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How popular is the name Cecelia?
Births per year, rank history and how many Cecelias are alive today.
Cecelia (female) is an uncommon spelling of the girls' name Cecilia in England and Wales, ranked 426th in 2025 with 95 babies given the name. It has risen strongly over the past decade.
Across all spellings of the name, the Cecilia you are most likely to meet is around 2 years old. Half of all Cecilias born in England and Wales are between 3 and 17, and there are at least 3,400 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's roughly a 1.1% chance that at least one of them will be called Cecilia.
How many babies are named Cecelia each year?
Includes all spellings: Cecelia, Cecilia. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does the Cecelia spelling rank?
Where does the Cecilia spelling rank?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Cecelia most popular?
The most popular form of the name, Cecilia, peaked in 2025, when 377 babies in England and Wales were given the name. The Cecelia spelling itself peaked in 2025, with 95 babies.
How many people are called Cecelia?
At least 3,400 people named Cecelia in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Cecelia?
Most living Cecelias are between 3 and 17; the most common age is about 2.
Is Cecelia becoming more or less popular?
Rising: it has climbed strongly over the past decade.