The first name Cecelia
A girl’s name from Latin.
3 syllables Female
Meaning and origin
Latin origin
A female given name from Latin, variant of Cecilia.
A form of Cecilia.
From Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity
Babies registered in England and Wales, 1996–2025
In 2025, 95 girls were named Cecelia, making it the 426th most popular girls’ name.
Office for National Statistics; years with fewer than three births are not published and show as zero. Compare Cecelia with other names.
Popularity in the United States
Babies named Cecelia at birth, 1880–2025
In 2025, 569 girls born in the United States were named Cecelia, the 529th most popular girls’ name that year. It was used most in 1918, when 935 were.
US Social Security Administration, from applications for a Social Security card. A name is only published for a year when at least five babies were given it, so quieter years show as zero.
Famous people named Cecelia
2 on Wikidata, most written-about first
- Cecelia WolstenholmeBritish swimmer, Olympic athlete, British Empire Games gold medallist, 1915–1968
- Texas GuinanAmerican Prohibition era saloon keeper and entrepreneur (1884-1933)
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Questions
- What is the origin of the name Cecelia?
- Cecelia comes from Latin.
- How popular is the name Cecelia?
- In 2025, 95 girls born in England and Wales were named Cecelia, ranking 426th.
- Is Cecelia a boy's or a girl's name?
- Mostly a girl's name: 100% of the 60,530 US babies named Cecelia since 1880 were girls.
- When was Cecelia most popular?
- 1918 in the United States, when 935 babies were named Cecelia, its highest rank at 205th.
- What name is Cecelia a form of?
- Cecelia is a form of Cecilia.