girl's name

Cecille

  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 7
  • Births on record 1,018

France

#865

1915 births

Cecille is a girl's name. In 2022 it was given to 6 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

  • Peaked in 1942, when 26 babies were given the name.
  • Its usage has held steady over the past decade.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1888.

Cecille over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1880s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2022, not a full ten years.

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'80 '90 '00 '10 '20 '30 '40 '50 '60 '70 '80 '90 '00 '10 '20
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Births named Cecille by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1880s 5
1890s 24
1900s 70
1910s 139
1920s 177
1930s 121
1940s 150
1950s 102
1960s 26
1970s 36
1980s 48
1990s 39
2000s 23
2010s 13
2020s (to 2022) 11

How popular is Cecille?

In 2022, Cecille was given to 6 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Where Cecille is used

France #865 5 in 1915
England & Wales #5,433 4 in 2011
United States #14,501 6 in 2022

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Cecille

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Cecille also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Cecille over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Cecille

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Cecille — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Cecille

How popular is the name Cecille?

In 2022, Cecille was given to 6 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Is Cecille a girl's or a boy's name?

Cecille is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Cecille most popular?

Cecille peaked in 1942, when 26 babies were given the name. Its usage has held steady over the past decade.