How many Cijis are there in the world?

No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 600 people named Ciji are estimated to be alive in the US today.

How popular is the name Ciji in 2025?

Ciji is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 girl names.

Will my child share the name Ciji with classmates?

Ciji will almost certainly be the only one in school.

Ciji

Feminine

Rare todaygiven to only a few children a year

rare

Ciji is four letters and two bright syllables, a name that is over almost as soon as it begins. Its i's are read the way most European languages read them, as ee, so it sounds far lighter than it looks.

How old is the name Ciji?

Ciji first appears in US birth records in 1974 — 51 years ago. The typical Ciji alive today was born around 1984, making them about 41 years old. About 600 people named Ciji are estimated to be alive in the US today.

When was the name Ciji most popular?

Ciji peaked in 1983, reaching #697 nationally. See the whole 1983 chart.

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Where it comes from

Origin, sound and short forms

Our story of Ciji

English usually reads the letter i as the vowel of sit or of time, but in Spanish, Italian, French and German it says ee, and in Ciji both i's take that continental sound. The c before i is soft, as it always is in English, and the j gives the second syllable its snap. Ciji is a name built entirely from sound, light and quick, and it asks nothing of its bearer except to be said aloud.

Meaningnot established

Not established

No source records the origin of Ciji. It is not a form of an older name, and no record says what, if anything, it was built from.

Pronouncing Ciji

SEE-jee

Two syllables with the stress on the first, both i's said as ee.

Nicknames for Ciji

Limited

CJSome people will hear it as a pair of initials and write it that way

What the data says

146 years of official birth records

The long climb, and where it stands now

The same years in position rather than babies

First recorded: 1974
Most girls named: 1983244 — the highest on record
Peak rank: #697reached in 1983
Change vs 1993: −16.7%5 in 1999, from 6

Ciji sits in the rare tail. Its best year on record was 1983, with 244 girls. Today it is given to few enough children that it does not enter the ranked charts at all.

Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.

Cijis among us

600

people named Ciji are estimated to be alive in the US today

Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method

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Is it right for you

Questions parents actually ask

Fashion outlook

Ciji sits outside the current charts, and that is its own kind of answer: naming cycles can only date the names they carried up. A name this rare has no decade stamped on it — it cannot go out of fashion, because it was never in.

Based on 146 years of naming cycles. How we read them

The trade-off

Practical strengths

It is short, easy to say once heard and hard to forget.
Few people share it.

What to consider

Strangers may read it as SIJ-ee or SY-jy, since English i is rarely ee.
There is no recorded meaning to give when someone asks.

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Frequently asked

How many Cijis are there in the world?: No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 600 people named Ciji are estimated to be alive in the US today.
How popular is the name Ciji in 2025?: Ciji is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 girl names.
Will my child share the name Ciji with classmates?: Ciji will almost certainly be the only one in school.

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