) · #363 in Scotland (2025) · #497 in Norway (2025) and 6 more.
Among 1,266 notable people named Cecilia:
No single standout — notable Cecilias spread across many fields.
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 · Liliana · Aurelia
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