Cecil Name Popularity

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How popular is Cecil?

Ranking 1,500th in popularity in the United States for boys in 2018, the name Cecil is uncommon.

Although not currently within the top 1000, Cecil has seen higher popularity rankings.

It reached its highest popularity RANKING of #65 in 1902.

But, the greatest number of babies were given the name in 1920 with 2,459 occurrences.

The least amount of newborns dubbed Cecil in any given year was 35 in 1881.

Cecil, decisively moved upwards in popularity around the years 1881-1885, 1886-1900, and 1908-1915, whereas clearly downward trends happened around 1970-1973, 1991-1994, 1999-2002, and 2007-2010.

Cecil's popularity is at a very low point when measured against its most notable year.

How popular will Cecil be?

Cecil's popularity has remained mostly unchanged for some time. In recent years, continuing the trend, the number of babies given the name Cecil has remained about the same.

The name Cecil is still rare and will probably continue to plateu at its present level but may also begin to make a more decisive move up or down.

Relative to what it once was, Cecil has fallen out of favor as a given name.

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		Cecil (Girl)		Cecil (Boy)
Year	%	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank
2018		< 5	--	113	1,500
2017		< 5	--	103	1,575
2016		< 5	--	102	1,597
2015		5	16,952	114	1,468
2014		< 5	--	98	1,595
2013		< 5	--	114	1,443
2012		< 5	--	97	1,602
2011		< 5	--	91	1,657
2010		< 5	--	78	1,853
2009		< 5	--	88	1,743
2008		< 5	--	122	1,389
2007		< 5	--	111	1,447
2006		< 5	--	107	1,446
2005		< 5	--	108	1,380
2004		5	16,593	100	1,414
2003		8	11,513	101	1,350
2002		< 5	--	106	1,282
2001		6	13,835	121	1,145
2000		< 5	--	130	1,083
1999		< 5	--	133	1,041
1998		< 5	--	132	1,022
1997		< 5	--	135	972
1996		< 5	--	153	885
1995		5	13,793	147	913
1994		7	10,762	162	840
1993		9	8,845	196	747
1992		< 5	--	194	741
1991		< 5	--	217	686
1990		5	13,302	231	664
1989		12	6,599	237	650
1988		8	8,507	270	564
1987		7	8,917	250	574
1986		9	7,210	276	535
1985		7	8,477	266	532
1984		10	6,368	298	483
1983		9	6,784	309	479
1982		9	6,963	296	494
1981		9	6,873	319	466
1980		12	5,581	408	401
1979		5	10,427	351	426
1978		7	7,726	352	417
1977		11	5,569	369	409
1976		< 5	--	351	412
1975		5	9,260	348	417
1974		12	4,756	419	375
1973		5	8,594	414	377
1972		10	5,155	475	354
1971		12	4,574	536	344
1970		7	6,441	566	337
1969		10	4,754	552	330
1968		9	4,824	563	321
1967		12	3,867	542	320
1966		12	3,762	679	283
1965		10	4,241	727	277
1964		13	3,719	730	290
1963		7	5,369	822	266
1962		20	2,746	884	258
1961		19	2,851	968	251
1960		19	2,831	958	256
1959		23	2,403	1,013	251
1958		24	2,329	1,008	249
1957		23	2,354	1,064	232
1956		22	2,396	1,146	215
1955		37	1,696	1,224	205
1954		32	1,841	1,300	194
1953		24	2,130	1,251	196
1952		30	1,826	1,327	185
1951		32	1,708	1,325	181
1950		37	1,528	1,341	171
1949		37	1,515	1,318	173
1948		31	1,676	1,399	166
1947		42	1,439	1,443	165
1946		56	1,134	1,406	159
1945		49	1,124	1,355	152
1944		57	1,039	1,499	142
1943		67	966	1,698	132
1942		67	955	1,618	132
1941		75	839	1,511	132
1940		74	827	1,591	116
1939		69	839	1,579	114
1938		77	804	1,558	118
1937		91	713	1,635	114
1936		84	724	1,575	114
1935		66	849	1,729	109
1934		71	796	1,594	111
1933		68	808	1,505	111
1932		73	796	1,656	108
1931		79	751	1,769	102
1930		93	726	1,881	99
1929		105	684	1,887	101
1928		96	721	2,007	97
1927		117	664	2,227	92
1926		146	587	2,303	86
1925		152	584	2,299	87
1924		174	554	2,298	85
1923		146	600	2,256	87
1922		174	535	2,336	85
1921		152	587	2,456	79
1920		213	465	2,459	77
1919		200	470	2,300	78
1918		238	429	2,328	82
1917		197	462	2,101	83
1916		241	404	2,181	80
1915		200	429	2,181	76
1914		193	382	1,530	79
1913		162	380	1,276	74
1912		135	396	1,057	76
1911		116	377	560	76
1910		130	347	472	77
1909		113	339	432	72
1908		114	334	397	72
1907		127	308	399	69
1906		109	321	368	68
1905		117	309	347	72
1904		130	276	359	67
1903		103	308	332	66
1902		112	298	354	65
1901		128	255	278	70
1900		129	288	344	76
1899		117	263	256	77
1898		133	258	243	87
1897		138	240	216	84
1896		108	277	200	97
1895		95	293	192	100
1894		80	310	175	102
1893		112	250	147	114
1892		70	323	151	115
1891		50	351	108	126
1890		58	332	120	121
1889		55	335	102	142
1888		36	415	96	158
1887		40	338	80	155
1886		34	365	83	168
1885		31	365	87	154
1884		22	426	73	186
1883		23	386	51	212
1882		24	362	53	225
1881		16	420	35	268
1880		14	453	45	248

United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.