Celestine

#3,211 for girls in 2025, 49 births · Last seen for boys in 1941 at #3,133
Given to girls 97.7% of the time

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Peak · girls
1902 · 41 births
Debut · girls
12 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
9,809
since 1880

Celestine over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Celestine has never cracked the top 400 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201927peak #490, 1902girls
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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#3,21149
2024#3,96337
2023#4,87327
2022#4,47231
2021#4,71928
2020#5,16824
2019#5,61222
2018#6,52118
2017#5,04526
2016#4,42332
2015#4,98127
2014#6,45119
2013#8,13514
2012#7,14417
2011#12,1538
2010#9,23112
2009#8,05815
2008#11,5999
2007#6,32321
2006#6,59219
2005#5,26624
2004#5,74421
2003#6,05519
2002#6,39217
2001#5,36421
2000#5,93718
1999#4,71823
1998#3,91429
1997#4,00727
1996#4,73921
1995#3,15236
1994#5,98415
1993#4,25724
1992#4,68621
1991#2,98938
1990#3,43631
1989#3,67327
1988#2,93135
1987#4,12220
1986#3,05430
1985#4,45517
1984#3,06928
1983#4,68615
1982#3,64722
1981#3,85920
1980#3,50623
1979#2,52536
1978#2,43136
1977#2,66631
1976#2,33435
1975#2,51631
1974#1,82048
1973#1,47864
1972#1,65554
1971#1,64056
1970#1,43072
1969#1,18289
1968#1,33469
1967#1,17282
1966#1,06397
1965#1,07994
1964#1,032109
1963#929129
1962#939128
1961#1,070104
1960#897137
1959#904133
1958#844146
1957#777167
1956#806152
1955#748161
1954#677189
1953#724157
1952#634195
1951#647182
1950#625183
1949#611183
1948#658161
1947#650164
1946#723125
1945#631133
1944#610146
1943#651136
1942#631142
1941#645121#3,1336
1940#632124
1939#674101#3,4805
1938#565146
1937#72686
1936#635109#2,8547
1935#600118
1934#667101
1933#546137#2,36810
1932#565133#3,0927
1931#600122
1930#661108#3,2897
1929#593132#3,9595
1928#625127#2,38712
1927#664117#2,70310
1926#618133#2,9049
1925#572157#3,7416
1924#587157#2,13215
1923#616142#1,94117
1922#573158#2,24014
1921#573157#3,2148
1920#570158#2,60211
1919#626125#2,51111
1918#697106#1,99816
1917#630117#2,42311
1916#593128#3,8975
1915#603118#2,31011
1914#69269#2,10110
1913#62867#1,67611
1912#68953#1,8858
1911#74134
1910#57052
1909#66935
1908#67832
1907#63734
1906#54142
1905#60034
1904#71024
1903#58931
1902#49041
1901#65923
1900#63930
1899#70420
1898#54434
1897#50933
1896#65123
1895#63823
1894#66420
1893#56125
1892#79614
1891#54123
1890#64217
1889#62017
1888#52523
1887#9377
1886#8977
1885#9216
1884#54115
1883#57911
1882#7407
1881
1880#49212
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Celestine was already there! It came in at #492, and was given to 12 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1881, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

See more about Celestine
Momentum · girls
Rising
  • 752 spots since 2024 (#3,963#3,211)
  • 1,957 spots since 2020 (#5,168#3,211)
  • 1,770 spots since 2015 (#4,981#3,211)
  • Biggest jump: 412 spots in 1888 (#937#525)
  • Biggest drop: 380 spots in 1885 (#541#921)
Rise & fade · girls
22 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1902 at #490 (41 births)
  • Births halved by 1981, 79 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 82 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 82 yrs · run 1882–1960
Share of babies · girls
1 in 6,441
  • Highest: 1 in 6,441 girls born in 1902 were named Celestine (0.02%)
  • Latest: 1 in 32,801 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1950s
  • 17.0% of all girls named Celestine (1,665) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s105#492 (1880)#695
1890s232#509 (1897)#625
1900s326#490 (1902)#621
1910s869#570 (1910)#647
1920s1,438#570 (1920)#599
1930s1,161#546 (1933)#624
1940s1,435#610 (1944)#644
1950s1,665#625 (1950)#739
1960s1,038#897 (1960)#1,070
1970s463#1,430 (1970)#2,050
1980s237#2,931 (1988)#3,700
1990s265#2,989 (1991)#4,188
2000s184#5,266 (2005)#6,733
2010s195#4,423 (2016)#6,970
2020s196#3,211 (2025)#4,401

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.

Celestine in 1927

girls
#664
117 births · 1 in 10,192 girls
boys
#2,703
10 births · 1 in 112,692 boys

Top girls' names in 1927

  1. #1Mary70,642
  2. #2Dorothy35,993
  3. #3Betty35,424
  4. #4Helen25,316
  5. #5Margaret21,964
  6. #6Ruth19,412
  7. #7Doris16,512
  8. #8Virginia15,734
  9. #9Shirley13,314
  10. #10Barbara13,161
  11. #664Celestine117

Top boys' names in 1927

  1. #1Robert61,674
  2. #2John55,949
  3. #3James53,674
  4. #4William51,476
  5. #5Charles31,941
  6. #6Richard26,768
  7. #7George25,949
  8. #8Donald23,834
  9. #9Joseph23,503
  10. #10Edward19,115
  11. #2,703Celestine10
More about 1927

girls

1,192,431 girls got a published name in 1927; 1 in 10,192 of them was named Celestine, which outranked 88.1% of the 5,602 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Celestine
  1. #659Eleanora118
  2. #659Jayne118
  3. #659Sharon118
  4. #664Celestine117
  5. #664Cecil117
  6. #664Kitty117
  7. #664Leone117
  8. #670Albertha116
  9. #670Angelita116
  10. #670Kathrine116

Tied with 5 names at #664; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1926
Risers
  1. 2,708Charmaine#3,564#856
  2. 1,519Kazuko#2,474#955
  3. 1,152Valencia#2,076#924
  4. 551Cherie#1,414#863
  5. 452Lita#1,148#696
Fallers
  1. 349Janell#748#1,097
  2. 330Sabina#931#1,261
  3. 319Clarine#942#1,261
  4. 298Shirlie#980#1,278
  5. 291Delilah#836#1,127

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

boys

1,126,915 boys got a published name in 1927; 1 in 112,692 of them was named Celestine, which outranked 43.7% of the 4,802 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Celestine
  1. #2,523Weslie11
  2. #2,523Wilmar11
  3. #2,523Yoshiaki11
  4. #2,703Celestine10
  5. #2,703Achilles10
  6. #2,703Aden10
  7. #2,703Agustus10
  8. #2,912Alban9
  9. #2,912Albertus9
  10. #2,912Albion9

Tied with 208 names at #2,703; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1926
Risers
  1. 1,863Lindbergh#2,436#573
  2. 966Lindy#1,353#387
  3. 601Sonny#1,565#964
  4. 467Akira#1,404#937
  5. 442Maria#1,432#990
Fallers
  1. 684Minoru#963#1,647
  2. 611Reno#825#1,436
  3. 406Hurley#916#1,322
  4. 356Adelbert#842#1,198
  5. 330Gardner#963#1,293

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

See the top 100 for 1927