The baby name Cecil appears in baby name data for the United States from 1910 to 2024. It was most popular in 1921 with 3,562 babies given the name.
In the later years of this period, Cecil has become less common than it once was.
| Year | Count |
|---|---|
| 1910 | 147 |
| 1910 | 537 |
| 1911 | 111 |
| 1911 | 648 |
| 1912 | 152 |
| 1912 | 1,325 |
| 1913 | 201 |
| 1913 | 1,483 |
| 1914 | 214 |
| 1914 | 1,833 |
| 1915 | 245 |
| 1915 | 2,623 |
| 1916 | 292 |
| 1916 | 2,865 |
| 1917 | 227 |
| 1917 | 2,971 |
| 1918 | 291 |
| 1918 | 3,368 |
| 1919 | 210 |
| 1919 | 3,296 |
| 1920 | 241 |
| 1920 | 3,538 |
| 1921 | 140 |
| 1921 | 3,562 |
| 1922 | 175 |
| 1922 | 3,388 |
| 1923 | 93 |
| 1923 | 3,168 |
| 1924 | 172 |
| 1924 | 3,287 |
| 1925 | 133 |
| 1925 | 3,248 |
| 1926 | 136 |
| 1926 | 3,478 |
| 1927 | 73 |
| 1927 | 3,026 |
| 1928 | 57 |
| 1928 | 2,805 |
| 1929 | 106 |
| 1929 | 2,487 |
| 1930 | 77 |
| 1930 | 2,901 |
| 1931 | 46 |
| 1931 | 2,575 |
| 1932 | 42 |
| 1932 | 1,894 |
| 1933 | 70 |
| 1933 | 1,913 |
| 1934 | 59 |
| 1934 | 2,027 |
| 1935 | 38 |
| 1935 | 2,188 |
| 1936 | 43 |
| 1936 | 2,006 |
| 1937 | 101 |
| 1937 | 2,153 |
| 1938 | 48 |
| 1938 | 1,896 |
| 1939 | 46 |
| 1939 | 1,891 |
| 1940 | 40 |
| 1940 | 2,212 |
| 1941 | 32 |
| 1941 | 2,155 |
| 1942 | 5 |
| 1942 | 2,071 |
| 1943 | 17 |
| 1943 | 2,172 |
| 1944 | 10 |
| 1944 | 1,928 |
| 1945 | 10 |
| 1945 | 1,723 |
| 1946 | 5 |
| 1946 | 1,748 |
| 1947 | 7 |
| 1947 | 1,816 |
| 1948 | 1,898 |
| 1949 | 1,787 |
| 1950 | 5 |
| 1950 | 1,855 |
| 1951 | 7 |
| 1951 | 1,656 |
| 1952 | 5 |
| 1952 | 1,686 |
| 1953 | 5 |
| 1953 | 1,717 |
| 1954 | 1,505 |
| 1955 | 1,783 |
| 1956 | 5 |
| 1956 | 1,607 |
| 1957 | 1,412 |
| 1958 | 1,343 |
| 1959 | 1,346 |
| 1960 | 1,254 |
| 1961 | 1,194 |
| 1962 | 1,196 |
| 1963 | 1,177 |
| 1964 | 927 |
| 1965 | 976 |
| 1966 | 883 |
| 1967 | 680 |
| 1968 | 704 |
| 1969 | 697 |
| 1970 | 668 |
| 1971 | 580 |
| 1972 | 543 |
| 1973 | 453 |
| 1974 | 445 |
| 1975 | 359 |
| 1976 | 473 |
| 1977 | 439 |
| 1978 | 397 |
| 1979 | 373 |
| 1980 | 542 |
| 1981 | 338 |
| 1982 | 270 |
| 1983 | 302 |
| 1984 | 289 |
| 1985 | 259 |
| 1986 | 299 |
| 1987 | 241 |
| 1988 | 273 |
| 1989 | 237 |
| 1990 | 207 |
| 1991 | 204 |
| 1992 | 170 |
| 1993 | 196 |
| 1994 | 109 |
| 1995 | 132 |
| 1996 | 136 |
| 1997 | 87 |
| 1998 | 115 |
| 1999 | 100 |
| 2000 | 112 |
| 2001 | 139 |
| 2002 | 69 |
| 2003 | 59 |
| 2004 | 47 |
| 2005 | 81 |
| 2006 | 73 |
| 2007 | 68 |
| 2008 | 81 |
| 2009 | 46 |
| 2010 | 39 |
| 2011 | 38 |
| 2012 | 60 |
| 2013 | 57 |
| 2014 | 54 |
| 2015 | 90 |
| 2016 | 56 |
| 2017 | 62 |
| 2018 | 70 |
| 2019 | 39 |
| 2020 | 52 |
| 2021 | 111 |
| 2022 | 68 |
| 2023 | 66 |
| 2024 | 62 |