Cilicia comes from the Modern American tradition, meaning Ancient region in modern Turkey..
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How popular is Cilicia?
1998peak year
Today, Cilicia is rarely chosen — ranked well outside the top 1,000 (around #15683), with only about 5 babies given the name per year. But it wasn't always this way. At its peak in 1998, 13 babies were given the name (ranked #7194 nationally). Its strongest stretch was the 1980s. In all, around 154 babies have been registered as Cilicia since 1880.
Year-by-year registrations1880–2024 · U.S. Social Security data
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