# Cecily (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/cecily/  
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 | not recorded |
| Nicknames | Cecie, Cecy |
| Variant spellings | Cicely |
| US babies named this | 8,673 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 8,673 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 1,313, 1996 to 2025 |

## 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 | 104 | 1,914 |
| 2012 | 114 | 1,794 |
| 2013 | 170 | 1,372 |
| 2014 | 244 | 1,061 |
| 2015 | 214 | 1,176 |
| 2016 | 196 | 1,243 |
| 2017 | 191 | 1,244 |
| 2018 | 141 | 1,544 |
| 2019 | 161 | 1,396 |
| 2020 | 131 | 1,595 |
| 2021 | 127 | 1,644 |
| 2022 | 131 | 1,615 |
| 2023 | 111 | 1,816 |
| 2024 | 131 | 1,601 |
| 2025 | 137 | 1,541 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 45 | 817 |
| 2012 | 61 | 679 |
| 2013 | 60 | 663 |
| 2014 | 70 | 589 |
| 2015 | 65 | 637 |
| 2016 | 72 | 585 |
| 2017 | 53 | 753 |
| 2018 | 53 | 745 |
| 2019 | 60 | 651 |
| 2020 | 51 | 720 |
| 2021 | 53 | 709 |
| 2022 | 52 | 706 |
| 2023 | 53 | 677 |
| 2024 | 62 | 625 |
| 2025 | 78 | 514 |

## People named Cecily

- Cecily Neville, Duchess of York, English noblewoman (1415–1495)
- Cecily von Ziegesar, American writer
- Cecily Strong, American actress
- Cecily Adams, American actress (1958–2004)
- Cecily Brown, British artist (born 1969)
- Cecily Bonville, 7th Baroness Harington, English noblewoman
- Cecily Lefort, French resistance member (1900-1945)

## 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.