Cecilie

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Cecilie: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Cecilie: Recorded since 1945, it reached #17 in 1975, and it stood at #452 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
93times a registrar ranked it
80years from first to last
#17highest recorded position
24groupings it qualifies for
15names it appears alongside

What stands out in Cecilie's record

Held a top-100 place for 39 years running. Names by top-100 run
Shares a published list with another name across 79 years. Longest shared records

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1997–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1997	#3824
1998	#3848
2002	#4137
2003	#3099
2005	#4798
2008	#3860
2009	#5556
2011	#2636
2013	#5742
2020	#3117
2021	#3961
2022	#5669
2023	#2504
2024	#3695

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Norway in 79 of the 80 years from 1945 to 2024.

In 2024: #452 among girls in Norway, #3695 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1945–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1945
First recorded at #359 among girls in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1945–2024
Highest recorded position: #17 among girls in Norway, in 1975 (recorded 1945–2024).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #3695 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Cecilie appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Norway · Girls, which has ranked it in 79 years beginning in 1945, and has registered 8,494 births with the name.

Cecilie across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Cecilie's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Norway · Girls	#359 (1945)	#17 (1975)	#452 (2024)	79 of 80	8,494 (1945–2024)	337 (1974)
England and Wales · Girls	#3824 (1997)	#2504 (2023)	#3695 (2024)	14 of 28	68 (1997–2024)	10 (2023)

Cecilie by decade in Norway · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Cecilie in Norway · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1940s	34	4 of 10	9
1950s	148	10 of 10	15
1960s	679	10 of 10	68
1970sbusiest	2,644	10 of 10	264
1980s	2,453	10 of 10	245
1990s	1,790	10 of 10	179
2000s	550	10 of 10	55
2010s	163	10 of 10	16
2020s	33	5 of 10	7

Across Norway · Girls, the 1970s were its busiest decade, averaging 264 births a year.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Cecilie appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1945 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #17 in Norway in 1975.

