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How popular is “Cecile” in the USA?

Number of people named “Cecile” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Cecile” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Cecile” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Cecile” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Cecile” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Cecile” by birth year

This chart shows how “Cecile” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1880 17 0.000084374 17 100%
1881 24 0.000124554 24 100%
1882 27 0.000121878 27 100%
1883 35 0.00016133 35 100%
1884 29 0.000119116 29 100%
1885 32 0.000132861 32 100%
1886 43 0.000168419 43 100%
1887 34 0.000137434 34 100%
1888 81 0.000270474 81 100%
1889 67 0.000231877 67 100%
1890 71 0.000235567 71 100%
1891 79 0.000275575 79 100%
1892 92 0.000275141 92 100%
1893 86 0.000264434 86 100%
1894 102 0.00030116 102 100%
1895 109 0.000310524 109 100%
1896 144 0.000402815 144 100%
1897 121 0.000348746 121 100%
1898 172 0.000450905 172 100%
1899 147 0.000433329 147 100%
1900 175 0.000388666 175 100%
1901 133 0.000384602 133 100%
1902 181 0.000468023 181 100%
1903 159 0.000417104 159 100%
1904 173 0.000428764 173 100%
1905 161 0.000379787 161 100%
1906 163 0.00038044 163 100%
1907 156 0.000335203 156 100%
1908 155 0.000317201 155 100%
1909 186 0.000363833 186 100%
1910 187 0.000316568 187 100%
1911 184 0.000285591 184 100%
1912 275 0.000278323 275 100%
1913 282 0.000247997 282 100%
1914 351 0.000247821 351 100%
1915 473 0.000258128 468 5 98%
1916 417 0.000215569 417 100%
1917 482 0.000240189 476 6 98%
1918 503 0.000231679 495 8 97%
1919 484 0.000229357 478 6 98%
1920 489 0.000216119 482 7 97%
1921 475 0.000203469 475 100%
1922 429 0.000187405 422 7 97%
1923 486 0.000211077 474 12 95%
1924 429 0.00018013 422 7 97%
1925 421 0.000180431 409 12 94%
1926 386 0.000168125 378 8 96%
1927 377 0.000162545 371 6 97%
1928 339 0.000149938 328 11 94%
1929 312 0.000142325 306 6 96%
1930 304 0.000136734 295 9 94%
1931 267 0.000126878 260 7 95%
1932 242 0.000114622 235 7 94%
1933 211 0.000105529 206 5 95%
1934 217 0.000104487 210 7 94%
1935 275 0.000131585 270 5 96%
1936 364 0.000175204 359 5 97%
1937 363 0.000170369 357 6 97%
1938 325 0.000146888 313 12 93%
1939 332 0.000150673 320 12 93%
1940 310 0.000134625 310 100%
1941 243 0.000099736 243 100%
1942 287 0.000105058 282 5 97%
1943 280 0.000099201 280 100%
1944 214 0.000079552 214 100%
1945 198 0.000074635 198 100%
1946 230 0.000071981 225 5 96%
1947 234 0.000064958 234 100%
1948 214 0.000061984 214 100%
1949 196 0.000056245 196 100%
1950 196 0.000055946 196 100%
1951 184 0.000049949 184 100%
1952 208 0.000054766 203 5 95%
1953 195 0.000050601 195 100%
1954 163 0.000040947 163 100%
1955 159 0.000039601 159 100%
1956 166 0.000040262 166 100%
1957 186 0.000044263 186 100%
1958 185 0.000044752 185 100%
1959 173 0.000041607 173 100%
1960 140 0.000033704 140 100%
1961 135 0.000032591 135 100%
1962 124 0.000030728 124 100%
1963 119 0.000030064 119 100%
1964 77 0.000019807 77 100%
1965 77 0.000021239 77 100%
1966 53 0.000015249 53 100%
1967 61 0.000017968 61 100%
1968 53 0.000015688 53 100%
1969 56 0.000016114 56 100%
1970 51 0.000014141 51 100%
1971 36 0.000010488 36 100%
1972 37 0.000011772 37 100%
1973 35 0.000011601 35 100%
1974 30 0.000009868 30 100%
1975 39 0.000012916 39 100%
1976 26 0.000008569 26 100%
1977 29 0.00000913 29 100%
1978 22 0.000006932 22 100%
1979 30 0.000009017 30 100%
1980 52 0.000015097 52 100%
1981 45 0.000013008 45 100%
1982 44 0.000012543 44 100%
1983 35 0.000010106 35 100%
1984 49 0.000014045 49 100%
1985 36 0.000010087 36 100%
1986 20 0.000005623 20 100%
1987 35 0.000009707 35 100%
1988 32 0.00000866 32 100%
1989 54 0.000014046 54 100%
1990 43 0.000010879 43 100%
1991 37 0.000009499 37 100%
1992 31 0.00000807 31 100%
1993 30 0.000007957 30 100%
1994 34 0.000009146 34 100%
1995 26 0.0000071 26 100%
1996 28 0.000007677 28 100%
1997 20 0.000005516 20 100%
1998 25 0.000006797 25 100%
1999 21 0.000005685 21 100%
2000 20 0.000005291 20 100%
2001 29 0.000007747 29 100%
2002 22 0.000005885 22 100%
2003 31 0.000008153 31 100%
2004 28 0.000007328 28 100%
2005 23 0.000005982 23 100%
2006 30 0.000007583 30 100%
2007 30 0.000007504 30 100%
2008 23 0.000005851 23 100%
2009 26 0.000006806 26 100%
2010 21 0.000005682 21 100%
2011 25 0.000006835 25 100%
2012 29 0.000007929 29 100%
2013 22 0.000006035 22 100%
2014 19 0.000005126 19 100%
2015 27 0.000007295 27 100%
2016 25 0.000006814 25 100%
2017 24 0.000006711 24 100%
2018 24 0.000006826 24 100%
2019 21 0.00000605 21 100%
2020 25 0.000007484 25 100%
2021 25 0.000007379 25 100%
2022 20 0.000005912 20 100%
2023 16 0.000004832 16 100%
2024 21 0.000006309 21 100%

Explore other names

These names are alphabetically near to Cecile:

  1. Ceci
  2. Cecia
  3. Cecial
  4. Cecil
  5. Cecila
  6. Cecile (this page)
  7. Cecilee
  8. Ceciley
  9. Cecili
  10. Cecilia
  11. Cecilie