Sesilia
Origin
Samoan
Syllables
4
Peak era
Rare
Today
▬ Steady
Meaning
“Samoan form of Cecilia, patron saint of music”
Popularity, 1890–2024
1890srare in US records2020s
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Sesilia has stayed rare in US records the whole time: no peak decade to name.
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Popularity in Brazil
59 people · the #59,447 first name in Brazil · median age 14
Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022
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