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Cecile

Pronounced /səˈsiːl/

Rank in 2024
#5,900
Born in 2024
21
Peak year
1918 · #284
Origin
Latin

1880 to 2024

Uncommon
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Its story in numbers

  • In 2024, 21 girls were named Cecile, about 1 in every 76,818.
  • It peaked in 1918 with 495 babies, ranked #284.
  • It appears in the very first year of records, 1880.
  • 20,398 girls have been named Cecile since 1880.

Who else has this name

Babies named Cecile per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.

  1. 0.4
    Greatest
  2. 0.2
    Silent
  3. <0.1
    Boomers
  4. <0.1
    Gen X
  5. <0.1
    Millennials
  6. <0.1
    Gen Z
  7. <0.1
    Gen Alpha

Greatest: 8,513 babies, 0.42 per 1,000. Silent: 4,986 babies, 0.24 per 1,000. Boomers: 3,274 babies, 0.09 per 1,000. Gen X: 687 babies, 0.03 per 1,000. Millennials: 579 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Gen Z: 403 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 269 babies, 0.01 per 1,000.

Meaning and origin

From French Cécile, from Anglo-Norman Cecile, from Latin Caecilia.

  • A female given name from Latin.
Origin
Latin
Say it
/səˈsiːl/

From Wiktionary’s entry for Cecile, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Other spellings

  • GirlBoySteady

    Cecilia

    Rank
    #123
    Born '24
    2,238
    Origin
    Latin
    1880peak 20242024
  • GirlBoyUncommon

    Cecily

    Rank
    #1,597
    Born '24
    131
    Origin
    Latin
    1880peak 19892024