Cecily

Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls

Meaning

Cecily is a feminine given name. It is an English form of the Latin name Cecilia, which is derived from the Roman Caecili family.

From Wikipedia

Cecily first appears in the data in 1911 and has been recorded in 109 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 1989 with 472 babies (rank #498 that year). In 2024 it was given to 131 girls (rank #1,595). The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Cecily

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Cecily yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.

3Destiny numberThe creativeExpressive, sociable, lifted by playful energy.Sum of every letter. The overall character a name carries.
3Soul urgeThe creativeExpressive, sociable, lifted by playful energy.Sum of the vowels — what's said to drive the heart.
9PersonalityThe humanitarianIdealistic, compassionate, thinks in big-picture terms.Sum of the consonants — the outer impression.

8,535

Total babies (all years)

109

Years in the data

472

Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Girls

Famous people named Cecily

Cecily Neville, Duchess of Yorkaristocrat · b. 1415
Cecily von Ziegesaryoung adult author · b. 1970

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year	Babies	Rank
1911	5	#2,528
1916	5	#4,524
1917	10	#2,917
1919	11	#2,841
1920	11	#2,928
1921	7	#4,086
1922	13	#2,634
1923	12	#2,756
1924	14	#2,539
1925	9	#3,404
1926	13	#2,589
1927	17	#2,184
1928	11	#2,795
1929	10	#2,950
1930	14	#2,324
1931	11	#2,604
1932	14	#2,256
1933	11	#2,565
1934	17	#1,931
1935	17	#1,935
1936	25	#1,485
1937	17	#1,927
1938	20	#1,762
1939	22	#1,647
1940	12	#2,445
1941	11	#2,693
1942	41	#1,249
1943	21	#1,907
1944	26	#1,615
1945	28	#1,549
1946	35	#1,481
1947	30	#1,760
1948	36	#1,551
1949	47	#1,338
1950	42	#1,414
1951	35	#1,614
1952	52	#1,337
1953	50	#1,375
1954	51	#1,413
1955	50	#1,426
1956	43	#1,618
1957	53	#1,461
1958	41	#1,680
1959	66	#1,319
1960	47	#1,640
1961	55	#1,520
1962	36	#1,919
1963	37	#1,926
1964	38	#1,922
1965	41	#1,771
1966	44	#1,702
1967	40	#1,853
1968	32	#2,131
1969	55	#1,610
1970	61	#1,571
1971	55	#1,666
1972	55	#1,632
1973	114	#1,028
1974	130	#951
1975	110	#1,068
1976	81	#1,331
1977	94	#1,268
1978	96	#1,276
1979	86	#1,421
1980	73	#1,585
1981	73	#1,598
1982	57	#1,878
1983	58	#1,817
1984	58	#1,838
1985	62	#1,814
1986	49	#2,149
1987	150	#1,033
1988	236	#793
1989	472	#498
1990	403	#574
1991	189	#991
1992	134	#1,274
1993	117	#1,390
1994	117	#1,393
1995	143	#1,202
1996	132	#1,307
1997	127	#1,352
1998	112	#1,510
1999	108	#1,560
2000	96	#1,801
2001	98	#1,808
2002	87	#2,006
2003	100	#1,848
2004	88	#2,071
2005	101	#1,914
2006	119	#1,744
2007	99	#2,061
2008	112	#1,892
2009	109	#1,920
2010	98	#2,031
2011	104	#1,913
2012	114	#1,794
2013	170	#1,372
2014	244	#1,061
2015	214	#1,176
2016	196	#1,243
2017	191	#1,244
2018	141	#1,544
2019	160	#1,406
2020	131	#1,593
2021	127	#1,642
2022	131	#1,612
2023	111	#1,816
2024	131	#1,595