Cicely
Cicely is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 7 births. Its best rank was 608th, in 1974.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 70.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 1974256 births
- Best rank
- #608in 1974
- Since 1917
- 2,378people given the name
The story in the numbers
2,378 girls have been named Cicely in the United States since 1917, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1974, with 256 births.
The name has all but left use: 7 births in 2024, against 256 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1979, and the 1970s alone account for 45%. It has spent 2 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Cicely | |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 10 | |
| 1920s | 29 | |
| 1930s | 16 | |
| 1940s | 24 | |
| 1950s | 6 | |
| 1960s | 52 | |
| 1970s | 1,071 | |
| 1980s | 530 | |
| 1990s | 261 | |
| 2000s | 200 | |
| 2010s | 137 | |
| 2020s | 42 |
In 1974, its biggest year
Cicely was the 608th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1974 were Jennifer, Amy, Michelle, Heather and Angela. See all of 1974.
Names that rose and fell with Cicely
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Kishapeak 1975
- Brandepeak 1974
- Keshapeak 1974
- Maishapeak 1977
- Ameepeak 1975
- Keeshapeak 1977
- Nicholpeak 1979
- Jamillahpeak 1975
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.