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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201957girlsat 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 1957

girls
#344
694 births · 1 in 2,946 girls
boys
#3,257
7 births · 1 in 308,177 boys

Top girls' names in 1957

  1. #1Mary61,102
  2. #2Susan45,954
  3. #3Linda44,517
  4. #4Debra42,728
  5. #5Karen40,591
  6. #6Deborah40,096
  7. #7Cynthia39,340
  8. #8Patricia39,283
  9. #9Barbara29,692
  10. #10Donna28,042
  11. #344Celeste694

Top boys' names in 1957

  1. #1Michael92,781
  2. #2James84,337
  3. #3David82,403
  4. #4Robert81,765
  5. #5John79,033
  6. #6William56,852
  7. #7Mark52,841
  8. #8Richard52,446
  9. #9Thomas44,625
  10. #10Steven36,842
  11. #3,257Celeste7
More about 1957

girls

2,044,851 girls got a published name in 1957; 1 in 2,946 of them was named Celeste, which outranked 95.1% of the 7,015 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Celeste
  1. #341Molly699
  2. #341Naomi699
  3. #343Shawn697
  4. #344Celeste694
  5. #345Karin690
  6. #346Cecelia681
  7. #347Marguerite680
Biggest movers since 1956
Risers
  1. 2,944Tammi#3,696#752
  2. 1,310Tamela#2,151#841
  3. 1,298Tammie#1,662#364
  4. 993Tia#1,968#975
  5. 676Tamera#1,287#611
Fallers
  1. 423Corliss#878#1,301
  2. 399Glynis#977#1,376
  3. 367Merrie#977#1,344
  4. 303Taryn#935#1,238
  5. 291Glendora#963#1,254

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

boys

2,157,236 boys got a published name in 1957; 1 in 308,177 of them was named Celeste, which outranked 28.4% of the 4,552 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Celeste
  1. #3,024Winifred8
  2. #3,024Zarak8
  3. #3,024Zeno8
  4. #3,257Celeste7
  5. #3,257Abbott7
  6. #3,257Abdul7
  7. #3,257Aime7
  8. #3,552Adlai6
  9. #3,552Ahmad6
  10. #3,552Aidan6

Tied with 294 names at #3,257; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1956
Risers
  1. 714Dion#1,642#928
  2. 404Wes#1,317#913
  3. 371Antoine#1,232#861
  4. 340Domenick#1,335#995
  5. 329Mitch#868#539
Fallers
  1. 458Lannie#999#1,457
  2. 402Desi#986#1,388
  3. 354Gavin#924#1,278
  4. 317Murphy#917#1,234
  5. 288Eliot#897#1,185

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

See the top 100 for 1957