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Cecelia

Cecelia is a girl's name, a solidly familiar choice, that has stayed remarkably steady since peaking in the 1940s.

EtymologyVariant of Cecilia
EtymologyMeaning "blind"; patron saint of music
Births by decade
1900s
2,793
1910s
6,905
1920s
7,169
1930s
4,597
1940s
7,368
1950s
6,898
1960s
3,857
1970s
1,837
1980s
1,822
1990s
2,445
2000s
3,654
2010s
4,087
Peaked in the 1940s · 53,432 total U.S. births since 1900