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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201930peak #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 1930

girls
#661
108 births · 1 in 10,425 girls
boys
#3,289
7 births · 1 in 156,768 boys

Top girls' names in 1930

  1. #1Mary64,153
  2. #2Betty38,240
  3. #3Dorothy30,411
  4. #4Helen19,913
  5. #5Margaret18,350
  6. #6Barbara18,279
  7. #7Patricia15,751
  8. #8Joan15,478
  9. #9Doris15,464
  10. #10Ruth14,942
  11. #661Celestine108

Top boys' names in 1930

  1. #1Robert62,153
  2. #2James53,957
  3. #3John52,447
  4. #4William47,271
  5. #5Richard32,187
  6. #6Charles31,867
  7. #7Donald29,052
  8. #8George22,788
  9. #9Joseph20,981
  10. #10Edward17,352
  11. #3,289Celestine7
More about 1930

girls

1,125,927 girls got a published name in 1930; 1 in 10,425 of them was named Celestine, which outranked 87.4% of the 5,247 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Celestine
  1. #657Elvera109
  2. #657Jeane109
  3. #657Linnie109
  4. #661Celestine108
  5. #661Catharine108
  6. #661Florene108
  7. #664Carmelita107
  8. #664Georgianna107
  9. #664Ona107

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

Biggest movers since 1929
Risers
  1. 701Claudette#1,642#941
  2. 583Ardeth#1,212#629
  3. 445Julianne#1,339#894
  4. 376Sonja#1,223#847
  5. 374Armida#1,174#800
Fallers
  1. 348Ingrid#941#1,289
  2. 315Coralie#895#1,210
  3. 229Elenor#981#1,210
  4. 229Mammie#981#1,210
  5. 226Sibyl#902#1,128

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

boys

1,097,378 boys got a published name in 1930; 1 in 156,768 of them was named Celestine, which outranked 27.6% of the 4,542 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Celestine
  1. #3,022Wren8
  2. #3,022Yancey8
  3. #3,022Yutaka8
  4. #3,289Celestine7
  5. #3,289Abdul7
  6. #3,289Ad7
  7. #3,289Addis7
  8. #3,592Abron6
  9. #3,592Acey6
  10. #3,592Acy6

Tied with 302 names at #3,289; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1929
Risers
  1. 3,094Derl#3,959#865
  2. 420Clive#1,378#958
  3. 380Farris#1,272#892
  4. 368Earlie#1,296#928
  5. 357Winton#1,272#915
Fallers
  1. 486Americo#729#1,215
  2. 433Enrico#995#1,428
  3. 371Eliseo#844#1,215
  4. 312Meyer#878#1,190
  5. 304Hilbert#869#1,173

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

See the top 100 for 1930