SEHS-uh-lee
Cecily
About Cecily
Cecily is as dainty as a lace handkerchief. Cecily has a wide assortment of namesakes. One Cecily was the mother of King Richard III, whose beauty gained her the title "the Rose of Raby," Cecily Parsley is a Beatrix Potter bunny, Cecily Cardew is a character in The Importance of Being Earnest, and the author of the Gossip Girl books is Cecily von Ziegesar.
Sisters of Cecily that may also interest you: Cecilia, Cicely, and Celestia. Variant Cicely has a distinguished bearer in actress Cicely Tyson and was used by Sandra Bernhard for her now grown daughter..
Pronounced SEHS-uh-lee.
As of October 2026, Cecily ranked #1541 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #498 in 1989, Nameberry popularity #241.
Editor's take: The name Cecily is a girl's name of Latin origin meaning "blind".
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #1,061 | 244 | 136.6 |
| 2015 | #1,176 | 214 | 119.9 |
| 2016 | #1,243 | 196 | 110.6 |
| 2017 | #1,244 | 191 | 110.6 |
| 2018 | #1,544 | 141 | 82.9 |
| 2019 | #1,406 | 160 | 95.3 |
| 2020 | #1,593 | 131 | 81 |
| 2021 | #1,642 | 127 | 77.4 |
| 2022 | #1,612 | 131 | 79.9 |
| 2023 | #1,816 | 111 | 69.2 |
| 2024 | #1,595 | 131 | 80.9 |
| 2025 | #1,541 | 137 | 85.2 |
World rankings
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Famous Cecilys
- Cecily Neville
Duchess of York, mother of Kings Edward IV and Richard III of England
- Cecily of York
Viscountess Welles, daughter of King Edward IV
- Cecily April Adams
American actress and casting director
- Cecily Brown
English painter
- Cecily Strong
American actress and comedienne
- Cecily Joan Tynan
American television journalist
- Cecily Brooke von Ziegesar
American novelist
- Cecily Farr
correspondent to writer Helene Hanff
- Cecily Polson
Australian actress
- Cecily Barmore
Chapman, (b. 1992), daughter of reality TV's Beth Chapman
- Sessilee Lopez
American model
Cecily in pop culture
- Cecily King
character in L.M. Montgomery's "Road To Avonlea".
- Cecily Parsley's Nursery Rhymes
children's book by Beatrix Potter.
- Cecily Cardew
a character in Oscar Wilde's "The Importance of Being Earnest".
- Cecily Herondale
character in "The Infernal Devices" series by Cassandra Clare.
- Cecily Ashby
one of the sister brides in the Chemical Garden Trilogy by Lauren DeStefano.
- Cecily Addams/Underwood
a minor character on TV's "Buffy the Vampire Slayer".
- Sister Cecily (born Elspeth) Scallon
character in Rumer Godden's "In This House of Brede".
- "Cecily Smith
" song by Will Connolly.