Girl
Cecile
As a girl's name, Cecile traces back to French, where it is understood to mean "French form of Cecilia". It belongs mostly to the 1920s at this point. These days, it is a name that stands out a little. The name's best year yet was 1918.
FrenchFrench form of Cecilia
EtymologyMeaning "blind"
Births by decade
1900s
1,642
1910s
3,638
1920s
4,143
1930s
2,900
1940s
2,405
1950s
1,814
1960s
895
1970s
334
1980s
402
1990s
295
2000s
262
2010s
192
Peaked in the 1920s · 18,922 total U.S. births since 1900