Cecilio comes from the Italian / Portuguese / Spanish tradition, meaning Blind.
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How popular is Cecilio?
1998peak year
Cecilio has settled into a steady rhythm — neither rising sharply nor fading, holding a consistent place in U.S. birth records. It currently ranks well outside the top 1,000 (around #6144), with about 15 babies named Cecilio each year. In 1998, 39 babies received the name (ranked #2280). Total registrations across all years since 1880: roughly 2,402.
Year-by-year registrations1880–2024 · U.S. Social Security data
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