# Cecile (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/cecile/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | Latin |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /səˈsiːl/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 20,612 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 191 / 20,421 (99% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 162, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From French Cécile, from Anglo-Norman Cecile, from Latin Caecilia.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 25 | 5,400 |
| 2012 | 29 | 4,859 |
| 2013 | 22 | 5,860 |
| 2014 | 19 | 6,507 |
| 2015 | 27 | 5,013 |
| 2016 | 25 | 5,314 |
| 2017 | 24 | 5,399 |
| 2018 | 24 | 5,346 |
| 2019 | 21 | 5,834 |
| 2020 | 25 | 5,043 |
| 2021 | 25 | 5,119 |
| 2022 | 20 | 6,041 |
| 2023 | 16 | 6,996 |
| 2024 | 22 | 5,659 |
| 2025 | 22 | 5,592 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1928 | 11 | 2,536 |
| 1929 | 6 | 3,616 |
| 1930 | 9 | 2,807 |
| 1931 | 7 | 3,139 |
| 1932 | 7 | 3,130 |
| 1933 | 5 | 3,725 |
| 1934 | 7 | 3,017 |
| 1935 | 5 | 3,732 |
| 1936 | 5 | 3,625 |
| 1937 | 6 | 3,225 |
| 1938 | 12 | 2,098 |
| 1939 | 12 | 2,074 |
| 1942 | 5 | 3,642 |
| 1946 | 5 | 3,599 |
| 1952 | 5 | 3,819 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 6 | 3,422 |
| 2010 | 4 | 4,688 |
| 2011 | 8 | 2,893 |
| 2012 | 8 | 2,969 |
| 2013 | 6 | 3,536 |
| 2015 | 10 | 2,496 |
| 2016 | 4 | 4,763 |
| 2017 | 3 | 5,765 |
| 2018 | 5 | 3,985 |
| 2019 | 4 | 4,686 |
| 2020 | 3 | 5,493 |
| 2021 | 9 | 2,711 |
| 2022 | 6 | 3,533 |
| 2023 | 7 | 3,218 |
| 2025 | 4 | 4,867 |

## People named Cecile

- Cécile de France, Belgian actress
- Cécile Chaminade, French composer and pianist (1857-1944)
- Cécile Aubry, French actress, television director, writer and screenwriter (1928–2010)
- Cécile Duflot, French politician
- Cécile Cassel, French actress and singer
- Cecile of France, daughter of Philip I of France
- Cécile DeWitt-Morette, French mathematician and physicist (1922-2017)
- Cécile Corbel, French singer and harpist
- Cécile McLorin Salvant, American jazz singer of French and Haitian roots
- Cecile Arnold, American actress (1891-1931)
- Cécile Bois, French actress
- Cécile Sorel, French actress (1873–1966)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.