Cecilia
Meaning and origin
Wiktionary describes it as a female given name, equivalent to English Cecilia. From Latin saint's name Caecilia. First recorded in Sweden in the 12th century.
Source: Wiktionary, Swedish entry for Cecilia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Cecilia has been falling over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 1998. The figures are for this exact spelling; other spellings of the name are counted on their own.
Years with fewer than two babies (fewer than ten before 2004) show as zero in the chart and as – in the table.
Show the figures
| Year | Girls |
|---|---|
| 1998 | 150 |
| 1999 | 147 |
| 2000 | 128 |
| 2001 | 125 |
| 2002 | 107 |
| 2003 | 86 |
| 2004 | 88 |
| 2005 | 58 |
| 2006 | 79 |
| 2007 | 66 |
| 2008 | 60 |
| 2009 | 55 |
| 2010 | 48 |
| 2011 | 45 |
| 2012 | 44 |
| 2013 | 48 |
| 2014 | 45 |
| 2015 | 37 |
| 2016 | 24 |
| 2017 | 19 |
| 2018 | 28 |
| 2019 | 24 |
| 2020 | 18 |
| 2021 | 23 |
| 2022 | 14 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
Show the figures
| Year | Women and girls |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 21,378 |
| 2000 | 21,677 |
| 2001 | 21,975 |
| 2002 | 22,196 |
| 2003 | 22,478 |
| 2004 | 22,666 |
| 2005 | 22,703 |
| 2006 | 22,865 |
| 2007 | 22,906 |
| 2008 | 23,054 |
| 2009 | 23,097 |
| 2010 | 23,153 |
| 2011 | 23,152 |
| 2012 | 23,202 |
| 2013 | 23,206 |
| 2014 | 23,232 |
| 2015 | 23,212 |
| 2016 | 23,244 |
| 2017 | 23,244 |
| 2018 | 23,271 |
| 2019 | 23,270 |
| 2020 | 23,274 |
Cecilia in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Cecilia.Hi! My name is Cecilia.
- Cecilia bor i Göteborg och pluggar till sjuksköterska.Cecilia lives in Gothenburg and is training to be a nurse.
- Cecilia har bott i Uppsala i tre år.Cecilia has lived in Uppsala for three years.
- Cecilias mamma är lärare.Cecilia's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Cecilias mamma is Cecilia's mum.
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Questions about Cecilia
How do you pronounce Cecilia in Swedish?
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What does the name Cecilia mean?
Wiktionary describes it as a female given name, equivalent to English Cecilia. From Latin saint's name Caecilia. First recorded in Sweden in the 12th century.
How popular is Cecilia in Sweden?
14 babies were named Cecilia in 2022. In 2020, 23,274 people in Sweden had Cecilia as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been falling lately and peaked in 1998 in the years SCB covers (1998–2022).
Popularity figures: Statistics Sweden (SCB), name statistics (BE0001) from the Statistical Database, released as open data under CC0. Each spelling is counted as its own name, as SCB does. SCB's open name statistics end with babies named in 2022 and the population on 31 December 2020; SCB stopped producing name statistics in 2024 and now points to the Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket) for newer figures.
Origins, IPA and recordings: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), via kaikki.org; recordings from Lingua Libre on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA). Lingolib is not affiliated with SCB or Wiktionary. Sources last checked 7 October 2026.