Ceili

Ceili peaked in the US in 1997 at #4,508, and is too rare now to appear in the latest official lists.

Ceili as a girl’s name

  • US
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Ceili as a girl’s name, US, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020
Ceili as a girl’s name, US, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. In Ireland, the line follows the most-used spelling each year: Ceili to 2017, Céilí from 2020. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2024——#898 (3)—
2021——#883 (3)—
2020——#834 (3)—
2019#13,799 (6)———
2018#15,682 (5)———
2017#15,902 (5)—#734 (4)—
2016#16,215 (5)———
2015#16,419 (5)———
2014#10,955 (9)———
2012—#451 (3)——
2010———#2,878 (6)
2009#10,679 (10)—#893 (3)—
2008#10,807 (10)——#2,524 (7)
2007#11,630 (9)—#705 (4)—
2006#7,482 (16)#384 (3)—#2,607 (6)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1997 at #4,508.
  • First recorded in the US in 1989.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
CeiliCanadaGirls—too few
CeiliIrelandGirls—too few
CéilíIrelandGirls—too few
CeiliNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
CeiliUSGirls—too few