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How popular is “Cecilia” in the USA?

Number of people named “Cecilia” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Cecilia” 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 “Cecilia” by birth year

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

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

Bias in sex for “Cecilia” by birth year

This chart shows how “Cecilia” 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 44 0.00021838 44 100%
1881 39 0.0002024 39 100%
1882 37 0.000167018 37 100%
1883 39 0.000179768 39 100%
1884 63 0.000258768 63 100%
1885 71 0.000294784 71 100%
1886 68 0.000266337 68 100%
1887 83 0.0003355 83 100%
1888 97 0.000323901 97 100%
1889 89 0.000308016 89 100%
1890 91 0.000301923 91 100%
1891 121 0.000422084 121 100%
1892 138 0.000412712 138 100%
1893 126 0.000387426 126 100%
1894 144 0.000425168 144 100%
1895 138 0.00039314 138 100%
1896 168 0.000469951 168 100%
1897 160 0.000461152 160 100%
1898 213 0.000558388 213 100%
1899 205 0.000604303 205 100%
1900 249 0.000553016 249 100%
1901 196 0.000566782 196 100%
1902 195 0.000504224 195 100%
1903 218 0.000571878 218 100%
1904 250 0.000619602 250 100%
1905 237 0.000559065 237 100%
1906 219 0.000511144 219 100%
1907 234 0.000502804 234 100%
1908 263 0.000538219 263 100%
1909 257 0.000502715 257 100%
1910 287 0.000485855 287 100%
1911 342 0.000530827 342 100%
1912 453 0.000458473 453 100%
1913 485 0.00042652 485 100%
1914 525 0.000370673 525 100%
1915 723 0.000394559 723 100%
1916 685 0.000354112 685 100%
1917 704 0.000350816 704 100%
1918 755 0.000347748 755 100%
1919 746 0.000353513 746 100%
1920 757 0.000334564 757 100%
1921 761 0.000325979 761 100%
1922 733 0.000320205 733 100%
1923 742 0.000322261 742 100%
1924 768 0.000322471 768 100%
1925 705 0.000302147 705 100%
1926 722 0.000314473 717 5 99%
1927 654 0.000281975 654 100%
1928 570 0.000252108 570 100%
1929 500 0.000228085 500 100%
1930 572 0.000257277 567 5 98%
1931 459 0.000218116 459 100%
1932 468 0.000221665 468 100%
1933 431 0.00021556 431 100%
1934 438 0.0002109 438 100%
1935 487 0.000233026 487 100%
1936 507 0.000244034 507 100%
1937 560 0.000262828 560 100%
1938 549 0.000248127 549 100%
1939 562 0.000255055 562 100%
1940 629 0.000273159 629 100%
1941 675 0.000277045 670 5 99%
1942 831 0.000304193 831 100%
1943 842 0.000298311 842 100%
1944 709 0.000263561 704 5 99%
1945 656 0.000247276 656 100%
1946 802 0.000250993 802 100%
1947 973 0.000270104 973 100%
1948 960 0.000278058 955 5 99%
1949 944 0.000270893 944 100%
1950 921 0.000262891 921 100%
1951 954 0.000258976 954 100%
1952 984 0.000259083 984 100%
1953 1038 0.000269355 1038 100%
1954 984 0.000247192 984 100%
1955 1004 0.000250057 1004 100%
1956 997 0.000241812 997 100%
1957 1057 0.000251538 1057 100%
1958 1002 0.000242386 1002 100%
1959 1042 0.000250602 1042 100%
1960 1036 0.000249409 1036 100%
1961 965 0.000232962 965 100%
1962 1055 0.000261438 1055 100%
1963 869 0.000219544 869 100%
1964 840 0.000216071 835 5 99%
1965 733 0.000202182 733 100%
1966 644 0.000185289 644 100%
1967 620 0.000182627 620 100%
1968 550 0.000162798 550 100%
1969 545 0.00015682 545 100%
1970 621 0.000172188 621 100%
1971 604 0.000175972 599 5 98%
1972 577 0.000183583 569 8 97%
1973 508 0.000168385 501 7 97%
1974 539 0.000177303 539 100%
1975 512 0.00016957 512 100%
1976 516 0.000170056 516 100%
1977 520 0.000163702 520 100%
1978 561 0.000176756 556 5 98%
1979 641 0.000192666 636 5 98%
1980 660 0.000191609 654 6 98%
1981 690 0.000199458 683 7 98%
1982 671 0.000191279 664 7 98%
1983 649 0.000187391 640 9 97%
1984 733 0.000210104 723 10 97%
1985 663 0.000185761 657 6 98%
1986 693 0.000194823 686 7 98%
1987 755 0.000209396 743 12 97%
1988 728 0.000197021 728 100%
1989 820 0.000213295 810 10 98%
1990 853 0.000215814 847 6 99%
1991 973 0.00024979 965 8 98%
1992 1027 0.000267359 1017 10 98%
1993 1005 0.000266559 998 7 99%
1994 969 0.000260648 969 100%
1995 1128 0.000308015 1128 100%
1996 1072 0.000293925 1072 100%
1997 962 0.000265324 962 100%
1998 1060 0.000288184 1053 7 99%
1999 1103 0.000298603 1103 100%
2000 1137 0.000300801 1137 100%
2001 1165 0.000311215 1165 100%
2002 1171 0.000313245 1171 100%
2003 1162 0.000305603 1162 100%
2004 1183 0.000309611 1178 5 99%
2005 1189 0.000309245 1189 100%
2006 1245 0.000314697 1245 100%
2007 1242 0.00031068 1242 100%
2008 1259 0.000320302 1259 100%
2009 1235 0.000323284 1235 100%
2010 1202 0.000325239 1202 100%
2011 1317 0.000360053 1317 100%
2012 1463 0.000400015 1463 100%
2013 1434 0.000393344 1434 100%
2014 1640 0.000442481 1640 100%
2015 1782 0.000481503 1782 100%
2016 1827 0.000497997 1827 100%
2017 1815 0.000507523 1815 100%
2018 1809 0.00051452 1809 100%
2019 1861 0.000536167 1861 100%
2020 1859 0.000556491 1859 100%
2021 2095 0.000618368 2095 100%
2022 2006 0.000592941 2006 100%
2023 2057 0.000621226 2057 100%
2024 2238 0.000672375 2238 100%

Explore other names

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