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Ceili

  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 5
  • Births on record 401

Northern Ireland

#519

2012 births

Ceili is a girl's name. In 2019 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 1997, when 23 babies were given the name.
  • It has been falling over the past decade.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1989.

Ceili over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1980s to 2010s.

140
'80 '90 '00 '10
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Births named Ceili by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1980s 8
1990s 105
2000s 140
2010s 35

How popular is Ceili?

In 2019, Ceili 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 Ceili is used

Northern Ireland #519 3 in 2012
Ireland as Céilí #931 3 in 2024
Canada #3,080 6 in 2010
United States #14,794 6 in 2019

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.

How Ceili is spelled

Birth registers count each spelling separately, so every one has its own ranking.

Spelling What it is Births on record
Céilí Céilí is a rare spelling of Ceili, written with a fada and recorded 9 times, mostly in Ireland. 9

Names that peaked alongside Ceili

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

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Sibling names for Ceili

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

Common questions about Ceili

How popular is the name Ceili?

In 2019, Ceili 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 Ceili a girl's or a boy's name?

Ceili is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Ceili most popular?

Ceili peaked in 1997, when 23 babies were given the name. It has been falling over the past decade.