Cecil
Boy · Latin
Cecil is a boys' name of Latin origin, meaning “blind”. In 2025 it ranked 4,301st for boys in the UK (4 babies) and 1,486th for boys in the US (119 babies).
What does Cecil mean?
Latin
“blind”
A unisex given name from Latin.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Cecil a girl's or a boy's name?
Cecil is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 boys in the UK and 119 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Cecil in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,301among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 4about 1 in 75,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 39% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 4 boys in the UK were named Cecil, making it the 4,301st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,819th. Its busiest year was 2009, with 8 boys.
Half of all the boys named Cecil in the UK since 1996 were born between 2009 and 2020. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,212th in England and Wales.
In the England and Wales top 100 for boys, which the ONS has published every ten years since 1904: 1904 (#34), 1914 (#46), 1924 (#60) and 1934 (#94).
Cecil in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,301 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 7 | #2,965 |
| 2022 | 6 | #3,219 |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,188 |
| 2020 | 7 | #2,819 |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,126 |
| 2018 | 7 | #2,823 |
| 2017 | 5 | #3,608 |
| 2016 | 3 | #5,015 |
| 2015 | 6 | #3,149 |
| 2014 | 5 | #3,529 |
| 2013 | 3 | #4,884 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 3 | #4,837 |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,026 |
| 2009 | 8 | #2,445 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 3 | #4,486 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 5 | #2,885 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 6 | #1,977 |
| 1999 | 5 | #2,184 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 4 | #2,442 |
How popular is Cecil in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,486among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 119about 1 in 14,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 16% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 119 boys in the US were named Cecil, making it the 1,486th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,647th. Its busiest year was 1920, with 2,459 boys.
Half of all the boys named Cecil in the US since 1880 were born between 1921 and 1953, the years shaded on the chart below.
Girls were 24% of the babies named Cecil in the US in 1880, and 4% in 2022.
Cecil in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 119 | #1,486 |
| 2024 | 122 | #1,481 |
| 2023 | 117 | #1,508 |
| 2022 | 114 | #1,559 |
| 2021 | 114 | #1,538 |
| 2020 | 97 | #1,647 |
| 2019 | 98 | #1,652 |
| 2018 | 114 | #1,506 |
| 2017 | 103 | #1,575 |
| 2016 | 103 | #1,585 |
| 2015 | 114 | #1,468 |
| 2014 | 99 | #1,588 |
| 2013 | 114 | #1,444 |
