Cécilia

Meaning and origin of Cécilia

Popularity of Cécilia in France since 1986

• It peaked in 1988.
• Over recent years, Cécilia has been falling (−10% a year).
• In schools of 200 children born in those years, you would find one Cécilia every 63 schools, all spellings combined.

Cécilia in English-speaking countries

Cécilia ranks 122^nd in United States, 154^th in Ontario (Canada) and 198^th in British Columbia (Canada), against 1,422^nd in France.

• United StatesSSA · 2023-25

  122^nd girls’ name6,812 babies in 3 years1 girl in 709+5% a year

• British Columbia (Canada)BC Vital Statistics · 2021-23

  198^th girls’ name51 babies in 3 years1 girl in 778

• Ontario (Canada)ServiceOntario · 2022-24

  154^th girls’ name198 babies in 3 years1 girl in 780+0.1% a year

• New ZealandDIA · 2023-25

  261^st girls’ name43 babies in 3 years1 girl in 976

• England and WalesONS · 2023-25

  212^th girls’ name690 babies in 3 years1 girl in 1,113+20.9% a year

• IrelandCSO · 2023-25

  386^th girls’ name45 babies in 3 years1 girl in 1,441

• ScotlandNRS · 2023-25

  350^th girls’ name28 babies in 3 years1 girl in 1,942

• Northern IrelandNISRA · 2023-25

  456^th girls’ name6 babies in 3 years1 girl in 3,752

Official figures from each country, over their latest three published years. The spellings Cécilia and Cecilia are counted together; other spellings are counted apart.

Same sound, other spellings

• Cecilia55
• Cécylia5

Births 2023–2025. At school they sound the same: this total tells you whether your child is likely to share the name.

Names similar to Cécilia

• Carolina
• Natalia
• Viktoria
• Leticia
• Antonella
• Aurélia
• Adrianna
• Massilia
• Vitoria
• Tatiana
• Rosalya
• Julianna

See also

• →French names of Latin origin