Cesilia
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- seh-SEE-lee-a
- Origin
- Latin
Cesilia is a girls' name of Latin origin, meaning “blind”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Cesilia mean?
Latin: variant of Cecilia, from the Roman family name Caecilius
“blind”
Saint Cecilia, an early Roman martyr, is the patron saint of music.
Is Cesilia a girl's or a boy's name?
Cesilia is a girls' name.
How popular is Cesilia in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1995, with 44 girls. It first appears in the records in 1962.
Half of all the girls named Cesilia in the US since 1880 were born between 1989 and 2003, the years shaded on the chart below.
Cesilia in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 5 | #15,288 |
| 2023 | 5 | #15,188 |
| 2022 | 8 | #11,225 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 5 | #16,210 |
| 2015 | 8 | #11,830 |
| 2014 | 8 | #11,925 |
| 2013 | 9 | #10,995 |
| 2012 | 13 | #8,628 |
| 2011 | 12 | #9,146 |
| 2010 | 11 | #9,786 |
| 2009 | 14 | #8,450 |
| 2008 | 21 | #6,347 |
| 2007 | 16 | #7,729 |
| 2006 | 15 | #7,865 |
| 2005 | 23 | #5,432 |
| 2004 | 21 | #5,740 |
| 2003 | 14 | #7,575 |
| 2002 | 21 | #5,440 |
| 2001 | 41 | #3,312 |
| 2000 | 27 | #4,395 |
| 1999 | 31 | #3,800 |
| 1998 | 30 | #3,828 |
| 1997 | 28 | #3,894 |
| 1996 | 25 | #4,179 |
| 1995 | 44 | #2,730 |
| 1994 | 32 | #3,443 |
| 1993 | 28 | #3,771 |
| 1992 | 29 | #3,674 |
| 1991 | 23 | #4,323 |
| 1990 | 15 | #5,829 |
| 1989 | 18 | #4,842 |
| 1988 | 9 | #7,686 |
| 1987 | 11 | #6,330 |
| 1986 | 13 | #5,456 |
| 1985 | 12 | #5,676 |
| 1984 | 12 | #5,538 |
| 1983 | 20 | #3,805 |
| 1982 | 9 | #6,886 |
| 1981 | 21 | #3,738 |
| 1980 | 18 | #4,147 |
| 1979 | 10 | #6,188 |
| 1978 | 9 | #6,384 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 13 | #4,612 |
| 1975 | 5 | #9,065 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 6 | #7,433 |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 5 | #7,994 |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 5 | #6,577 |
Nicknames for Cesilia
Names like Cesilia
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Victoria, Olivia, Alivia, Natalia, Mariana, Viviana, Octavia, Liliana, Sophia, Ariana, Cecilia, Carolina
More Latin names
Oliver, Leo, Roman, Aurora, Emily, Florence, Mabel, Luna, Nora, Rosie, Emilia, Max, Nova, Lucy, Julian, Clara
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, “Cesilia: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/cesilia, updated 20 October 2026.