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
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 65,621since 1881
Celeste over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Celeste has never cracked the top 100 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #188 | 1,662 | — | |
| 2024 | #197 | 1,562 | — | |
| 2023 | #276 | 1,137 | — | |
| 2022 | #292 | 1,083 | — | |
| 2021 | #327 | 1,002 | — | |
| 2020 | #352 | 876 | — | |
| 2019 | #374 | 840 | — | |
| 2018 | #446 | 720 | — | |
| 2017 | #465 | 675 | — | |
| 2016 | #494 | 632 | — | |
| 2015 | #500 | 638 | — | |
| 2014 | #467 | 679 | — | |
| 2013 | #468 | 654 | — | |
| 2012 | #470 | 655 | — | |
| 2011 | #453 | 671 | — | |
| 2010 | #457 | 674 | — | |
| 2009 | #458 | 676 | — | |
| 2008 | #400 | 806 | #12,553 | 5 |
| 2007 | #355 | 914 | — | |
| 2006 | #327 | 1,013 | — | |
| 2005 | #272 | 1,203 | — | |
| 2004 | #204 | 1,637 | — | |
| 2003 | #298 | 1,034 | — | |
| 2002 | #308 | 1,011 | — | |
| 2001 | #285 | 1,095 | — | |
| 2000 | #274 | 1,167 | — | |
| 1999 | #263 | 1,205 | — | |
| 1998 | #252 | 1,229 | — | |
| 1997 | #239 | 1,252 | — | |
| 1996 | #241 | 1,157 | — | |
| 1995 | #247 | 1,149 | — | |
| 1994 | #259 | 1,079 | — | |
| 1993 | #349 | 733 | — | |
| 1992 | #385 | 671 | — | |
| 1991 | #374 | 687 | #8,236 | 5 |
| 1990 | #398 | 653 | — | |
| 1989 | #418 | 592 | — | |
| 1988 | #494 | 459 | — | |
| 1987 | #466 | 467 | #6,089 | 6 |
| 1986 | #450 | 481 | — | |
| 1985 | #436 | 504 | #5,785 | 6 |
| 1984 | #419 | 508 | — | |
| 1983 | #409 | 525 | — | |
| 1982 | #386 | 598 | — | |
| 1981 | #383 | 595 | #6,262 | 5 |
| 1980 | #392 | 583 | — | |
| 1979 | #409 | 525 | — | |
| 1978 | #414 | 489 | — | |
| 1977 | #431 | 471 | — | |
| 1976 | #376 | 547 | — | |
| 1975 | #387 | 523 | — | |
| 1974 | #370 | 581 | — | |
| 1973 | #353 | 598 | — | |
| 1972 | #386 | 552 | — | |
| 1971 | #363 | 654 | #4,375 | 6 |
| 1970 | #394 | 596 | — | |
| 1969 | #386 | 592 | — | |
| 1968 | #389 | 556 | — | |
| 1967 | #359 | 621 | — | |
| 1966 | #356 | 650 | — | |
| 1965 | #353 | 659 | — | |
| 1964 | #359 | 691 | — | |
| 1963 | #337 | 789 | — | |
| 1962 | #330 | 802 | — | |
| 1961 | #324 | 855 | — | |
| 1960 | #346 | 762 | — | |
| 1959 | #350 | 749 | — | |
| 1958 | #338 | 782 | — | |
| 1957 | #344 | 694 | #3,257 | 7 |
| 1956 | #326 | 720 | #3,942 | 5 |
| 1955 | #323 | 710 | — | |
| 1954 | #343 | 622 | — | |
| 1953 | #331 | 634 | — | |
| 1952 | #325 | 627 | — | |
| 1951 | #325 | 597 | — | |
| 1950 | #338 | 532 | — | |
| 1949 | #393 | 407 | — | |
| 1948 | #465 | 297 | — | |
| 1947 | #470 | 306 | — | |
| 1946 | #534 | 218 | — | |
| 1945 | #561 | 171 | — | |
| 1944 | #605 | 147 | — | |
| 1943 | #584 | 166 | — | |
| 1942 | #593 | 156 | — | |
| 1941 | #552 | 159 | — | |
| 1940 | #588 | 140 | — | |
| 1939 | #652 | 108 | — | |
| 1938 | #618 | 121 | — | |
| 1937 | #577 | 136 | — | |
| 1936 | #683 | 95 | — | |
| 1935 | #664 | 99 | — | |
| 1934 | #582 | 124 | — | |
| 1933 | #642 | 105 | — | |
| 1932 | #593 | 123 | — | |
| 1931 | #682 | 96 | — | |
| 1930 | #699 | 97 | — | |
| 1929 | #644 | 117 | — | |
| 1928 | #615 | 131 | — | |
| 1927 | #696 | 109 | — | |
| 1926 | #686 | 113 | — | |
| 1925 | #605 | 144 | — | |
| 1924 | #643 | 135 | — | |
| 1923 | #600 | 146 | — | |
| 1922 | #704 | 108 | — | |
| 1921 | #566 | 160 | — | |
| 1920 | #583 | 150 | — | |
| 1919 | #587 | 142 | — | |
| 1918 | #574 | 154 | #3,368 | 7 |
| 1917 | #534 | 156 | — | |
| 1916 | #524 | 157 | #3,897 | 5 |
