Sesilia
Sesilia Takaishvili was a Georgian actress. She appeared in more than forty films from 1945 to 1983.
Meaning & Origin of Sesilia
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Sesilia Takaishvili was a Georgian actress. She appeared in more than forty films from 1945 to 1983.
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The Story of Sesilia
Sesilia first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1987, with 6 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 2001, when 8 Sesilias were born — ranking #11,019 that year. As of 2026, Sesilia ranks #17,501 for baby girls with 5 births, with steady use. In total, more than 91 Sesilias have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1980s through the 2020s.
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About the name Sesilia
Sesilia is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1987 and has accumulated 91 births in the dataset. Sesilia's peak popularity came in 2001 when it ranked #11,019. Use the chart and map above to compare Sesilia's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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