Cecilia vs Fatemeh
Cecilia and Fatemehcompared 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.
Norway · Girls
In 2004, Cecilia was ranked #297 and Fatemeh #448 among girls in Norway.
England and Wales · Girls
In 2017, Cecilia was ranked #593 and Fatemeh #5765 among girls in England and Wales.
Cecilia and Fatemeh over time
Cecilia and Fatemeh appear together in 1 published list, across 30 years of shared records. Cecilia held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Fatemeh in 0.
In none of those lists did their order change and stay changed.
Fatemeh reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 1 of those lists, and Cecilia 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.
- Longest-running competitions
Cecilia and Fatemeh were both ranked in Norway · Girls for 30 years, from 1951 to 2004, ending at #297 and #448.
List by list
Norway · Girls30 shared years, 1951–2004
Cecilia held the stronger position in 29 of those years, Fatemeh in 1.
Highest recorded here: Cecilia #229 in 1987, Fatemeh #336 in 1963.
The order between them never changed and held in this list.
Most recent shared year, 2004: Cecilia #297, Fatemeh #448.
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 | Fatemeh |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | GB-ENW, NO |
| Most recent popularity observation | England and Wales · Girls #172 (2025) | England and Wales · Girls #5765 (2017) |
| Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score) | 90/100 | Not yet recorded |
| Spelling simplicity (demonstration score) | 82/100 | 82/100 |
| International familiarity (demonstration score) | 100/100 | 60/100 |
| Data Confidence | medium | medium |
What the data shows
- Cecilia has a recorded origin (Latin, feminine form of the Roman family name Caecilius); Fatemeh does not have one recorded yet.
- Cecilia and Fatemeh both have 3 syllables.
- A meaning is recorded for Cecilia; Fatemeh doesn't have one written yet.
- Both names have recorded usage in GB-ENW, NO.
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 #172 among girls in England and Wales, in 2025.
England and Wales · Girls
Fatemeh
Popularity journey
First recorded1947
First recorded at #389 among girls in Norway in 1947 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1947–2004
Highest recorded position: #336 among girls in Norway, in 1963 (recorded 1947–2004).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2017
Most recently recorded at #5765 among girls in England and Wales, in 2017.
England and Wales · Girls