| 1915 | #555 | 133 | — | |
| 1914 | #571 | 98 | — | |
| 1913 | #541 | 88 | — | |
| 1912 | #503 | 90 | — | |
| 1911 | #535 | 61 | — | |
| 1910 | #472 | 72 | — | |
| 1909 | #559 | 47 | — | |
| 1908 | #583 | 41 | — | |
| 1907 | #511 | 49 | — | |
| 1906 | #486 | 50 | — | |
| 1905 | #481 | 50 | — | |
| 1904 | #559 | 36 | — | |
| 1903 | #539 | 36 | — | |
| 1902 | #571 | 33 | — | |
| 1901 | #487 | 38 | — | |
| 1900 | #481 | 49 | — | |
| 1899 | #514 | 33 | — | |
| 1898 | #475 | 42 | — | |
| 1897 | #477 | 36 | — | |
| 1896 | #553 | 30 | — | |
| 1895 | #520 | 32 | — | |
| 1894 | #568 | 26 | — | |
| 1893 | #535 | 27 | — | |
| 1892 | #526 | 27 | — | |
| 1891 | #559 | 22 | — | |
| 1890 | #578 | 20 | — | |
| 1889 | #802 | 11 | — | |
| 1888 | #476 | 27 | — | |
| 1887 | #499 | 20 | — | |
| 1886 | #528 | 18 | — | |
| 1885 | #542 | 16 | — | |
| 1884 | #541 | 15 | — | |
| 1883 | #651 | 9 | — | |
| 1882 | #634 | 9 | — | |
| 1881 | #447 | 14 | — | |
| 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.
Where Celeste is popular in 1977
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · girls
- Hawaii#136 · 1 in 467
- Utah#170 · 1 in 817
- Idaho#259 · 1 in 1,255
- New Mexico#264 · 1 in 1,151
- Louisiana#277 · 1 in 1,399
Best ever in a state: #76 in Hawaii, 1973.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hawaii | #136 | 10 | 1 in 467 |
| Utah | #170 | 18 | 1 in 817 |
| Idaho | #259 | 5 | 1 in 1,255 |
| New Mexico | #264 | 7 | 1 in 1,151 |
| Louisiana | #277 | 20 | 1 in 1,399 |
| Oregon | #296 | 9 | 1 in 1,636 |
| Arizona | #322 | 10 | 1 in 1,595 |
| California | #333 | 82 | 1 in 1,824 |
| Washington | #335 | 11 | 1 in 2,070 |
| South Carolina | #367 | 8 | 1 in 2,192 |
| Texas | #368 | 48 | 1 in 2,093 |
| Colorado | #388 | 7 | 1 in 2,438 |
| Kansas | #399 | 5 | 1 in 2,705 |
| New Jersey | #399 | 14 | 1 in 2,622 |
| Arkansas | #405 | 5 | 1 in 2,599 |
| Illinois | #428 | 25 | 1 in 2,893 |
| Virginia | #457 | 8 | 1 in 3,524 |
| Georgia | #458 | 10 | 1 in 3,284 |
| Alabama | #462 | 7 | 1 in 3,286 |
| Ohio | #475 | 16 | 1 in 4,384 |
| New York | #477 | 31 | 1 in 3,285 |
| Missouri | #493 | 7 | 1 in 4,426 |
| Minnesota | #494 | 5 | 1 in 5,176 |
| Pennsylvania | #501 | 15 | 1 in 4,426 |
| Indiana | #503 | 8 | 1 in 4,404 |
| Michigan | #503 | 13 | 1 in 4,393 |
| Florida | #675 | 8 | 1 in 5,401 |
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| Wyoming | — | — | — |
Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
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
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 139 | #447 (1881) | #569 |
| 1890s | 295 | #475 (1898) | #531 |
| 1900s | 429 | #481 (1905) | #526 |
| 1910s | 1,151 | #472 (1910) | #540 |
| 1920s | 1,313 | #566 (1921) | #634 |
| 1930s | 1,104 | #577 (1937) | #639 |
| 1940s | 2,167 | #393 (1949) | #535 |
| 1950s | 6,667 | #323 (1955) | #334 |
| 1960s | 6,977 | #324 (1961) | #354 |
| 1970s | 5,536 | #353 (1973) | #388 |
| 1980s | 5,312 | #383 (1981) | #425 |
| 1990s | 9,815 | #239 (1997) | #301 |
| 2000s | 10,556 | #204 (2004) | #318 |
| 2010s | 6,838 | #374 (2019) | #459 |
| 2020s | 7,322 | #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 1977
girls
#431
471 births · 1 in 3,255 girls
Top girls' names in 1977
More about 1977
girls
1,533,146 girls got a published name in 1977; 1 in 3,255 of them was named Celeste, which outranked 96.2% of the 11,329 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).