Celeste

#188 for girls in 2025, 1,662 births · Last seen for boys in 2008 at #12,553
Given to girls 99.9% of the time

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Peak · girls
2025 · 1,662 births
Debut · girls
14 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
65,621
since 1881

Celeste over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Celeste has never cracked the top 100 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201918girlsat peak
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#1881,662
2024#1971,562
2023#2761,137
2022#2921,083
2021#3271,002
2020#352876
2019#374840
2018#446720
2017#465675
2016#494632
2015#500638
2014#467679
2013#468654
2012#470655
2011#453671
2010#457674
2009#458676
2008#400806#12,5535
2007#355914
2006#3271,013
2005#2721,203
2004#2041,637
2003#2981,034
2002#3081,011
2001#2851,095
2000#2741,167
1999#2631,205
1998#2521,229
1997#2391,252
1996#2411,157
1995#2471,149
1994#2591,079
1993#349733
1992#385671
1991#374687#8,2365
1990#398653
1989#418592
1988#494459
1987#466467#6,0896
1986#450481
1985#436504#5,7856
1984#419508
1983#409525
1982#386598
1981#383595#6,2625
1980#392583
1979#409525
1978#414489
1977#431471
1976#376547
1975#387523
1974#370581
1973#353598
1972#386552
1971#363654#4,3756
1970#394596
1969#386592
1968#389556
1967#359621
1966#356650
1965#353659
1964#359691
1963#337789
1962#330802
1961#324855
1960#346762
1959#350749
1958#338782
1957#344694#3,2577
1956#326720#3,9425
1955#323710
1954#343622
1953#331634
1952#325627
1951#325597
1950#338532
1949#393407
1948#465297
1947#470306
1946#534218
1945#561171
1944#605147
1943#584166
1942#593156
1941#552159
1940#588140
1939#652108
1938#618121
1937#577136
1936#68395
1935#66499
1934#582124
1933#642105
1932#593123
1931#68296
1930#69997
1929#644117
1928#615131
1927#696109
1926#686113
1925#605144
1924#643135
1923#600146
1922#704108
1921#566160
1920#583150
1919#587142
1918#574154#3,3687
1917#534156
1916#524157#3,8975
1915#555133
1914#57198
1913#54188
1912#50390
1911#53561
1910#47272
1909#55947
1908#58341
1907#51149
1906#48650
1905#48150
1904#55936
1903#53936
1902#57133
1901#48738
1900#48149
1899#51433
1898#47542
1897#47736
1896#55330
1895#52032
1894#56826
1893#53527
1892#52627
1891#55922
1890#57820
1889#80211
1888#47627
1887#49920
1886#52818
1885#54216
1884#54115
1883#6519
1882#6349
1881#44714
1880
First appearance
1881

The first year at least five girls were named Celeste! It came in at #447, and was given to 14 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1882–1883, when fewer than 10 girls a year got the name.

See more about Celeste
Momentum · girls
Rising
  • 9 spots since 2024 (#197#188)
  • 164 spots since 2020 (#352#188)
  • 312 spots since 2015 (#500#188)
  • Biggest jump: 224 spots in 1890 (#802#578)
  • Biggest drop: 326 spots in 1889 (#476#802)
Rise & fade · girls
144 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1881
  • Peaked 2025 at #188 (1,662 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 145 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 145 yrs · run 1881–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 967
  • Highest: 1 in 967 girls born in 2025 were named Celeste (0.10%)
Era · girls
The 2000s
  • 16.1% of all girls named Celeste (10,556) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s139#447 (1881)#569
1890s295#475 (1898)#531
1900s429#481 (1905)#526
1910s1,151#472 (1910)#540
1920s1,313#566 (1921)#634
1930s1,104#577 (1937)#639
1940s2,167#393 (1949)#535
1950s6,667#323 (1955)#334
1960s6,977#324 (1961)#354
1970s5,536#353 (1973)#388
1980s5,312#383 (1981)#425
1990s9,815#239 (1997)#301
2000s10,556#204 (2004)#318
2010s6,838#374 (2019)#459
2020s7,322#188 (2025)#272

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.

Celeste in 1918

girls
#574
154 births · 1 in 7,517 girls
boys
#3,368
7 births · 1 in 144,783 boys

Top girls' names in 1918

  1. #1Mary67,365
  2. #2Helen36,148
  3. #3Dorothy32,030
  4. #4Margaret27,139
  5. #5Ruth25,535
  6. #6Mildred17,258
  7. #7Virginia16,421
  8. #8Frances16,132
  9. #9Elizabeth15,853
  10. #10Anna15,666
  11. #574Celeste154

Top boys' names in 1918

  1. #1John56,558
  2. #2William45,291
  3. #3James42,115
  4. #4Robert40,619
  5. #5Charles26,921
  6. #6George26,318
  7. #7Joseph26,261
  8. #8Edward19,489
  9. #9Frank17,018
  10. #10Thomas13,910
  11. #3,368Celeste7
More about 1918

girls

1,157,631 girls got a published name in 1918; 1 in 7,517 of them was named Celeste, which outranked 89.7% of the 5,585 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Celeste
  1. #571Jayne156
  2. #572Blanch155
  3. #572Ursula155
  4. #574Celeste154
  5. #574Berneice154
  6. #576Mina153
  7. #576Rosemarie153
  8. #578Ethelyn152

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1917
Risers
  1. 547Jesse#1,507#960
  2. 494Liberty#1,079#585
  3. 389Marilynn#1,337#948
  4. 312Margueritte#1,281#969
  5. 306Syble#807#501
Fallers
  1. 447Valentine#964#1,411
  2. 428Ottie#952#1,380
  3. 354Delora#923#1,277
  4. 318Georgene#896#1,214
  5. 299Clifford#904#1,203

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,013,480 boys got a published name in 1918; 1 in 144,783 of them was named Celeste, which outranked 30.0% of the 4,813 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Celeste
  1. #3,096Yoshimi8
  2. #3,096Zelma8
  3. #3,096Zigmont8
  4. #3,368Celeste7
  5. #3,368Acel7
  6. #3,368Achilles7
  7. #3,368Ada7
  8. #3,728Ab6
  9. #3,728Abran6
  10. #3,728Acencion6

Tied with 359 names at #3,368; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1917
Risers
  1. 600Quinton#1,092#492
  2. 542Pershing#876#334
  3. 480Quentin#723#243
  4. 440Issac#1,264#824
  5. 339Furman#1,092#753
Fallers
  1. 473Bernhard#900#1,373
  2. 424Edson#919#1,343
  3. 394Gasper#919#1,313
  4. 352Berton#934#1,286
  5. 346Ishmael#997#1,343

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1918