Name profile

Cicero

A name meaning "chickpea".

PronunciationLatin /ˈki.ke.roː/; English /ˈsɪs.ə.ɹoʊ/
Usage languagesAncient Roman, Spanish
US rank (2025)#12,008

Meaning and history

Cícero is a Roman cognomen derived from Latin cicer, meaning “chickpea.” It was borne by Marcus Tullius Cicero, a 1st-century BC statesman, orator, and author who is now usually known simply as Cicero and who was politically opposed to Mark Antony, by whom he was eventually executed.

Popularity over timeUS births · boys
20062006: no US SSA record for this spelling
2007: no US SSA record for this spelling
2008: no US SSA record for this spelling
2009: 5 births, rank #12,491
2010: no US SSA record for this spelling
20112011: 5 births, rank #12,287
2012: no US SSA record for this spelling
2013: no US SSA record for this spelling
2014: 6 births, rank #10,717
2015: no US SSA record for this spelling
20162016: no US SSA record for this spelling
2017: no US SSA record for this spelling
2018: no US SSA record for this spelling
2019: no US SSA record for this spelling
2020: 5 births, rank #12,022
20212021: no US SSA record for this spelling
2022: no US SSA record for this spelling
2023: 6 births, rank #10,821
2024: 5 births, rank #12,349
20252025: 5 births, rank #12,008

Cicero moved from #660 to #990 for boys between 1909 and 1910. Its highest annual birth count came in 1881, with 18 births.