# Cicely (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/cicely/  
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 | Cissy |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 2,391 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 2,391 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 393, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 20 | 6,438 |
| 2011 | 15 | 7,881 |
| 2012 | 8 | 12,463 |
| 2013 | 26 | 5,171 |
| 2014 | 11 | 9,690 |
| 2015 | 9 | 11,095 |
| 2016 | 16 | 7,333 |
| 2017 | 10 | 10,130 |
| 2018 | 11 | 9,300 |
| 2019 | 11 | 9,257 |
| 2021 | 17 | 6,751 |
| 2022 | 10 | 9,849 |
| 2023 | 8 | 11,407 |
| 2024 | 7 | 12,438 |
| 2025 | 13 | 7,975 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 12 | 2,150 |
| 2012 | 11 | 2,338 |
| 2013 | 25 | 1,324 |
| 2014 | 10 | 2,464 |
| 2015 | 10 | 2,496 |
| 2016 | 6 | 3,609 |
| 2017 | 10 | 2,502 |
| 2018 | 10 | 2,499 |
| 2019 | 7 | 3,151 |
| 2020 | 7 | 3,117 |
| 2021 | 10 | 2,499 |
| 2022 | 8 | 2,888 |
| 2023 | 5 | 4,056 |
| 2024 | 7 | 3,318 |
| 2025 | 14 | 2,006 |

## People named Cicely

- Cicely Tyson, American actress (1924–2021)
- Cicely Saunders, English writer, doctor, founder of the hospice care movement, palliative care activist
- Cicely Hamilton, British actress and writer
- Cicely Mary Barker, British artist (1895-1973)
- Cicely Courtneidge, English actress and comedian (1893–1980)
- Veronica Wedgwood, English historian (1910–1997)

## 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.