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
- 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
Rank among girls' names. Celeste has never cracked the top 100 here.
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 | — | — | ||
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
- 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)
- Debuted 1881
- Peaked 2025 at #188 (1,662 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 145 yrs · run 1881–2025
- Highest: 1 in 967 girls born in 2025 were named Celeste (0.10%)
- 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 1987
Top girls' names in 1987
Top boys' names in 1987
More about 1987
girls
1,738,632 girls got a published name in 1987; 1 in 3,723 of them was named Celeste, which outranked 96.5% of the 13,263 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,866,984 boys got a published name in 1987; 1 in 311,164 of them was named Celeste, which outranked 25.3% of the 8,152 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #5,459Zenon7
- #5,459Zerrick7
- #5,459Zuri7
- #6,089Celeste6
- #6,089Aamir6
- #6,089Aaryn6
- #6,089Abayomi6
- #6,951Aadam5
- #6,951Aaric5
- #6,951Aarin5
Tied with 861 names at #6,089; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.