Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Cecily

#1,786 most common girls' name of all time · #3,062 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1911–2025

Rank among girls
#1,786
Rank overall
#3,062 of 105,966
First appeared
1911
Years on the list
110 of 146
All-time
8,673
Since 2016
1,457
Peak year
1989 #497
Best rank
#497 1989
Girls Boys peak 472/yr
192019401960198020002020

Cecily first appears in 1911. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 137 137 #1,540
2024 131 131 #1,602
2023 111 111 #1,814
2022 131 131 #1,615
2021 127 127 #1,645
2020 131 131 #1,600
2019 161 161 #1,398
2018 141 141 #1,541
2017 191 191 #1,244
2016 196 196 #1,247
2015 214 214 #1,177
2014 244 244 #1,061
2013 170 170 #1,372
2012 114 114 #1,792
2011 104 104 #1,912
2010 98 98 #2,030
2009 109 109 #1,915
2008 112 112 #1,894
2007 99 99 #2,059
2006 119 119 #1,750
2005 101 101 #1,912
2004 88 88 #2,069
2003 100 100 #1,848
2002 87 87 #2,009
2001 98 98 #1,809
2000 96 96 #1,807
1999 108 108 #1,563
1998 112 112 #1,510
1997 127 127 #1,354
1996 132 132 #1,307
1995 143 143 #1,201
1994 117 117 #1,393
1993 117 117 #1,391
1992 134 134 #1,278
1991 189 189 #992
1990 403 403 #575
1989 472 472 #497
1988 236 236 #793
1987 150 150 #1,034
1986 49 49 #2,155
1985 62 62 #1,814
1984 58 58 #1,841
1983 58 58 #1,822
1982 57 57 #1,881
1981 73 73 #1,598
1980 73 73 #1,588
1979 86 86 #1,423
1978 96 96 #1,277
1977 94 94 #1,269
1976 81 81 #1,334
1975 110 110 #1,068
1974 130 130 #954
1973 114 114 #1,029
1972 55 55 #1,640
1971 55 55 #1,671
1970 61 61 #1,575
1969 55 55 #1,616
1968 32 32 #2,142
1967 40 40 #1,865
1966 44 44 #1,708
1965 41 41 #1,777
1964 38 38 #1,930
1963 37 37 #1,930
1962 36 36 #1,928
1961 55 55 #1,526
1960 47 47 #1,651
1959 66 66 #1,321
1958 41 41 #1,695
1957 53 53 #1,464
1956 43 43 #1,625
1955 50 50 #1,432
1954 51 51 #1,419
1953 50 50 #1,382
1952 52 52 #1,344
1951 35 35 #1,628
1950 42 42 #1,423
1949 47 47 #1,343
1948 36 36 #1,561
1947 30 30 #1,772
1946 35 35 #1,500
1945 28 28 #1,570
1944 26 26 #1,637
1943 21 21 #1,928
1942 41 41 #1,258
1941 11 11 #2,765
1940 12 12 #2,503
1939 22 22 #1,670
1938 20 20 #1,783
1937 17 17 #1,971
1936 25 25 #1,502
1935 17 17 #1,983
1934 17 17 #1,978
1933 11 11 #2,630
1932 14 14 #2,330
1931 11 11 #2,690
1930 14 14 #2,384
1929 10 10 #3,059
1928 11 11 #2,878
1927 17 17 #2,231
1926 13 13 #2,670
1925 9 9 #3,527
1924 14 14 #2,620
1923 12 12 #2,846
1922 13 13 #2,727
1921 7 7 #4,206
1920 11 11 #3,034
1919 11 11 #2,949
1917 10 10 #3,039
1916 5 5 #4,677
1911 5 5 #2,791