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Name meaning & stats

Cecelia

Cecelia means “blind” (Latin origin). 36,429 US babies since 1940, peak 1947.

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What it means

“blind”

LatinForm of Cecilia

In US birth records

Peak year: 1947

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36,429 US babies were named Cecelia between 1940 and 2025.

Careers

Not enough notable people named Cecelia (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.

Spelling family

1 in 4 Cecilias spell it Cecelia

  • Cecilia 70%
  • Cecelia 28%
  • Cesilia 1%
  • Cecila <1%
  • Cecillia <1%
  • Secilia <1%
  • Ceceilia <1%
  • Cecylia <1%

Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.

Name twins (peaked around 1947)