How Many People Are Named Sicily?
An estimated 1,418 people in the United States have the first name Sicily. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 18 years old, and Sicily peaked in popularity in 2006 with 74 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Sicily 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 Sicily paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
1,418
About 1 in 241,717 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
18
years old
Peak Year
2006
74 births
Total Registered
1,443
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Sicily
Sicily is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 1,443 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Sicily as a female name
Ranked #3,155 in 2024
51 female births in 2024
Peak: 2006 (74 births)
Sicily: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Sicily span from the 1970s to the 2020s, covering 6 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 2000s, when 501 babies were registered. While Sicily is less common than at its peak in the 2000s, it remains a well-established name with steady registrations.
Sicily by Decade
How has Sicily 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.
Sicily by State
Birth registrations for Sicily span all 8 states and territories in the SSA database. The highest counts are in California, Texas, Utah. The lowest are in Minnesota, Illinois, Florida. On average, about 32 Sicilys were registered per state.
Sicily + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Sicily as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Sicily
Other first names starting with S with a similar number of bearers.
Sicily: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Sicily?
We estimate approximately 1,418 people named Sicily 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 241,717 Americans share this first name.
Is Sicily a common name?
Sicily is classified as "Rare" and is more popular than 92.1% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 1,443 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Sicily most popular?
Sicily reached peak popularity in 2006, when 74 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Sicily is approximately 18 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Sicily a female name?
Sicily is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Sicily Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Sicily Smith, Sicily Johnson, Sicily 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.
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