Cecili

Girls' name

Blind

Cecili has been given to 26 babies in the U.S. since 1974. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1990, with 9 recorded.

Babies named Cecili, 1995

1 in 610,000

Cecili over time, 1880–2025

Girls

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Cecili: meaning, origin, and history

Blind

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Cecili means

Cecili means “blind”, associated with caecus.

Origin, language, and formation

Cecili is used in Catalan.

Cecili comes through Latin Caecilius.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Cecil.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Catalan, Cecili is pronounced [səˈsi.li].

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 26 girls were recorded with the name Cecili between 1974 and 1995. Its highest annual count was 9 in 1990; its best national rank was #8,596 in 1990.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

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How common is Cecili?

Cecili had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1995, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1995: 1 in 610,000; 6 of 3,660,254 births
Among girls only: 1 in 293,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 1995: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 422,850 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Cecili sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 1995 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 422,850 children born in 1995 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Cecili. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Cecilis were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Cecili was born before 1990 — so the typical Cecili is around 35 today.

Median birth year: 1990; About 35 years old
Biggest decade: 1990s; 57.7% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 26; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1990s — 57.7% of all recorded uses (15).

Is Cecili rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1990 (9)
Years since peak: 35; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 50.0% average annual change
Best rank ever: #8,596; 1990

Spellings of Cecili

Cecili is not the most common spelling — Cecilia is, with 51.8% against Cecili's 0.01%.

Cecilia51.8%111,511
Cecelia28.1%60,519
Cecile9.5%20,421
Cecily4.0%8,673
Cecil3.6%7,687
Emili0.89%1,923
Cecille0.46%984
Cecila0.37%804

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Cecili by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #8,596; 1990
Peak year: 1990; 9 that year
First recorded: 1974
Last recorded: 1995
All-time count: 26
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Cecili

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Anaili Cecele Cecyle Cecilla Cecelie Ceceila Cecely Cecilly Cecilya Shaili Maithili Ziraili Cecy Kamili Cecilie Ceclia Hili Laili Leili Camili Gwili Ceciley Jaili Cecel

Sibling names for Cecili

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Kacy Kortney Mai Shante Kathryne Jessika Brittni Kristian

For a brother

Laron Dejuan Antwon Akeem Tyron Shay Elizabeth Kelsey

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