How Many People Are Named Cecilie?
An estimated 318 people in the United States have the first name Cecilie. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 37 years old, and Cecilie peaked in popularity in 1990 with 25 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Cecilie as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Cecilie paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
318
About 1 in 1,077,844 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
37
years old
Peak Year
1990
25 births
Total Registered
371
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Cecilie
Cecilie is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 371 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Cecilie as a female name
Ranked #12,506 in 2022
7 female births in 2022
Peak: 1990 (25 births)
Cecilie: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Cecilie span from the 1920s to the 2020s, covering 9 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 1990s, when 106 babies were registered. Cecilie has declined significantly from its peak in the 1990s. Recent registrations are a fraction of what they were at the name's height.
Cecilie by Decade
How has Cecilie tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Cecilie by State
Cecilie + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Cecilie as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Cecilie
Other first names starting with C with a similar number of bearers.
Cecilie: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Cecilie?
We estimate approximately 318 people named Cecilie are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 1,077,844 Americans share this first name.
Is Cecilie a common name?
Cecilie is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 79.8% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 371 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Cecilie most popular?
Cecilie reached peak popularity in 1990, when 25 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Cecilie is approximately 37 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Cecilie a female name?
Cecilie is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Cecilie Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Cecilie Smith, Cecilie Johnson, Cecilie Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
Search for a full name combination
How Many of Me