Sicily
Feminine · “of the Sicels”
Sicily is the island at the toe of Italy, named for the people the Greeks found living there. As a name it belongs to the small group of place names — Italia, Verona, Florence, Roma — that American families have taken up in the last few decades.
How old is the name Sicily?
Sicily first appears in US birth records in 1973 — 52 years ago. The typical Sicily alive today was born around 2009, making them about 16 years old. About 1,500 people named Sicily are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Sicily most popular?
Sicily peaked in 2006, reaching #2485 nationally. Today it ranks #3130, 645 places below that high. See the whole 2006 chart.
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Where it comes from
From Siculi to Sicily
The story of Sicily
Greeks colonizing the island in the eighth century BC named it for the Sicels of its eastern half, and the name has survived Carthaginians, Romans, Arabs, Normans and Bourbons without changing much. English took Sicily through Latin and French. Its use as a given name is recent and American, part of a broader taste for Italian places as names, and it is helped by the fact that it sounds like Cecily, an English name with a completely separate history.
Meaning
of the Sicels
From Latin Sicilia, named for the Siculi or Sicels, one of the peoples living on the island before Greek settlement; their own name is not explained.
How the name formed
- Siculi
- Sicilia
- Sicily
Related forms: Sicilia · Sicilia · Sicilia
Pronouncing Sicily
SIS-uh-lee
Three syllables, first stressed, identical in sound to Cecily.
Nicknames for Sicily
Moderate
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
- 1973
- Most girls named
- 200674 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #2485reached in 2006
- Change vs 2024
- 0.0%51 in 2025, from 51
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.
Sicily in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Sicilia in Italian — same name
- Sicilia in Spanish — same name
- Sicilia in Sicilian — same name
Strongest US states over the last decade: California, Texas, Florida.
Sicilys among us
people named Sicily are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 31,515 born in 2025 was named Sicily
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Evelia test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Sicily's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Evelia climbed just as high around 1980, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Evelia's path sketches the road Sicily is walking now.
Sicily sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Sicily is headed
Sicily should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.
Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Sicily beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Sicily in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- A real place with three thousand years of documented history behind the word.
- It sounds exactly like Cecily, an old English name, so it never sounds invented.
- Several usable short forms, including one — Lily — that is fully independent.
- Cecily and Sicily are indistinguishable aloud, so the spelling is a lifelong exchange.
- Naming a child for a place invites the question of whether the family is from there.
- The Sissy clip is best avoided and someone will reach for it anyway.
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Feminine · #3130 in the U.S.
Frequently asked
- How many Sicilys are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 1,500 people named Sicily are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Sicily in 2025?
- Sicily ranks #3130 among US girl names in 2025, with 51 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Sicily?
- About 1 in every 31,515 US girls born in 2025 was named Sicily — 51 in all.
- Will my child share the name Sicily with classmates?
- Sicily will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Sicily
Names sitting at a similar level of popularity right now.
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US figures from the Social Security Administration. 1880–2025. Data & methodology
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