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How popular is “Cecily” in the USA?

Number of people named “Cecily” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Cecily” by birth year

This chart shows how “Cecily” 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
1911 5 0.000007761 5 100%
1916 5 0.000002585 5 100%
1917 10 0.000004983 10 100%
1919 11 0.000005213 11 100%
1920 11 0.000004862 11 100%
1921 7 0.000002998 7 100%
1922 13 0.000005679 13 100%
1923 12 0.000005212 12 100%
1924 14 0.000005878 14 100%
1925 9 0.000003857 9 100%
1926 13 0.000005662 13 100%
1927 17 0.00000733 17 100%
1928 11 0.000004865 11 100%
1929 10 0.000004562 10 100%
1930 14 0.000006297 14 100%
1931 11 0.000005227 11 100%
1932 14 0.000006631 14 100%
1933 11 0.000005502 11 100%
1934 17 0.000008186 17 100%
1935 17 0.000008134 17 100%
1936 25 0.000012033 25 100%
1937 17 0.000007979 17 100%
1938 20 0.000009039 20 100%
1939 22 0.000009984 22 100%
1940 12 0.000005211 12 100%
1941 11 0.000004515 11 100%
1942 41 0.000015008 41 100%
1943 21 0.00000744 21 100%
1944 26 0.000009665 26 100%
1945 28 0.000010554 28 100%
1946 35 0.000010954 35 100%
1947 30 0.000008328 30 100%
1948 36 0.000010427 36 100%
1949 47 0.000013487 47 100%
1950 42 0.000011988 42 100%
1951 35 0.000009501 35 100%
1952 52 0.000013691 52 100%
1953 50 0.000012975 50 100%
1954 51 0.000012812 51 100%
1955 50 0.000012453 50 100%
1956 43 0.000010429 43 100%
1957 53 0.000012613 53 100%
1958 41 0.000009918 41 100%
1959 66 0.000015873 66 100%
1960 47 0.000011315 47 100%
1961 55 0.000013278 55 100%
1962 36 0.000008921 36 100%
1963 37 0.000009348 37 100%
1964 38 0.000009775 38 100%
1965 41 0.000011309 41 100%
1966 44 0.000012659 44 100%
1967 40 0.000011782 40 100%
1968 32 0.000009472 32 100%
1969 55 0.000015826 55 100%
1970 61 0.000016914 61 100%
1971 55 0.000016024 55 100%
1972 55 0.000017499 55 100%
1973 114 0.000037787 114 100%
1974 130 0.000042763 130 100%
1975 110 0.000036431 110 100%
1976 81 0.000026695 81 100%
1977 94 0.000029592 94 100%
1978 96 0.000030247 96 100%
1979 86 0.000025849 86 100%
1980 73 0.000021193 73 100%
1981 73 0.000021102 73 100%
1982 57 0.000016249 57 100%
1983 58 0.000016747 58 100%
1984 58 0.000016625 58 100%
1985 62 0.000017371 62 100%
1986 49 0.000013775 49 100%
1987 150 0.000041602 150 100%
1988 236 0.000063869 236 100%
1989 472 0.000122774 472 100%
1990 403 0.000101961 403 100%
1991 189 0.00004852 189 100%
1992 134 0.000034884 134 100%
1993 117 0.000031032 117 100%
1994 117 0.000031471 117 100%
1995 143 0.000039048 143 100%
1996 132 0.000036192 132 100%
1997 127 0.000035027 127 100%
1998 112 0.00003045 112 100%
1999 108 0.000029238 108 100%
2000 96 0.000025397 96 100%
2001 98 0.000026179 98 100%
2002 87 0.000023273 87 100%
2003 100 0.0000263 100 100%
2004 88 0.000023031 88 100%
2005 101 0.000026269 101 100%
2006 119 0.000030079 119 100%
2007 99 0.000024764 99 100%
2008 112 0.000028494 112 100%
2009 109 0.000028533 109 100%
2010 98 0.000026517 98 100%
2011 104 0.000028432 104 100%
2012 114 0.00003117 114 100%
2013 170 0.000046631 170 100%
2014 244 0.000065833 244 100%
2015 214 0.000057824 214 100%
2016 196 0.000053425 196 100%
2017 191 0.000053409 191 100%
2018 141 0.000040104 141 100%
2019 160 0.000046097 160 100%
2020 131 0.000039215 131 100%
2021 127 0.000037486 127 100%
2022 131 0.000038721 131 100%
2023 111 0.000033523 111 100%
2024 131 0.000039357 131 100%

Explore other names

These names are alphabetically near to Cecily:

  1. Cecilio
  2. Cecilla
  3. Cecille
  4. Cecillia
  5. Cecilly
  6. Cecily (this page)
  7. Cecilya
  8. Ceclia
  9. Cecy
  10. Cecyle
  11. Cecylia