Ceil
About Ceil
With the growing popularity of Celia and Cecilia, this vintage canasta-playing nickname name could be due for a comeback.
Ceil had a few years of recorded popularity in the first decade of the twentieth century, peaking in 1905. Today, fewer than five baby girls receive the name, meaning it doesn't even make the US extended list.
One prominent bearer was fashion designer Ceil Chapman (born Cecilia),who was a favorite of actresses from the forties to the sixties--she was one of Marilyn Monroe's favorite designers. She also provided the trousseau for young Elizabeth Taylor's first wedding.
Caveat: Might be misheard as Seal.
Pronounced SEEL.
As of October 2026, Ceil ranked #5354 in US births in 1965 SSA, peaked at #851 in 1905.
Editor's take: The name Ceil is a girl's name of English origin meaning "blind or heavenly".
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | — | 0 | 0 |
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Ceil on lists
Famous Ceils
- Ceil Chapman
American fashion designer
- Ceil Friedman
American writer
- Ceil Cabot
American actress
- Ceil Loman
birth name of American DJ Alison Steele, "The Nightbird"
Ceil in pop culture
- Ceil Engel
character on TV's "Working the Engels"
- Ceil Reardon Adams
character in "And Miss Reardon Drinks a Little" by Paul Zindel
- Ceil Stickowski
character in "It's Superman!" by Tom De Haven