Cecilio
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- seh-SEE-lee-oh
- Origin
- Latin
- US rank, 2025
- #8,239 for boys
Cecilio is a boys' name of Latin origin, meaning “blind”. In 2025 it ranked 8,239th for boys in the US (9 babies).
What does Cecilio mean?
Latin: Spanish and Italian form of Latin Caecilius
“blind”
The masculine counterpart of Cecilia, from the Roman family name Caecilius.
Is Cecilio a girl's or a boy's name?
Cecilio is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Cecilio in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 8,239th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 9 about 1 in 190,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 9 boys in the US were named Cecilio, making it the 8,239th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,231st. Its busiest year was 1998, with 39 boys. It first appears in the records in 1909.
2025 had fewer boys named Cecilio than any year since 2018.
Half of all the boys named Cecilio in the US since 1880 were born between 1950 and 1995, the years shaded on the chart below.
Cecilio in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #8,239 |
| 2024 | 15 | #5,899 |
| 2023 | 19 | #5,070 |
| 2022 | 12 | #6,822 |
| 2021 | 18 | #5,105 |
| 2020 | 17 | #5,231 |
| 2019 | 12 | #6,772 |
| 2018 | 8 | #8,813 |
| 2017 | 13 | #6,334 |
| 2016 | 22 | #4,469 |
| 2015 | 13 | #6,320 |
| 2014 | 18 | #5,062 |
| 2013 | 12 | #6,598 |
| 2012 | 15 | #5,714 |
| 2011 | 18 | #4,981 |
| 2010 | 17 | #5,248 |
| 2009 | 16 | #5,551 |
| 2008 | 20 | #4,710 |
| 2007 | 28 | #3,685 |
| 2006 | 14 | #5,777 |
| 2005 | 17 | #4,819 |
| 2004 | 14 | #5,487 |
| 2003 | 24 | #3,621 |
| 2002 | 27 | #3,255 |
| 2001 | 35 | #2,676 |
| 2000 | 25 | #3,293 |
| 1999 | 30 | #2,791 |
| 1998 | 39 | #2,271 |
| 1997 | 35 | #2,344 |
| 1996 | 27 | #2,742 |
| 1995 | 33 | #2,341 |
| 1994 | 30 | #2,497 |
| 1993 | 37 | #2,118 |
| 1992 | 28 | #2,527 |
| 1991 | 30 | #2,338 |
| 1990 | 33 | #2,165 |
| 1989 | 28 | #2,353 |
| 1988 | 29 | #2,141 |
| 1987 | 25 | #2,268 |
| 1986 | 25 | #2,224 |
| 1985 | 33 | #1,793 |
| 1984 | 27 | #1,978 |
| 1983 | 35 | #1,650 |
| 1982 | 38 | #1,595 |
| 1981 | 37 | #1,601 |
| 1980 | 34 | #1,695 |
| 1979 | 33 | #1,711 |
| 1978 | 29 | #1,794 |
| 1977 | 36 | #1,546 |
| 1976 | 23 | #2,053 |
| 1975 | 25 | #1,883 |
| 1974 | 24 | #1,886 |
| 1973 | 21 | #1,981 |
| 1972 | 31 | #1,535 |
| 1971 | 15 | #2,463 |
| 1970 | 30 | #1,545 |
| 1969 | 29 | #1,492 |
| 1968 | 26 | #1,543 |
| 1967 | 30 | #1,387 |
| 1966 | 21 | #1,683 |
| 1965 | 18 | #1,855 |
| 1964 | 30 | #1,434 |
| 1963 | 26 | #1,547 |
| 1962 | 25 | #1,587 |
| 1961 | 14 | #2,241 |
| 1960 | 20 | #1,811 |
| 1959 | 22 | #1,708 |
| 1958 | 23 | #1,643 |
| 1957 | 19 | #1,836 |
| 1956 | 20 | #1,764 |
| 1955 | 27 | #1,482 |
| 1954 | 20 | #1,705 |
| 1953 | 19 | #1,764 |
| 1952 | 24 | #1,546 |
| 1951 | 25 | #1,488 |
| 1950 | 22 | #1,571 |
| 1949 | 18 | #1,753 |
| 1948 | 17 | #1,816 |
| 1947 | 24 | #1,518 |
| 1946 | 23 | #1,474 |
| 1945 | 24 | #1,348 |
| 1944 | 21 | #1,482 |
| 1943 | 15 | #1,909 |
| 1942 | 24 | #1,421 |
| 1941 | 17 | #1,685 |
| 1940 | 15 | #1,802 |
| 1939 | 17 | #1,636 |
| 1938 | 11 | #2,185 |
| 1937 | 16 | #1,756 |
| 1936 | 11 | #2,184 |
| 1935 | 13 | #2,029 |
| 1934 | 10 | #2,393 |
| 1933 | 11 | #2,213 |
| 1932 | 6 | #3,360 |
| 1931 | 13 | #2,101 |
| 1930 | 18 | #1,753 |
| 1929 | 15 | #2,002 |
| 1928 | 14 | #2,162 |
| 1927 | 19 | #1,796 |
| 1926 | 16 | #1,981 |
| 1925 | 20 | #1,744 |
| 1924 | 20 | #1,776 |
| 1923 | 16 | #2,019 |
| 1922 | 15 | #2,142 |
| 1921 | 21 | #1,703 |
| 1920 | 24 | #1,543 |
| 1919 | 10 | #2,664 |
| 1918 | 11 | #2,542 |
| 1917 | 16 | #1,899 |
| 1916 | 9 | #2,729 |
| 1915 | 13 | #2,069 |
| 1914 | 9 | #2,270 |
| 1913 | 11 | #1,675 |
| 1912 | 5 | #2,543 |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 5 | #1,439 |
Names like Cecilio
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Antonio, Mario, Ignacio, Julio, Aurelio, Emilio, Sergio, Mauricio, Octavio, Marco, Francisco, Victor
Names related to Cecilio
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, “Cecilio: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/cecilio, updated 20 October 2026.