Cecelia

What Cecelia means

Variant of Cecilia, possibly meaning “blind”

variant of Cecilia || From Latin Caecilia, feminine form of Caecilius, a Roman family name possibly derived from the byname caecus (“blind”).

Source: Wiktionary, “Cecelia” (revision 83830747) and “Cecilia” (revision 93670128), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Cecelia?

US: Steady: #544 in 2015, #529 now. England & Wales: Rising: up from #1139 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 1901, when 249 girls got the name (#176 that year). First in the US records in 1880.

How common

• About 1 in 2,825 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 2,666 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in RI (2.04 per 1,000 girls), ND (1.85 per 1,000 girls), MT (1.77 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed girls born in each state.

US vs UK

Cecelia is #529 in the US and #426 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (girls). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Cecelia were girls.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Cecilia2,506 US · 282 E&W
• Cecilie8 US · 6 E&W

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Cecelia

Girls

• Clara#63“bright, shining, clear”^*
• Zara#212“flower”^*
• Luna#27“the moon”^*
• Lucille#237Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1920, with 7,989 babies; 1,314 in 2025
• Valentina#35Same root as Valentine, meaning “strong, healthy”^*
• Aurora#15Italian, from Latin Aurōra, meaning “dawn, sunrise”^*

For a brother

• Roman#42Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #102 in 2015, #42 in 2025
• Atticus#281“the Attic, the Athenian, a cognomen”^*
• Azariah#472“Yah Has Helped”^*
• Bennett#40Form of Benedict, meaning “blessed, well spoken of”^*
• Leo#19“lion”^*
• Lucas#10Editor’s note Up from #16 in 2015 to #10 in 2025 in the US. About 1 in 170 US boys in the 2025 records

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under Latin, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Cecelia’s. Rank is US 2025.