Ceceilia
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- se-SEEL-ya
- Origin
- Latin
Ceceilia is a girls' name of Latin origin, meaning “blind”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Ceceilia mean?
Latin: variant of Cecilia, from the Roman family name Caecilius
“blind”
Variant of Cecilia, the name of Saint Cecilia, a Roman martyr who became the patron saint of musicians.
Is Ceceilia a girl's or a boy's name?
Ceceilia is a girls' name.
How popular is Ceceilia in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1956, with 15 girls. It first appears in the records in 1939.
Half of all the girls named Ceceilia in the US since 1880 were born between 1956 and 2005, the years shaded on the chart below.
Ceceilia in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 6 | #13,456 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 9 | #10,287 |
| 2020 | 5 | #15,083 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 5 | #15,898 |
| 2016 | 5 | #16,210 |
| 2015 | 5 | #16,413 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 5 | #16,863 |
| 2011 | 8 | #12,146 |
| 2010 | 5 | #16,985 |
| 2009 | 9 | #11,454 |
| 2008 | 5 | #17,498 |
| 2007 | 6 | #15,485 |
| 2006 | 6 | #15,147 |
| 2005 | 6 | #14,495 |
| 2004 | 6 | #14,172 |
| 2003 | 6 | #13,837 |
| 2002 | 13 | #7,810 |
| 2001 | 7 | #12,049 |
| 2000 | 7 | #11,794 |
| 1999 | 5 | #14,403 |
| 1998 | 6 | #12,420 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 10 | #8,127 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 5 | #13,423 |
| 1993 | 6 | #11,773 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 6 | #11,501 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 6 | #9,139 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 5 | #10,409 |
| 1980 | 5 | #10,390 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 5 | #8,421 |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 6 | #6,615 |
| 1968 | 5 | #7,014 |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 10 | #4,262 |
| 1961 | 10 | #4,238 |
| 1960 | 5 | #6,389 |
| 1959 | 5 | #6,244 |
| 1958 | 8 | #4,519 |
| 1957 | 5 | #6,085 |
| 1956 | 15 | #3,047 |
| 1955 | 9 | #4,068 |
| 1954 | 6 | #5,146 |
| 1953 | 7 | #4,594 |
| 1952 | 7 | #4,482 |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 8 | #3,881 |
| 1947 | 5 | #5,293 |
| 1946 | 10 | #3,216 |
| 1945 | 5 | #4,554 |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 5 | #4,690 |
| 1942 | 8 | #3,442 |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 5 | #4,248 |
Nicknames for Ceceilia
- Cece 44 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Ceceilia
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Julia, Cecilia, Lucia, Celia, Lydia, Sophia, Victoria, Clara, Claudia, Olivia, Cordelia, Camila
Names related to Ceceilia
More Latin names
Oliver, Leo, Roman, Aurora, Emily, Florence, Mabel, Luna, Nora, Rosie, Emilia, Max, Nova, Lucy, Julian, Anthony
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Ceceilia: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ceceilia, updated 20 October 2026.