Cecelia
A girls’ name of Latin origin, meaning blind; from caecus; variant of Cecilia.
Babies a year
95
England and Wales, 2025
Rarity
Uncommon
among names in use
US popularity
#529
up from #568
UK popularity
#426
95 babies · up from #463
How Cecelia has moved
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| Year | US rank |
|---|---|
| 2015 | #544 |
| 2016 | #537 |
| 2017 | #531 |
| 2018 | #594 |
| 2019 | #546 |
| 2020 | #573 |
| 2021 | #561 |
| 2022 | #522 |
| 2023 | #497 |
| 2024 | #568 |
| 2025 | #529 |
In 2025, 95 babies in England and Wales were named Cecelia. In the US, 579 were, though that figure is from 2017 — the most recent full year we hold. Its US peak was 935 in 1918.
Looking further back: between 1880 and 2008, Cecelia was most common in 1905, when it went to 0.09% of American babies of that sex. Squarely vintage-revival territory.
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