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Ciel

#4,790 in 2025UnisexGirls' nameBoys' name

Sky

Ciel has been given to 718 babies in the U.S. since 1999. In 2025 it ranked #4,790 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2025, with 28 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 56% girls, 44% boys all-time.

Babies named Ciel, 2025

1 in 118,000

Ciel over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys
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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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Ciel over time

In 2025, Ciel went to 51% girls and 49% boys.

19992025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Ciel: meaning, origin, and history

Sky

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Ciel means

Ciel means “sky”.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 399 girls were recorded with the name Ciel between 1999 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 28 in 2025; its best national rank was #4,790 in 2025.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #6,382 in 2020 to #4,790 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #6,070 in 2015 to #4,790 in 2025.

In the United States, 319 boys were recorded with the name Ciel between 2004 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 32 in 2021; its best national rank was #3,510 in 2021.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #4,561 in 2020 to #3,965 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #5,552 in 2015 to #3,965 in 2025.

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.

How common is Ciel?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 118,000
28 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only
1 in 57,400
<0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025
#4,790
of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
82,069 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Ciel 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 2025 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 82,069 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Ciel. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Ciels were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Ciel was born before 2016 — so the typical Ciel is around 9 today.

Median birth year
2016
About 9 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
45.1% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
97.2%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
399
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2010s — 45.1% of all recorded uses (180).

Is Ciel 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
+131
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
+1,592
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
+1,280
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
1.33×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
100.0%
Peak was 2025 (28)
Years since peak
Peaking now
At its all-time high
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
24.5% average annual change
Best rank ever
#4,790
2025

Spellings of Ciel

Ciel is not the most common spelling — Jill is, with 51.2% against Ciel's 0.10%.

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.

Where Ciel is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Ciel was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 429,222 across all states with data. It was least common in New York (1 in —).

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in —
  2. 2Florida1 in —
  3. 3New York1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Ciel has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Where Ciel is used — boys

Across 1910–2025, Ciel was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 626,452 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in —
  2. 2Texas1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Ciel has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Ciel around the world

Where Ciel ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    2007–2019
    #4,686
    in 2019
  • France
    2010–2025
    #1,947
    in 2025
  • Canada
    2009–2022
    #3,322
    in 2022
  • South Australia
    2001–2001
    #711
    in 2001

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Ciel by the numbers

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

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#4,790
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 1,592
Best rank ever
#4,790
2025
Peak year
2025
28 that year
First recorded
1999
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
399
Count in 2025
28

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#3,965
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 596
Best rank ever
#3,510
2021
Peak year
2021
32 that year
First recorded
2004
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
319
Count in 2025
27

Names similar to Ciel

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

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Sibling names for Ciel

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

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