Cecillia
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- se-SEE-lee-a
- Origin
- Latin
Cecillia is a girls' name of Latin origin, meaning “blind”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Cecillia mean?
Latin: spelling of Cecilia; feminine of the Roman family name Caecilius, from caecus
“blind”
St Cecilia, an early Roman martyr, is the patron saint of music and musicians.
Meaning borrowed from Cecilia. More on Wiktionary.
Is Cecillia a girl's or a boy's name?
Cecillia is a girls' name.
How popular is Cecillia in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2007, with 20 girls. It first appears in the records in 1907.
Half of all the girls named Cecillia in the US since 1880 were born between 1982 and 2010, the years shaded on the chart below.
Cecillia in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 9 | #10,266 |
| 2023 | 8 | #11,164 |
| 2022 | 8 | #11,225 |
| 2021 | 11 | #8,973 |
| 2020 | 8 | #11,085 |
| 2019 | 8 | #11,350 |
| 2018 | 6 | #13,788 |
| 2017 | 10 | #9,939 |
| 2016 | 16 | #7,227 |
| 2015 | 7 | #13,001 |
| 2014 | 8 | #11,925 |
| 2013 | 15 | #7,744 |
| 2012 | 13 | #8,628 |
| 2011 | 10 | #10,370 |
| 2010 | 15 | #7,877 |
| 2009 | 17 | #7,338 |
| 2008 | 15 | #8,105 |
| 2007 | 20 | #6,548 |
| 2006 | 11 | #9,897 |
| 2005 | 8 | #11,828 |
| 2004 | 5 | #16,092 |
| 2003 | 13 | #7,993 |
| 2002 | 11 | #8,831 |
| 2001 | 10 | #9,344 |
| 2000 | 9 | #9,867 |
| 1999 | 9 | #9,472 |
| 1998 | 10 | #8,579 |
| 1997 | 9 | #9,012 |
| 1996 | 6 | #11,801 |
| 1995 | 11 | #7,509 |
| 1994 | 6 | #11,771 |
| 1993 | 11 | #7,491 |
| 1992 | 7 | #10,471 |
| 1991 | 7 | #10,263 |
| 1990 | 12 | #6,861 |
| 1989 | 9 | #8,031 |
| 1988 | 9 | #7,686 |
| 1987 | 12 | #5,918 |
| 1986 | 11 | #6,153 |
| 1985 | 9 | #6,952 |
| 1984 | 7 | #8,149 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 5 | #10,514 |
| 1981 | 6 | #9,108 |
| 1980 | 6 | #9,093 |
| 1979 | 8 | #7,311 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 6 | #8,442 |
| 1976 | 6 | #8,154 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 5 | #8,322 |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 5 | #7,014 |
| 1967 | 7 | #5,456 |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 6 | #5,816 |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 9 | #4,436 |
| 1959 | 10 | #4,030 |
| 1958 | 5 | #6,102 |
| 1957 | 7 | #4,917 |
| 1956 | 5 | #5,951 |
| 1955 | 5 | #5,826 |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 7 | #4,594 |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 5 | #5,299 |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 5 | #5,241 |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 6 | #4,122 |
| 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 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 6 | #4,443 |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 0 | – |
| 1915 | 0 | – |
| 1914 | 5 | #3,617 |
| 1913 | 0 | – |
| 1912 | 0 | – |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 5 | #2,060 |
Nicknames for Cecillia
Names like Cecillia
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Olivia, Victoria, Alivia, Octavia, Sophia, Emilia, Lucia, Natalia, Valeria, Camila, Amelia, Mariana
Names related to Cecillia
More Latin names
Oliver, Leo, Roman, Aurora, Emily, Florence, Mabel, Luna, Nora, Rosie, Max, Nova, Lucy, Julian, Clara, 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, “Cecillia: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/cecillia, updated 20 October 2026.