Sicily
Girl · SIS-ih-lee · Latin
Sicily is a girls' name of Latin origin, meaning “land of the Sicels”. In 2025 it ranked 3,776th for girls in the UK (6 babies) and 3,130th for girls in the US (51 babies).
What does Sicily mean?
Latin: the Italian island, Latin Sicilia
“land of the Sicels”
The Mediterranean island takes its name from the Sicels, an ancient people who lived there before the Greeks arrived.
- Say it
- SIS-ih-lee
Is Sicily a girl's or a boy's name?
Sicily is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls in the UK and 51 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Sicily in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,776among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 46,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 200% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 6 girls in the UK were named Sicily, making it the 3,776th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,734th. Its busiest year was 2010, with 6 girls.
2025 had more girls named Sicily than any year since 2013.
Half of all the girls named Sicily in the UK since 1996 were born between 2007 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,704th in England and Wales.
Sicily in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #3,776 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,966 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,870 |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,864 |
| 2020 | 3 | #5,734 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 3 | #5,983 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 6 | #3,719 |
| 2012 | 6 | #3,881 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 6 | #3,715 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 4 | #4,494 |
| 2006 | 3 | #5,259 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 3 | #4,789 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 4 | #3,427 |
How popular is Sicily in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,130among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 51about 1 in 32,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 41% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 51 girls in the US were named Sicily, making it the 3,130th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,777th. Its busiest year was 2006, with 74 girls. It first appears in the records in 1973.
Half of all the girls named Sicily in the US since 1880 were born between 2003 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Sicily in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 51 | #3,130 |
| 2024 | 51 | #3,119 |
| 2023 | 47 | #3,386 |
| 2022 | 45 | #3,469 |
| 2021 | 45 | #3,434 |
| 2020 | 38 | #3,777 |
| 2019 | 29 | #4,652 |
| 2018 | 39 | #3,788 |
| 2017 | 41 | #3,696 |
| 2016 | 36 | #4,082 |
| 2015 | 58 | #2,964 |
| 2014 | 51 | #3,182 |
| 2013 | 50 | #3,217 |
| 2012 | 58 | #2,934 |
| 2011 | 53 | #3,131 |
| 2010 | 51 | #3,202 |
| 2009 | 59 | #2,939 |
| 2008 | 61 | #2,886 |
| 2007 | 71 | #2,597 |
| 2006 | 74 | #2,485 |
| 2005 | 60 | #2,752 |
| 2004 | 44 | #3,387 |
| 2003 | 40 | #3,528 |
| 2002 | 33 | #3,885 |
| 2001 | 32 | #3,936 |
| 2000 | 27 | #4,395 |
| 1999 | 27 | #4,197 |
| 1998 | 16 | #6,068 |
| 1997 | 19 | #5,224 |
| 1996 | 12 | #7,125 |
| 1995 | 15 | #5,953 |
| 1994 | 14 | #6,313 |
| 1993 | 12 | #7,031 |
| 1992 | 14 | #6,307 |
| 1991 | 6 | #11,501 |
| 1990 | 5 | #12,952 |
| 1989 | 9 | #8,031 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 5 | #11,320 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 7 | #8,315 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 5 | #10,272 |
| 1982 | 7 | #8,222 |
| 1981 | 9 | #6,802 |
| 1980 | 8 | #7,417 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 10 | #5,957 |
| 1977 | 9 | #6,338 |
| 1976 | 9 | #6,046 |
| 1975 | 8 | #6,482 |
| 1974 | 12 | #4,719 |
| 1973 | 12 | #4,585 |
Nicknames for Sicily
Names like Sicily
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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