Cecilia is a girl's name of Italian origin meaning “blind.” In 2024 it was given to 2,238 girls in the United States.
Cecilia at a glance
Gender
Girl name
Origin
Italian · English & American
Meaning
“blind”
Pronunciation
/sɪˈsiːli.ə/
About the name Cecilia
Cecilia belongs to the Italian and English & American tradition. Its meaning — “blind” — is the sense carried by its Italian roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Cecilia first appears in Social Security records in 1880. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #123 in 2024, and in 2024 2,238 babies received the name — 108,992 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.