Masculine dossier · first seen 1880

Cecil

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Cecil
Creator: Social Security Administration

Endangered Down 95% from peak

Peak era

1920

Peak rank proxy

2,459

Current vitality

Fragile

Generation

Greatest Generation

1880Peak 19202024

Peak year

1920

Decline from peak

95%

2024

122

All-time

106,867

Cecil once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1920, when 2,459 boys were named Cecil.

In 2024, only 122 boys were given the name.

Down 95% from its peak.

All told, about 106,867 Americans have been named Cecil and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity scoreVery uncommon

AssociationGreatest Generation

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 95% from peak

19202,459 boys named Cecil

2024122 boys named Cecil

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