Cecil*
#289 most common boys' name of all time · #630 across all names · 93% male / 7% female · used 1880–2025 · notable crossover
Rank among boys
#289
Rank overall
#630 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
114,676
Since 2016
1,106
Peak year
1920 #77
Best rank
#65 1902
Girls
Boys
peak 2,672/yr
Cecil is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 119 | 119 | #1,486 |
| 2024 | — | 122 | 122 | #1,481 |
| 2023 | — | 117 | 117 | #1,508 |
| 2022 | 5 | 114 | 119 | #1,559 |
| 2021 | — | 114 | 114 | #1,538 |
| 2020 | — | 97 | 97 | #1,647 |
| 2019 | — | 98 | 98 | #1,652 |
| 2018 | — | 114 | 114 | #1,506 |
| 2017 | — | 103 | 103 | #1,575 |
| 2016 | — | 103 | 103 | #1,586 |
| 2015 | 5 | 114 | 119 | #1,468 |
| 2014 | — | 99 | 99 | #1,588 |
| 2013 | — | 114 | 114 | #1,444 |
| 2012 | — | 97 | 97 | #1,602 |
| 2011 | — | 91 | 91 | #1,656 |
| 2010 | — | 78 | 78 | #1,850 |
| 2009 | — | 88 | 88 | #1,742 |
| 2008 | — | 122 | 122 | #1,389 |
| 2007 | — | 111 | 111 | #1,447 |
| 2006 | — | 107 | 107 | #1,447 |
| 2005 | — | 108 | 108 | #1,381 |
| 2004 | 5 | 100 | 105 | #1,414 |
| 2003 | 8 | 101 | 109 | #1,348 |
| 2002 | — | 106 | 106 | #1,281 |
| 2001 | 6 | 121 | 127 | #1,143 |
| 2000 | — | 130 | 130 | #1,083 |
| 1999 | — | 133 | 133 | #1,039 |
| 1998 | — | 132 | 132 | #1,023 |
| 1997 | — | 135 | 135 | #972 |
| 1996 | — | 153 | 153 | #884 |
| 1995 | 5 | 147 | 152 | #913 |
| 1994 | 7 | 162 | 169 | #840 |
| 1993 | 9 | 196 | 205 | #747 |
| 1992 | — | 194 | 194 | #742 |
| 1991 | — | 217 | 217 | #686 |
| 1990 | 5 | 231 | 236 | #665 |
| 1989 | 12 | 237 | 249 | #650 |
| 1988 | 8 | 270 | 278 | #563 |
| 1987 | 7 | 250 | 257 | #574 |
| 1986 | 9 | 276 | 285 | #535 |
| 1985 | 7 | 266 | 273 | #533 |
| 1984 | 10 | 299 | 309 | #483 |
| 1983 | 9 | 309 | 318 | #480 |
| 1982 | 9 | 296 | 305 | #494 |
| 1981 | 9 | 320 | 329 | #464 |
| 1980 | 12 | 407 | 419 | #401 |
| 1979 | 5 | 351 | 356 | #426 |
| 1978 | 7 | 352 | 359 | #417 |
| 1977 | 11 | 369 | 380 | #409 |
| 1976 | — | 351 | 351 | #412 |
| 1975 | 5 | 348 | 353 | #417 |
| 1974 | 12 | 419 | 431 | #374 |
| 1973 | 5 | 414 | 419 | #377 |
| 1972 | 10 | 475 | 485 | #354 |
| 1971 | 12 | 536 | 548 | #344 |
| 1970 | 7 | 566 | 573 | #337 |
| 1969 | 10 | 552 | 562 | #329 |
| 1968 | 9 | 564 | 573 | #321 |
| 1967 | 12 | 543 | 555 | #320 |
| 1966 | 12 | 678 | 690 | #284 |
| 1965 | 10 | 726 | 736 | #277 |
| 1964 | 13 | 729 | 742 | #290 |
| 1963 | 7 | 826 | 833 | #266 |
| 1962 | 20 | 884 | 904 | #258 |
| 1961 | 19 | 969 | 988 | #251 |
| 1960 | 19 | 959 | 978 | #255 |
| 1959 | 22 | 1,008 | 1,030 | #251 |
| 1958 | 25 | 1,011 | 1,036 | #247 |
| 1957 | 23 | 1,074 | 1,097 | #230 |
| 1956 | 22 | 1,139 | 1,161 | #215 |
