Rank 2025
#1,541
among girls · ↑60 vs 2024
Babies in 2025
137
named Cecily · +5% vs 2024
How common
1 in 11,732
girls born in 2025
Peak year
1989
472 babies
All-time total
8,673
#1,833 all-time among girls
First recorded
1911
in Social Security records
By decade. Change compares yearly averages, so the current partial decade is on equal
footing. Best rank is the name's best yearly rank within the decade.
Where Cecily is most popular
Girls named Cecily per 1,000 girls born in
each state, 2021–2025. National average: 0.079 per 1,000.
Strongest in Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Illinois.
Vs national average well below below near national above well above no data
All 50 states and DC, sorted by rate. Counts are girls named Cecily born
2021–2025; the per-1,000 rate makes states of different sizes
comparable, and the last column shows each state against the national average.
State counts come from the Social Security Administration's state files, which omit any
state-year with fewer than five babies of a name, so small states can undercount slightly.
The story of Cecily
Cecily is rare for girls in the United States, ranked #1,541 in 2025 with 137 babies given the name. It is currently declining compared with a decade ago.
Since 1911, 8,673 American babies have been named Cecily. Its peak came in 1989, when 472 newborns received the name, the signature sound of the 1980s.
The chart above shows the full history: the popularity view (births per 1,000 babies) is the honest comparison across generations, since total US births have changed enormously since 1880. Switch to the rank view to see where Cecily stood among all girls' names in any year, or use the compare tool to plot it against other names.
