Cecily
Cecily is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 131 births. Its best rank was 498th, in 1989.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 1310.01% of girls
- Peak year
- 1989472 births
- Best rank
- #498in 1989
- Since 1911
- 8,535people given the name
The story in the numbers
8,535 girls have been named Cecily in the United States since 1911, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1989, with 472 births.
It is falling: its share of births is 60% or less of what it was ten years ago.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1991, and the 2010s alone account for 19%. It has spent 5 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Cecily | |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 31 | |
| 1920s | 117 | |
| 1930s | 168 | |
| 1940s | 287 | |
| 1950s | 483 | |
| 1960s | 425 | |
| 1970s | 882 | |
| 1980s | 1,288 | |
| 1990s | 1,582 | |
| 2000s | 1,009 | |
| 2010s | 1,632 | |
| 2020s | 631 |
In 1989, its biggest year
Cecily was the 498th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1989 were Jessica, Ashley, Brittany, Amanda and Sarah. See all of 1989.
Names that rose and fell with Cecily
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Frankipeak 1993
- Joriepeak 1991
- Rimapeak 2015
- Ileanapeak 1991
- Koripeak 2016
- Leannapeak 1990
- Chanelpeak 1991
- Xeniapeak 2022
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.