Cecilia vs Edelle
Cecilia and Edellecompared on official birth-registration statistics and Namewise's recorded data. This page states what each name's record shows — it never picks a winner or scores one name against the other.
Head to head
Ranks are only compared within one published list and one year. Two ranks from different years, from a boys' and a girls' list, or from different registrars are not comparable, so they are not placed side by side.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
In 1991, Cecilia was ranked #393 and Edelle #515 among girls in Republic of Ireland.
Cecilia and Edelle over time
Cecilia and Edelle appear together in 1 published list, across 10 years of shared records. Cecilia held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Edelle in 0.
In none of those lists did their order change and stay changed.
Cecilia reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 1 of those lists, and Edelle in none. Each position is a place inside its own list, so this compares when they peaked and never how high.
Counted list by list. Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale in the same year, so those comparisons are real — but positions from different lists are not, so nothing here is combined into an overall standing.
How this pair is related
The relationship kinds these two qualify for, each under its own stated rule. Every one is drawn from a list they both appear in.
- Repeatedly exchanged positions
Cecilia and Edelle changed places 6 times in Republic of Ireland · Girls between 1973 and 1991, ending at #393 and #515.
List by list
Republic of Ireland · Girls10 shared years, 1973–1991
Cecilia held the stronger position in 5 of those years, Edelle in 3.
Highest recorded here: Cecilia #232 in 1973, Edelle #312 in 1976.
The order between them never changed and held in this list.
Most recent shared year, 1991: Cecilia #393, Edelle #515.
Two names moving past each other in a ranking is a fact about the ranking. Namewise does not claim one name displaced the other, that families chose between them, or that either influenced the other — none of that is in this data.
Side by side
| Field | Cecilia | Edelle |
|---|---|---|
| Record type | Editorially researched profile | Official statistical record (evidence-only) |
| Gender usage | female | female |
| Meaning | Traditionally linked to the Latin word for 'blind', via the Roman family name Caecilius it derives from — a family-name etymology rather than a poetic or virtue meaning. | Not yet recorded |
| Origin | Latin, feminine form of the Roman family name Caecilius | Not yet recorded |
| Pronunciation | /sɛˈsiːliə/ | Not yet recorded |
| Syllables | 3 | 3 |
| Common variants / nicknames | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Recorded regional usage | GB-ENW, GB-NIR, GB-SCT, IE, NO | IE |
| Most recent popularity observation | Republic of Ireland · Girls #325 (2025) | Republic of Ireland · Girls #515 (1991) |
| Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score) | 90/100 | Not yet recorded |
| Spelling simplicity (demonstration score) | 82/100 | 88/100 |
| International familiarity (demonstration score) | 100/100 | 40/100 |
| Data Confidence | medium | medium |
What the data shows
- Cecilia has a recorded origin (Latin, feminine form of the Roman family name Caecilius); Edelle does not have one recorded yet.
- Cecilia and Edelle both have 3 syllables.
- A meaning is recorded for Cecilia; Edelle doesn't have one written yet.
- Both names have recorded usage in IE.
How each name got here
Cecilia
Popularity journey
First recorded1948
First recorded at #361 among girls in Norway in 1948 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1964–2025
Highest recorded position: #165 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 1965 (recorded 1964–2025).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #496 among girls in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Girls
Edelle
Popularity journey
First recorded1973
First recorded at #449 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1973 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded1973–1991
Highest recorded position: #312 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 1976 (recorded 1973–1991).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent1991
Most recently recorded at #515 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 1991.
Republic of Ireland · Girls