Cecilia
A girls’ name of Latin origin, meaning blind.
How Cecilia has moved
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| Year | US rank |
|---|---|
| 2015 | #181 |
| 2016 | #177 |
| 2017 | #168 |
| 2018 | #155 |
| 2019 | #154 |
| 2020 | #147 |
| 2021 | #133 |
| 2022 | #145 |
| 2023 | #137 |
| 2024 | #123 |
| 2025 | #108 |
Cecilia by the numbers
In 2025, 282 babies in England and Wales were named Cecilia. In the US, 1,804 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
It is used at about the same rate on both sides of the Atlantic.
Its American peak was 1,824 babies in 2016, making it a 2010s name.
At its height, in 1900, about 1 in 1,300 American girls born that year was called Cecilia.
Names that come from Cecilia
Forms of Cecilia in other languages, names built from it, and names that mean a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Cecilia. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Ceceliablind; from caecus; variant of Cecilia95 in England and Wales (2025)
- Cecilliablind; a variant spelling of Cecilia10 in the US (2017)
- Cecilieblind; a form of cecilia6 in England and Wales (2025)
- Celiaheavenly or of the sky; a form of Caelia317 in the US (2017)
- Cecilyblind; diminutive of Cecilia78 in England and Wales (2025)
- Cecilea form of Cecilia; blind or dim-sighted4 in England and Wales (2025)
Sounds like Cecilia
Names that are said the same way as Cecilia, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Seciliablind; a form of Cecilia5 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Cecilia
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