Cecilie
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- SES-i-lee
- Origin
- Latin
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,776 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #10,913 for girls
Cecilie is a girls' name of Latin origin, meaning “blind”. In 2025 it ranked 3,776th for girls in the UK (6 babies) and 10,913th for girls in the US (8 babies).
What does Cecilie mean?
Latin: spelling of Cecily; medieval English form of Cecilia
“blind”
The medieval English form of Cecilia; Cecily Neville was the mother of Edward IV and Richard III.
Meaning borrowed from Cecily. More on Wiktionary.
Is Cecilie a girl's or a boy's name?
Cecilie is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls in the UK and 8 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Cecilie in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,776among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 46,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 214% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 6 girls in the UK were named Cecilie, making it the 3,776th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,274th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 10 girls.
Half of all the girls named Cecilie in the UK since 1996 were born between 2008 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 84 girls in the UK were given Cecilie or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #506, up from #3,776 for this spelling alone.
- Cecily 78
- Cecilie 6
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,704th in England and Wales.
Cecilie in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #3,776 |
| 2024 | 6 | #3,758 |
| 2023 | 10 | #2,640 |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,885 |
| 2021 | 5 | #4,148 |
| 2020 | 7 | #3,274 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 3 | #6,003 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 9 | #2,794 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 3 | #5,801 |
| 2008 | 6 | #3,589 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 3 | #4,976 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 5 | #3,233 |
| 2002 | 3 | #4,284 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 3 | #4,026 |
| 1997 | 3 | #3,991 |
How popular is Cecilie in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #10,913among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 8about 1 in 200,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 8 girls in the US were named Cecilie, making it the 10,913th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 1990, with 25 girls. It first appears in the records in 1921.
2025 had more girls named Cecilie than any year since 2008.
Half of all the girls named Cecilie in the US since 1880 were born between 1966 and 2000, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 145 girls in the US were given Cecilie or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,301, up from #10,913 for this spelling alone.
- Cecily 137
- Cecilie 8
Cecilie in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #10,913 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 7 | #12,237 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 5 | #15,677 |
| 2017 | 7 | #12,709 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 7 | #13,001 |
| 2014 | 6 | #14,552 |
| 2013 | 5 | #16,542 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 10 | #10,802 |
| 2007 | 7 | #13,918 |
| 2006 | 6 | #15,147 |
| 2005 | 5 | #16,455 |
| 2004 | 6 | #14,172 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 7 | #12,181 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 11 | #8,527 |
| 1999 | 5 | #14,403 |
| 1998 | 8 | #10,116 |
| 1997 | 11 | #7,737 |
| 1996 | 13 | #6,718 |
| 1995 | 6 | #11,778 |
| 1994 | 9 | #8,798 |
| 1993 | 10 | #8,045 |
| 1992 | 9 | #8,726 |
| 1991 | 10 | #7,980 |
| 1990 | 25 | #3,998 |
| 1989 | 18 | #4,842 |
| 1988 | 14 | #5,593 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 5 | #10,907 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 5 | #10,390 |
| 1979 | 6 | #9,008 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 7 | #7,294 |
| 1975 | 5 | #9,065 |
| 1974 | 9 | #5,775 |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 9 | #5,412 |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 7 | #5,272 |
| 1965 | 7 | #5,288 |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 7 | #5,308 |
| 1960 | 7 | #5,167 |
| 1959 | 6 | #5,565 |
| 1958 | 6 | #5,407 |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 7 | #4,836 |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 10 | #3,717 |
| 1953 | 6 | #5,039 |
| 1952 | 6 | #4,906 |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 6 | #4,736 |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 5 | #4,723 |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 8 | #3,663 |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 5 | #5,007 |
| 1921 | 5 | #5,097 |
Nicknames for Cecilie
- Cissy
- Cece 44 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Cecilie
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Callie Marnie Hallie Cassie Connie Darcie Celine Rosie Sadie Emily Amelie Clementine
Other spellings of Cecilie
Names related to Cecilie
More Latin names
Oliver Olivia Leo Roman Aurora Florence Mabel Luna Nora Emilia Max Nova Lucy Julian Clara Anthony
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Cecilie: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/cecilie, updated 20 October 2026.