Cecilie's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#3695	6	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#2504	10	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#5669	3	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#3961	5	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#3117	7	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#5742	3	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#2636	9	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#5556	3	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#3860	5	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#4798	3	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#3099	5	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#4137	3	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#3848	3	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#3824	3	High	Verified
2024	Norway	female	#452	5	High	Verified
2023	Norway	female	#436	6	High	Verified
2022	Norway	female	#351	9	High	Verified
2021	Norway	female	#360	8	High	Verified
2020	Norway	female	#439	5	High	Verified
2019	Norway	female	#367	9	High	Verified
2018	Norway	female	#351	11	High	Verified
2017	Norway	female	#394	9	High	Verified
2016	Norway	female	#302	16	High	Verified
2015	Norway	female	#351	12	High	Verified
2014	Norway	female	#350	12	High	Verified
2013	Norway	female	#286	18	High	Verified
2012	Norway	female	#215	26	High	Verified
2011	Norway	female	#243	22	High	Verified
2010	Norway	female	#207	28	High	Verified
2009	Norway	female	#193	31	High	Verified
2008	Norway	female	#200	30	High	Verified
2007	Norway	female	#181	33	High	Verified
2006	Norway	female	#159	40	High	Verified
2005	Norway	female	#147	40	High	Verified
2004	Norway	female	#112	54	High	Verified
2003	Norway	female	#103	60	High	Verified
2002	Norway	female	#74	86	High	Verified
2001	Norway	female	#82	86	High	Verified
2000	Norway	female	#79	90	High	Verified
1999	Norway	female	#63	113	High	Verified
1998	Norway	female	#55	129	High	Verified
1997	Norway	female	#41	171	High	Verified
1996	Norway	female	#41	170	High	Verified
1995	Norway	female	#42	170	High	Verified
1994	Norway	female	#30	220	High	Verified
1993	Norway	female	#34	197	High	Verified
1992	Norway	female	#41	184	High	Verified
1991	Norway	female	#32	230	High	Verified
1990	Norway	female	#40	206	High	Verified
1989	Norway	female	#34	234	High	Verified
1988	Norway	female	#33	233	High	Verified
1987	Norway	female	#23	244	High	Verified
1986	Norway	female	#22	250	High	Verified
1985	Norway	female	#21	256	High	Verified
1984	Norway	female	#27	221	High	Verified
1983	Norway	female	#27	220	High	Verified
1982	Norway	female	#20	263	High	Verified
1981	Norway	female	#20	270	High	Verified
1980	Norway	female	#22	262	High	Verified
1979	Norway	female	#19	268	High	Verified
1978	Norway	female	#19	279	High	Verified
1977	Norway	female	#19	264	High	Verified
1976	Norway	female	#20	294	High	Verified
1975	Norway	female	#17	332	High	Verified
1974	Norway	female	#18	337	High	Verified
1973	Norway	female	#24	275	High	Verified
1972	Norway	female	#32	238	High	Verified
1971	Norway	female	#49	193	High	Verified
1970	Norway	female	#50	164	High	Verified
1969	Norway	female	#60	152	High	Verified
1968	Norway	female	#78	106	High	Verified
1967	Norway	female	#91	81	High	Verified
1966	Norway	female	#100	64	High	Verified
1965	Norway	female	#91	76	High	Verified
1964	Norway	female	#100	63	High	Verified
1963	Norway	female	#111	51	High	Verified
1962	Norway	female	#132	36	High	Verified
1961	Norway	female	#137	32	High	Verified
1960	Norway	female	#207	18	High	Verified
1959	Norway	female	#156	26	High	Verified
1958	Norway	female	#146	28	High	Verified
1957	Norway	female	#237	13	High	Verified
1956	Norway	female	#252	12	High	Verified
1955	Norway	female	#228	15	High	Verified
1954	Norway	female	#232	14	High	Verified
1953	Norway	female	#266	11	High	Verified
1952	Norway	female	#321	8	High	Verified
1951	Norway	female	#259	11	High	Verified
1950	Norway	female	#272	10	High	Verified
1948	Norway	female	#250	12	High	Verified
1947	Norway	female	#264	11	High	Verified
1946	Norway	female	#325	7	High	Verified
1945	Norway	female	#359	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Norway hub — collected by Statistics Norway (SSB)

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1945 and 2024, ranked in 79 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #17, first reached in 1975.

It held a top-100 place in 39 years, 39 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 337 births, registered in Norway in 1974.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1997, and 52 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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Cecilia · #165, 71y
Cecily · #297, 33y
Cedar · #2259, 10y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Leif · #17, 81y
Else · #15, 80y
Gustav · #19, 81y
Ronny · #15, 80y

Also first recorded in the 1940s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1940 and 1949.

Alice · #17, 81y
Eileen · #17, 79y
Jørgen · #17, 81y
Leif · #17, 81y

Comparisons involving Cecilie

Existing comparison pages where Cecilie and another name were ranked in the same published list, in the same years, on the same scale. Each has its own evidence; none of them says the names are alike.

Longest shared records

Names ranked alongside Cecilie in the same published list across at least 25 years.

Sara vs Cecilie
Over 73 shared years in Norway · Girls, Sara rose about as far as Cecilie fell — from #385 and #264 in 1947 to #23 and #452 in 2024.
Sara · Cecilie · 73 shared years, 1947–2024 · Mirrored each other
See the 2024 Norway ranking
Mia vs Cecilie
Over 68 shared years in Norway · Girls, Mia rose about as far as Cecilie fell — from #357 and #264 in 1947 to #15 and #452 in 2024.
Mia · Cecilie · 68 shared years, 1947–2024 · Mirrored each other
See the 2024 Norway ranking
Victoria vs Cecilie
Over 68 shared years in Norway · Girls, Victoria rose about as far as Cecilie fell — from #383 and #259 in 1951 to #84 and #452 in 2024.
Victoria · Cecilie · 68 shared years, 1951–2024 · Mirrored each other
See the 2024 Norway ranking

Order changes

Pairs where Cecilie and another name exchanged position in a published list, taken as the final meaningful change.

