Cecilia is a distinctive choice, ranked #172 in 2025. Your child is likely to be the only Cecilia in their class.
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UK Rank 2025
#172
US Rank #108
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About the Name Cecilia
Cecilia has never been more popular than it is right now, sitting at UK #216. The name has climbed 192 places in the last five years — a significant surge by any measure. The name has been a consistent presence in UK records since 1996.
Cecilia is fairly common in the UK, so your child is very likely to be the only Cecilia in their class.
In the US it ranks even higher at #123, where it enjoys a particularly strong following.
⭐ Famous People Named Cecilia
Cecilia Bartoli — Cecilia Bartoli OMRI is an Italian mezzo-soprano, widely known for her renditions of the music of Bellini, Handel, Mozart, Rossini, and Vivaldi, as well as lesser-known music of the Baroque and Classical periods.
Cecilia Ceccarelli — Cecilia Ceccarelli is an Italian astronomer known for her research on astrochemistry and the spectroscopy of protostars.
Cecilia Sala — Cecilia Sala is an Italian journalist, specialized in political and war journalism, both as author and war correspondent.
Biographical summaries are shortened from Wikipedia and are used under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence; those summaries remain available under that same licence.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about the name Cecilia
Unlikely. With around 282 UK babies named Cecilia per year, your child will almost certainly be the only Cecilia in their class, and possibly the only one in the whole school.
Cecilia is at its highest recorded position — #172 in 2025, with 282 births. In 2020 it ranked #408.
Cecilia is more popular in the US (#123) than in the UK (#216). Names with strong rankings in both countries tend to have broad cross-cultural appeal, working well for international families or those with ties to both nations.
Notable people named Cecilia include: Cecilia Bartoli, Cecilia Ceccarelli and Cecilia Sala. Short summaries for each appear below.
Cecilia appears in the US top 500 at #123 in 2024 — moderately popular in America, though less so than in the UK.
282
UK babies named Cecilia (2025)
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Expected classmates with this name (class of 28)
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In a school of 600
↑ 236 places
Rank change (last 5 years)
🏫 Who else is in the room?
In a typical UK class of 28, highlighted children share the name Cecilia
Almost certainly the only Cecilia in the class
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UK Popularity (1996–2025)
Rank and birth count · ONS official data
US Popularity (2020–2025)
Rank · SSA official data
✨ Similar names to Cecilia
Names with a similar style — each with their own classroom story
Cecilia Bartoli OMRI is an Italian mezzo-soprano, widely known for her renditions of the music of Bellini, Handel, Mozart, Rossini, and Vivaldi, as well as lesser-known music of the Baroque and Classical periods.
Cecilia Lucy Brightwell, known to her contemporaries as Lucy Brightwell, was an English etcher and author, mostly of volumes of short biographies intended for young people.
María Cecilia Yolanda Occelli González, known by Cecilia Occelli, is a Mexican social advocate who served as the First Lady of Mexico from 1988 to 1994.
Cecilia of Rome, also spelled Cecelia, was a Christian virgin martyr, who is venerated in Roman Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, Anglican, and some Lutheran churches, such as the Church of Sweden.
Cecilia Noël is a Peruvian-born Latin music artist, whose work, with her band, The Wild Clams, combines salsa, soul, jazz, funk, and Afro-Cuban traditions.