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Cecilia
Pronounced /sɪˈsiːli.ə/
Rank in 2024
#123
Born in 2024
2,238
Peak year
2024 · #123
Origin
Latin
1880 to 2024
SteadyIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 2,238 girls were named Cecilia, about 1 in every 721.
- 2024 is its biggest year on record.
- It appears in the very first year of records, 1880.
- 108,992 girls have been named Cecilia since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Cecilia per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- 0.7Greatest1901–27
- 0.5Silent1928–45
- 0.5Boomers1946–64
- 0.4Gen X1965–80
- 0.5Millennials1981–96
- 0.7Gen Z1997–12
- 1.1Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 13,611 babies, 0.67 per 1,000. Silent: 10,430 babies, 0.50 per 1,000. Boomers: 18,417 babies, 0.51 per 1,000. Gen X: 9,315 babies, 0.36 per 1,000. Millennials: 13,330 babies, 0.47 per 1,000. Gen Z: 19,083 babies, 0.66 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 22,423 babies, 1.10 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
From Latin Caecilia, feminine form of Caecilius, a Roman family name possibly derived from the byname caecus (“blind”). Popularized by Saint Cecilia, third century Roman martyr, the patron saint of music. Doublet of Sheila.
- A female given name from Latin.
- Origin
- Latin
- Say it
- /sɪˈsiːli.ə/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Cecilia, CC BY-SA 4.0.