Cecila
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- se-SEE-la
- Origin
- Latin
Cecila is a girls' name of Latin origin, meaning “blind”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Cecila 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 Cecila a girl's or a boy's name?
Cecila is a girls' name.
How popular is Cecila in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1970, with 18 girls. It first appears in the records in 1900.
Half of all the girls named Cecila in the US since 1880 were born between 1946 and 1987, the years shaded on the chart below.
Cecila in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 5 | #15,300 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 6 | #13,448 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 7 | #13,477 |
| 2011 | 8 | #12,146 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 7 | #13,698 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 5 | #17,630 |
| 2006 | 6 | #15,147 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 5 | #15,426 |
| 2001 | 9 | #10,095 |
| 2000 | 11 | #8,527 |
| 1999 | 12 | #7,710 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 10 | #8,329 |
| 1996 | 6 | #11,801 |
| 1995 | 13 | #6,636 |
| 1994 | 9 | #8,798 |
| 1993 | 12 | #7,031 |
| 1992 | 10 | #8,057 |
| 1991 | 8 | #9,328 |
| 1990 | 16 | #5,544 |
| 1989 | 16 | #5,280 |
| 1988 | 16 | #5,060 |
| 1987 | 12 | #5,918 |
| 1986 | 8 | #7,745 |
| 1985 | 12 | #5,676 |
| 1984 | 9 | #6,808 |
| 1983 | 12 | #5,456 |
| 1982 | 13 | #5,207 |
| 1981 | 12 | #5,570 |
| 1980 | 13 | #5,244 |
| 1979 | 12 | #5,426 |
| 1978 | 12 | #5,214 |
| 1977 | 6 | #8,442 |
| 1976 | 10 | #5,599 |
| 1975 | 9 | #5,982 |
| 1974 | 14 | #4,226 |
| 1973 | 15 | #3,970 |
| 1972 | 12 | #4,522 |
| 1971 | 15 | #3,941 |
| 1970 | 18 | #3,435 |
| 1969 | 8 | #5,455 |
| 1968 | 16 | #3,314 |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 9 | #4,492 |
| 1965 | 13 | #3,548 |
| 1964 | 8 | #5,007 |
| 1963 | 7 | #5,295 |
| 1962 | 14 | #3,437 |
| 1961 | 10 | #4,238 |
| 1960 | 6 | #5,695 |
| 1959 | 15 | #3,103 |
| 1958 | 12 | #3,542 |
| 1957 | 9 | #4,201 |
| 1956 | 8 | #4,466 |
| 1955 | 8 | #4,375 |
| 1954 | 5 | #5,751 |
| 1953 | 11 | #3,479 |
| 1952 | 8 | #4,122 |
| 1951 | 9 | #3,713 |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 12 | #2,973 |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 10 | #3,216 |
| 1945 | 5 | #4,554 |
| 1944 | 8 | #3,377 |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 5 | #4,620 |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 6 | #3,861 |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 8 | #3,179 |
| 1937 | 8 | #3,145 |
| 1936 | 5 | #4,179 |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 7 | #3,495 |
| 1930 | 6 | #4,045 |
| 1929 | 6 | #4,051 |
| 1928 | 6 | #4,193 |
| 1927 | 7 | #3,873 |
| 1926 | 9 | #3,268 |
| 1925 | 7 | #4,027 |
| 1924 | 11 | #2,972 |
| 1923 | 7 | #3,970 |
| 1922 | 11 | #2,956 |
| 1921 | 9 | #3,399 |
| 1920 | 8 | #3,596 |
| 1919 | 13 | #2,515 |
| 1918 | 5 | #4,807 |
| 1917 | 6 | #4,081 |
| 1916 | 7 | #3,550 |
| 1915 | 5 | #4,272 |
| 1914 | 0 | – |
| 1913 | 7 | #2,538 |
| 1912 | 0 | – |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 6 | #2,140 |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 7 | #1,560 |
Nicknames for Cecila
- Cece 44 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Cecila
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Laura, Amanda, Rosa, Regina, Julia, Priscilla, Marcella, Christina, Loretta, Angela, Rebecca, Celia
Names related to Cecila
Cecilia, Cecelia, Cecily, Cecile, Cecillia, Ceceilia, Cecilie
More Latin names
Oliver, Olivia, Leo, Roman, Aurora, Emily, Florence, Mabel, Luna, Nora, Rosie, Emilia, Max, Nova, Lucy, Julian
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, “Cecila: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/cecila, updated 20 October 2026.