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Baby name
Cecilia
Girl
Origin of the name
Cecilia comes from the Latin Caecilia, the name of an illustrious Roman family. Saint Cecilia is the patron saint of musicians.
Rising name
111,511births since 1880
2020sgeneration
No. 108rank at its peak, in 2025
Where babies named Cecilia are born
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The darker the blue, the more common Cecilia is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.
Where it is most popular
Compared with the national average, Cecilia is most common in New Mexico (3.6 times), Arizona (2.2) and California (1.7), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.
One letter apart
- Cecelia 60,519
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