| 2012 | 97 | #1,601 |
| 2011 | 91 | #1,656 |
| 2010 | 78 | #1,849 |
| 2009 | 88 | #1,741 |
| 2008 | 122 | #1,389 |
| 2007 | 111 | #1,445 |
| 2006 | 107 | #1,447 |
| 2005 | 108 | #1,380 |
| 2004 | 100 | #1,412 |
| 2003 | 101 | #1,347 |
| 2002 | 106 | #1,278 |
| 2001 | 121 | #1,141 |
| 2000 | 130 | #1,081 |
| 1999 | 133 | #1,037 |
| 1998 | 132 | #1,020 |
| 1997 | 135 | #970 |
| 1996 | 153 | #882 |
| 1995 | 147 | #910 |
| 1994 | 162 | #837 |
| 1993 | 196 | #745 |
| 1992 | 194 | #740 |
| 1991 | 217 | #682 |
| 1990 | 231 | #663 |
| 1989 | 237 | #647 |
| 1988 | 270 | #563 |
| 1987 | 250 | #574 |
| 1986 | 276 | #535 |
| 1985 | 266 | #533 |
| 1984 | 299 | #483 |
| 1983 | 309 | #480 |
| 1982 | 296 | #494 |
| 1981 | 320 | #464 |
| 1980 | 407 | #401 |
| 1979 | 351 | #426 |
| 1978 | 352 | #417 |
| 1977 | 369 | #409 |
| 1976 | 351 | #412 |
| 1975 | 348 | #417 |
| 1974 | 419 | #374 |
| 1973 | 414 | #377 |
| 1972 | 475 | #354 |
| 1971 | 536 | #344 |
| 1970 | 566 | #337 |
| 1969 | 552 | #329 |
| 1968 | 564 | #321 |
| 1967 | 543 | #320 |
| 1966 | 678 | #284 |
| 1965 | 726 | #277 |
| 1964 | 729 | #290 |
| 1963 | 826 | #266 |
| 1962 | 884 | #258 |
| 1961 | 969 | #251 |
| 1960 | 959 | #255 |
| 1959 | 1,008 | #251 |
| 1958 | 1,011 | #247 |
| 1957 | 1,074 | #230 |
| 1956 | 1,139 | #215 |
| 1955 | 1,228 | #205 |
| 1954 | 1,298 | #194 |
| 1953 | 1,254 | #196 |
| 1952 | 1,327 | #185 |
| 1951 | 1,323 | #181 |
| 1950 | 1,341 | #171 |
| 1949 | 1,318 | #173 |
| 1948 | 1,400 | #166 |
| 1947 | 1,443 | #165 |
| 1946 | 1,404 | #159 |
| 1945 | 1,355 | #152 |
| 1944 | 1,499 | #142 |
| 1943 | 1,697 | #132 |
| 1942 | 1,620 | #131 |
| 1941 | 1,512 | #132 |
| 1940 | 1,589 | #117 |
| 1939 | 1,578 | #114 |
| 1938 | 1,558 | #118 |
| 1937 | 1,635 | #114 |
| 1936 | 1,577 | #114 |
| 1935 | 1,726 | #109 |
| 1934 | 1,596 | #111 |
| 1933 | 1,506 | #111 |
| 1932 | 1,655 | #108 |
| 1931 | 1,769 | #102 |
| 1930 | 1,882 | #99 |
| 1929 | 1,889 | #101 |
| 1928 | 2,005 | #97 |
| 1927 | 2,227 | #92 |
| 1926 | 2,305 | #86 |
| 1925 | 2,297 | #87 |
| 1924 | 2,299 | #85 |
| 1923 | 2,255 | #87 |
| 1922 | 2,336 | #85 |
| 1921 | 2,456 | #79 |
| 1920 | 2,459 | #77 |
| 1919 | 2,300 | #78 |
| 1918 | 2,328 | #82 |
| 1917 | 2,101 | #83 |
| 1916 | 2,181 | #80 |
| 1915 | 2,181 | #76 |
| 1914 | 1,530 | #79 |
| 1913 | 1,276 | #74 |
| 1912 | 1,058 | #76 |
| 1911 | 560 | #76 |
| 1910 | 472 | #77 |
| 1909 | 432 | #72 |
| 1908 | 397 | #72 |
| 1907 | 399 | #69 |
| 1906 | 368 | #68 |
| 1905 | 347 | #72 |
| 1904 | 359 | #67 |
| 1903 | 332 | #66 |
| 1902 | 354 | #65 |
| 1901 | 278 | #70 |
| 1900 | 344 | #76 |
| 1899 | 256 | #77 |
| 1898 | 243 | #87 |
| 1897 | 216 | #84 |
| 1896 | 200 | #97 |
| 1895 | 192 | #100 |
| 1894 | 175 | #102 |
| 1893 | 147 | #114 |
| 1892 | 151 | #115 |
| 1891 | 108 | #126 |
| 1890 | 120 | #121 |
| 1889 | 102 | #141 |
| 1888 | 96 | #158 |
| 1887 | 80 | #155 |
| 1886 | 83 | #168 |
| 1885 | 87 | #154 |
| 1884 | 73 | #186 |
| 1883 | 51 | #212 |
| 1882 | 53 | #225 |
| 1881 | 35 | #268 |
| 1880 | 45 | #248 |
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