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How popular is the name Sicily?
Births per year, rank history and how many Sicilies are alive today.
Sicily (female) is a rare spelling of the girls' name Cicely in England and Wales, ranked 3705th in 2025 and given to 6 babies. This spelling of the name peaked in 2010, when 6 babies were given the name, the 3533rd most popular that year.
Across all spellings of the name, the Cicely you are most likely to meet is around 14 years old. Half of all Cicelies born in England and Wales are between 13 and 29, and there are at least 550 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Cicely - on average, only one in every 573 such rooms contains a Cicely.
How many babies are named Sicily each year?
Includes all spellings: Sicily, Cicely. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does the Sicily spelling rank?
Where does the Cicely 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 Sicily most popular?
The most popular form of the name, Cicely, peaked in 2013, when 31 babies in England and Wales were given the name. The Sicily spelling itself peaked in 2010, with 6 babies.
How many people are called Sicily?
At least 550 people named Sicily in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Sicily?
Most living Sicilies are between 13 and 29; the most common age is about 14.
Is Sicily becoming more or less popular?
Rising: numbers have been climbing in recent years.