Celest
#10,917 for girls in 2025, 8 births
- Peak · girls
- 1908 · 5 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,089since 1908
Celest over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Celest has never cracked the top 2,000 here.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #10,917 | 8 |
| 2024 | #6,932 | 16 |
| 2023 | #15,194 | 5 |
| 2022 | #8,542 | 12 |
| 2021 | #8,978 | 11 |
| 2020 | #9,546 | 10 |
| 2019 | #12,448 | 7 |
| 2018 | #8,617 | 12 |
| 2017 | #9,943 | 10 |
| 2016 | #14,331 | 6 |
| 2015 | #9,481 | 11 |
| 2014 | #7,636 | 15 |
| 2013 | #10,235 | 10 |
| 2012 | #7,456 | 16 |
| 2011 | #7,118 | 17 |
| 2010 | #7,217 | 17 |
| 2009 | #6,544 | 20 |
| 2008 | #5,279 | 27 |
| 2007 | #4,808 | 30 |
| 2006 | #4,576 | 31 |
| 2005 | #4,195 | 33 |
| 2004 | #2,851 | 56 |
| 2003 | #4,536 | 28 |
| 2002 | #3,014 | 48 |
| 2001 | #3,091 | 45 |
| 2000 | #3,121 | 44 |
| 1999 | #3,188 | 40 |
| 1998 | #2,798 | 47 |
| 1997 | #3,365 | 34 |
| 1996 | #3,028 | 39 |
| 1995 | #3,220 | 35 |
| 1994 | #4,016 | 26 |
| 1993 | #4,826 | 20 |
| 1992 | #6,314 | 14 |
| 1991 | #6,588 | 13 |
| 1990 | #6,867 | 12 |
| 1989 | #6,955 | 11 |
| 1988 | #8,391 | 8 |
| 1987 | #11,325 | 5 |
| 1986 | #10,912 | 5 |
| 1985 | #9,307 | 6 |
| 1984 | — | |
| 1983 | #10,275 | 5 |
| 1982 | #6,888 | 9 |
| 1981 | #9,110 | 6 |
| 1980 | #5,544 | 12 |
| 1979 | #7,313 | 8 |
| 1978 | #6,385 | 9 |
| 1977 | #8,444 | 6 |
| 1976 | — | |
| 1975 | #9,067 | 5 |
| 1974 | #8,775 | 5 |
| 1973 | #7,435 | 6 |
| 1972 | #5,480 | 9 |
| 1971 | #5,136 | 10 |
| 1970 | #5,818 | 8 |
| 1969 | #5,456 | 8 |
| 1968 | #7,016 | 5 |
| 1967 | #5,457 | 7 |
| 1966 | #6,564 | 5 |
| 1965 | #3,402 | 14 |
| 1964 | #4,355 | 10 |
| 1963 | #4,896 | 8 |
| 1962 | #6,578 | 5 |
| 1961 | #6,567 | 5 |
| 1960 | #5,168 | 7 |
| 1959 | #4,625 | 8 |
| 1958 | #4,193 | 9 |
| 1957 | #6,086 | 5 |
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| 1955 | #5,828 | 5 |
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| 1924 | #4,002 | 7 |
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| 1920 | #4,975 | 5 |
| 1919 | #3,452 | 8 |
| 1918 | #4,809 | 5 |
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| 1908 | #2,101 | 5 |
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First appearance
1908
The first year at least five girls were named Celest! It came in at #2,101, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1908–1918, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
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Momentum · girls
Holding steady
- 3,985 spots since 2024 (#6,932 → #10,917)
- 1,371 spots since 2020 (#9,546 → #10,917)
- 1,436 spots since 2015 (#9,481 → #10,917)
Rise & fade · girls
Peaked on debut
- Debuted 1908
- Peaked 1908 at #2,101 (5 births)
- Births halved by 1909, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 32,790
- Highest: 1 in 32,790 girls born in 2004 were named Celest (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 200,908 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #2,101 in 1908, was only 1 in 66,862 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 2000s
- 33.2% of all girls named Celest (362) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 5 | #2,101 (1908) | #2,101 |
| 1910s | 13 | #3,452 (1919) | #4,131 |
| 1920s | 12 | #4,002 (1924) | #4,489 |
| 1930s | 0 | — | — |
| 1940s | 0 | — | — |
| 1950s | 27 | #4,193 (1958) | #5,183 |
| 1960s | 74 | #3,402 (1965) | #5,546 |
| 1970s | 66 | #5,136 (1971) | #7,095 |
| 1980s | 67 | #5,544 (1980) | #8,745 |
| 1990s | 280 | #2,798 (1998) | #4,421 |
| 2000s | 362 | #2,851 (2004) | #4,202 |
| 2010s | 121 | #7,118 (2011) | #9,448 |
| 2020s | 62 | #6,932 (2024) | #10,018 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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