| 1955 | 37 | 1,228 | 1,265 | #205 |
| 1954 | 32 | 1,298 | 1,330 | #194 |
| 1953 | 24 | 1,254 | 1,278 | #196 |
| 1952 | 30 | 1,327 | 1,357 | #185 |
| 1951 | 32 | 1,323 | 1,355 | #181 |
| 1950 | 37 | 1,341 | 1,378 | #171 |
| 1949 | 37 | 1,318 | 1,355 | #173 |
| 1948 | 31 | 1,400 | 1,431 | #166 |
| 1947 | 42 | 1,443 | 1,485 | #165 |
| 1946 | 56 | 1,404 | 1,460 | #159 |
| 1945 | 49 | 1,355 | 1,404 | #152 |
| 1944 | 57 | 1,499 | 1,556 | #142 |
| 1943 | 67 | 1,697 | 1,764 | #132 |
| 1942 | 67 | 1,620 | 1,687 | #131 |
| 1941 | 75 | 1,512 | 1,587 | #132 |
| 1940 | 74 | 1,589 | 1,663 | #117 |
| 1939 | 69 | 1,578 | 1,647 | #114 |
| 1938 | 77 | 1,558 | 1,635 | #118 |
| 1937 | 91 | 1,635 | 1,726 | #114 |
| 1936 | 84 | 1,577 | 1,661 | #114 |
| 1935 | 66 | 1,726 | 1,792 | #109 |
| 1934 | 71 | 1,596 | 1,667 | #111 |
| 1933 | 68 | 1,506 | 1,574 | #111 |
| 1932 | 73 | 1,655 | 1,728 | #108 |
| 1931 | 79 | 1,769 | 1,848 | #102 |
| 1930 | 93 | 1,882 | 1,975 | #99 |
| 1929 | 105 | 1,889 | 1,994 | #101 |
| 1928 | 96 | 2,005 | 2,101 | #97 |
| 1927 | 117 | 2,227 | 2,344 | #92 |
| 1926 | 146 | 2,305 | 2,451 | #86 |
| 1925 | 152 | 2,297 | 2,449 | #87 |
| 1924 | 174 | 2,299 | 2,473 | #85 |
| 1923 | 146 | 2,255 | 2,401 | #87 |
| 1922 | 174 | 2,336 | 2,510 | #85 |
| 1921 | 152 | 2,456 | 2,608 | #79 |
| 1920 | 213 | 2,459 | 2,672 | #77 |
| 1919 | 200 | 2,300 | 2,500 | #78 |
| 1918 | 238 | 2,328 | 2,566 | #82 |
| 1917 | 197 | 2,101 | 2,298 | #83 |
| 1916 | 241 | 2,181 | 2,422 | #80 |
| 1915 | 200 | 2,181 | 2,381 | #76 |
| 1914 | 193 | 1,530 | 1,723 | #79 |
| 1913 | 162 | 1,276 | 1,438 | #74 |
| 1912 | 135 | 1,058 | 1,193 | #76 |
| 1911 | 116 | 560 | 676 | #76 |
| 1910 | 130 | 472 | 602 | #77 |
| 1909 | 113 | 432 | 545 | #73 |
| 1908 | 114 | 397 | 511 | #72 |
| 1907 | 127 | 399 | 526 | #69 |
| 1906 | 109 | 368 | 477 | #68 |
| 1905 | 117 | 347 | 464 | #72 |
| 1904 | 130 | 359 | 489 | #67 |
| 1903 | 103 | 332 | 435 | #66 |
| 1902 | 112 | 354 | 466 | #65 |
| 1901 | 128 | 278 | 406 | #70 |
| 1900 | 129 | 344 | 473 | #76 |
| 1899 | 117 | 256 | 373 | #77 |
| 1898 | 133 | 243 | 376 | #87 |
| 1897 | 138 | 216 | 354 | #84 |
| 1896 | 108 | 200 | 308 | #97 |
| 1895 | 95 | 192 | 287 | #100 |
| 1894 | 80 | 175 | 255 | #102 |
| 1893 | 112 | 147 | 259 | #114 |
| 1892 | 70 | 151 | 221 | #115 |
| 1891 | 50 | 108 | 158 | #126 |
| 1890 | 58 | 120 | 178 | #121 |
| 1889 | 55 | 102 | 157 | #141 |
| 1888 | 36 | 96 | 132 | #158 |
| 1887 | 40 | 80 | 120 | #155 |
| 1886 | 34 | 83 | 117 | #168 |
| 1885 | 31 | 87 | 118 | #154 |
| 1884 | 22 | 73 | 95 | #186 |
| 1883 | 23 | 51 | 74 | #212 |
| 1882 | 24 | 53 | 77 | #225 |
| 1881 | 16 | 35 | 51 | #268 |
| 1880 | 14 | 45 | 59 | #248 |