Hedda vs Cecilie
In Norway · Girls, Hedda moved into the top 50 at #33 in 1998 as Cecilie fell out of it to #55, having been #41 the year before.
Hedda · Cecilie · 58 shared years, 1963–2024 · One took the other's place near the top
See the 1998 Norway ranking

Compared inside Norway lists

Pairs involving Cecilie measured in Norway's own published lists — the registrar that recorded Cecilie at its highest position.

Sarah vs Cecilie
Over 64 shared years in Norway · Girls, Sarah rose about as far as Cecilie fell — from #490 and #207 in 1960 to #132 and #452 in 2024.
Sarah · Cecilie · 64 shared years, 1960–2024 · Mirrored each other
See the 2024 Norway ranking
Thea vs Cecilie
Over 62 shared years in Norway · Girls, Thea rose about as far as Cecilie fell — from #380 and #272 in 1950 to #40 and #452 in 2024.
Thea · Cecilie · 62 shared years, 1950–2024 · Mirrored each other
See the 2024 Norway ranking
Maja vs Cecilie
Over 60 shared years in Norway · Girls, Maja rose about as far as Cecilie fell — from #444 and #207 in 1960 to #22 and #452 in 2024.
Maja · Cecilie · 60 shared years, 1960–2024 · Mirrored each other
See the 2024 Norway ranking

Norway overview→

Cecilie was ranked #17 in Norway · Girls in 1975. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Cecilie and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Cecilie without appearing here.

Cecilie moved ahead of

Cheryl Compare
In 2022 they stood at #5669 and #5669 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #2504 and #5687.
Donna Compare
In 2022 they stood at #5669 and #5669 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #2504 and #5687.
Josefine Compare
In 2022 they stood at #5669 and #5669 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #2504 and #5687.
Tracy Compare
In 2022 they stood at #5669 and #3970 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #2504 and #5687.

Moved ahead of Cecilie

Harper Compare
In 2004 they stood at #3099 and #4373 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2005 that had become #4798 and #2682.
Tara Compare
In 2022 they stood at #351 and #367 in Norway · Girls; by 2023 that had become #436 and #239.
Cassandra Compare
In 2022 they stood at #351 and #476 in Norway · Girls; by 2023 that had become #436 and #277.
Hennie Compare
In 2012 they stood at #215 and #217 in Norway · Girls; by 2013 that had become #286 and #135.

Moved the opposite way to Cecilie

Mia Compare
Between 1947 and 2024 in Norway · Girls, Cecilie went from #264 to #452 while Mia went from #357 to #15.
Sara Compare
Between 1947 and 2024 in Norway · Girls, Cecilie went from #264 to #452 while Sara went from #385 to #23.
Thea Compare
Between 1950 and 2024 in Norway · Girls, Cecilie went from #272 to #452 while Thea went from #380 to #40.
Victoria Compare
Between 1951 and 2024 in Norway · Girls, Cecilie went from #259 to #452 while Victoria went from #383 to #84.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1945 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #17 in Norway in 1975. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Cecilie

Cecilie at a glance

What stands out in Cecilie's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Cecilie across 2 official records

Cecilie by decade in Norway · Girls

Cecilie appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1940s

Comparisons involving Cecilie

Longest shared records

Order changes

Compared inside Norway lists

Names published alongside Cecilie

Cecilie and the names beside it

Cecilie moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Cecilie

Moved the opposite way to Cecilie

Cecilie at a glance

What stands out in Cecilie's record

Cecilie across 2 official records

Cecilie by decade in Norway · Girls

Cecilie appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1940s

Comparisons involving Cecilie

Longest shared records

Order changes

Compared inside Norway lists

Names published alongside Cecilie

Cecilie and the names beside it

Cecilie moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Cecilie

Moved the opposite way to Cecilie