Cicely
Girl · SIS-i-lee · Latin
Cicely is a girls' name of Latin origin, meaning “blind”. In 2025 it ranked 2,076th for girls in the UK (14 babies) and 7,883rd for girls in the US (13 babies).
What does Cicely mean?
Latin: medieval English form of Cecilia, from the Roman name Caecilius
“blind”
Cecily Neville, mother of Edward IV and Richard III, was known as the Rose of Raby.
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Is Cicely a girl's or a boy's name?
Cicely is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 14 girls in the UK and 13 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Cicely in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,076among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 14about 1 in 20,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 8% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 14 girls in the UK were named Cicely, making it the 2,076th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,274th. Its busiest year was 2008, with 26 girls.
2025 had more girls named Cicely than any year since 2013.
Half of all the girls named Cicely in the UK since 1996 were born between 2002 and 2014. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,006th in England and Wales.
Cicely in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14 | #2,076 |
| 2024 | 7 | #3,381 |
| 2023 | 5 | #4,251 |
| 2022 | 8 | #3,050 |
| 2021 | 10 | #2,658 |
| 2020 | 7 | #3,274 |
| 2019 | 7 | #3,340 |
| 2018 | 10 | #2,631 |
| 2017 | 11 | #2,485 |
| 2016 | 6 | #3,788 |
| 2015 | 10 | #2,629 |
| 2014 | 11 | #2,462 |
| 2013 | 25 | #1,402 |
| 2012 | 12 | #2,319 |
| 2011 | 12 | #2,265 |
| 2010 | 10 | #2,540 |
| 2009 | 18 | #1,621 |
| 2008 | 26 | #1,215 |
| 2007 | 13 | #1,964 |
| 2006 | 16 | #1,614 |
| 2005 | 24 | #1,128 |
| 2004 | 14 | #1,634 |
| 2003 | 16 | #1,420 |
| 2002 | 18 | #1,225 |
| 2001 | 13 | #1,542 |
| 2000 | 12 | #1,593 |
| 1999 | 16 | #1,298 |
| 1998 | 17 | #1,238 |
| 1997 | 16 | #1,278 |
| 1996 | 16 | #1,244 |
How popular is Cicely in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,883among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 13about 1 in 120,000 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, 13 girls in the US were named Cicely, making it the 7,883rd most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 1974, with 256 girls. It first appears in the records in 1917.
Half of all the girls named Cicely in the US since 1880 were born between 1974 and 1992, the years shaded on the chart below.
Cicely in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #7,883 |
| 2024 | 7 | #12,156 |
| 2023 | 8 | #11,164 |
| 2022 | 10 | #9,674 |
| 2021 | 17 | #6,686 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 11 | #9,106 |
| 2018 | 11 | #9,146 |
| 2017 | 10 | #9,939 |
| 2016 | 16 | #7,227 |
| 2015 | 9 | #10,861 |
| 2014 | 11 | #9,512 |
| 2013 | 26 | #5,141 |
| 2012 | 8 | #12,193 |
| 2011 | 15 | #7,779 |
| 2010 | 20 | #6,380 |
| 2009 | 16 | #7,676 |
| 2008 | 13 | #8,961 |
| 2007 | 20 | #6,548 |
| 2006 | 22 | #5,904 |
| 2005 | 24 | #5,261 |
| 2004 | 14 | #7,823 |
| 2003 | 17 | #6,571 |
| 2002 | 28 | #4,377 |
| 2001 | 19 | #5,817 |
| 2000 | 27 | #4,395 |
| 1999 | 29 | #3,966 |
| 1998 | 31 | #3,727 |
| 1997 | 20 | #5,006 |
| 1996 | 19 | #5,060 |
| 1995 | 35 | #3,215 |
| 1994 | 17 | #5,440 |
| 1993 | 33 | #3,346 |
| 1992 | 35 | #3,213 |
| 1991 | 25 | #4,053 |
| 1990 | 17 | #5,281 |
| 1989 | 23 | #4,115 |
| 1988 | 32 | #3,090 |
| 1987 | 30 | #3,098 |
| 1986 | 35 | #2,723 |
| 1985 | 32 | #2,859 |
| 1984 | 60 | #1,788 |
| 1983 | 71 | #1,565 |
| 1982 | 85 | #1,429 |
| 1981 | 83 | #1,455 |
| 1980 | 79 | #1,502 |
| 1979 | 114 | #1,161 |
| 1978 | 116 | #1,117 |
| 1977 | 129 | #1,031 |
| 1976 | 96 | #1,182 |
| 1975 | 119 | #1,012 |
| 1974 | 256 | #608 |
| 1973 | 212 | #702 |
| 1972 | 11 | #4,792 |
| 1971 | 5 | #8,322 |
| 1970 | 13 | #4,245 |
| 1969 | 12 | #4,197 |
| 1968 | 6 | #6,244 |
| 1967 | 8 | #4,981 |
| 1966 | 10 | #4,197 |
| 1965 | 5 | #6,538 |
| 1964 | 6 | #6,008 |
| 1963 | 5 | #6,591 |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 6 | #5,039 |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 6 | #4,416 |
| 1945 | 5 | #4,554 |
| 1944 | 7 | #3,685 |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 6 | #3,952 |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 6 | #3,780 |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 5 | #4,253 |
| 1936 | 5 | #4,179 |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 5 | #4,849 |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 10 | #3,143 |
| 1923 | 8 | #3,640 |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 6 | #4,396 |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 5 | #4,807 |
| 1917 | 5 | #4,592 |
Nicknames for Cicely
- Cissy
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Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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