Celia

#774 for girls in 2025, 351 births · Last seen for boys in 1984 at #6,315
Given to girls 99.9% of the time

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Peak · girls
1882 · 126 births
Debut · girls
90 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
56,642
since 1880

Celia over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Celia has never cracked the top 100 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201923peak #141, 1882girls
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.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#774351
2024#735383
2023#828332
2022#861323
2021#791358
2020#789345
2019#869308
2018#932287
2017#838324
2016#835344
2015#852328
2014#787356
2013#768355
2012#740376
2011#741372
2010#744375
2009#753377
2008#756390
2007#779370
2006#699406
2005#678410
2004#676406
2003#652406
2002#652388
2001#594424
2000#619410
1999#597409
1998#619384
1997#619361
1996#662336
1995#669318
1994#692303
1993#651343
1992#650343
1991#635352
1990#589391
1989#658310
1988#590342
1987#590330
1986#561358
1985#499406
1984#424502#6,3155
1983#492399
1982#681258
1981#612295
1980#656277#6,2505
1979#689247
1978#724218
1977#655245
1976#705209
1975#717206
1974#653233
1973#645233
1972#683216#4,9865
1971#612278
1970#531357
1969#644237
1968#589265
1967#581270
1966#541302
1965#503356
1964#502377
1963#461447
1962#415555
1961#426532
1960#416540
1959#407536
1958#401530
1957#405519
1956#372560
1955#350604
1954#374548
1953#349579
1952#320639
1951#329578
1950#351507
1949#349498
1948#351489
1947#375456
1946#380402
1945#357377
1944#331428
1943#357405
1942#348407
1941#336388
1940#327381
1939#322373
1938#307413
1937#305411#2,6808
1936#298419
1935#295423
1934#290445#3,6795
1933#292430#3,2686
1932#323386#3,3616
1931#281490#2,8648
1930#265559#3,0228
1929#288510#3,9595
1928#279549
1927#267607#3,4517
1926#272606
1925#258661
1924#256662
1923#250662#3,8226
1922#253679
1921#254690
1920#242726
1919#237711
1918#224791
1917#209839
1916#214810
1915#195853
1914#193692
1913#200532
1912#188519
1911#178410
1910#169402
1909#185324
1908#168351
1907#178314
1906#176289
1905#185270
1904#170293
1903#175278
1902#167285
1901#174251
1900#173316
1899#183231
1898#174265
1897#171260
1896#170258
1895#158273
1894#162254
1893#169219
1892#167222
1891#177187
1890#169204
1889#176167
1888#157196
1887#160154
1886#159147
1885#148153
1884#159122
1883#166101
1882#141126
1881#146107
1880#15290
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Celia was already there! It came in at #152, and was given to 90 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1880–1884, when fewer than 130 girls a year got the name.

See more about Celia
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 39 spots since 2024 (#735#774)
  • 15 spots since 2020 (#789#774)
  • 78 spots since 2015 (#852#774)
  • Biggest jump: 189 spots in 1983 (#681#492)
  • Biggest drop: 94 spots in 2018 (#838#932)
Rise & fade · girls
2 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1882 at #141 (126 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 146 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 856
  • Highest: 1 in 856 girls born in 1895 were named Celia (0.12%)
  • Latest: 1 in 4,579 girls born in 2025 (0.02%)
  • Its best rank, #141 in 1882, was only 1 in 856 (0.12%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1910s
  • 11.6% of all girls named Celia (6,559) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s1,363#141 (1882)#156
1890s2,373#158 (1895)#170
1900s2,971#167 (1902)#175
1910s6,559#169 (1910)#201
1920s6,352#242 (1920)#262
1930s4,349#265 (1930)#298
1940s4,231#327 (1940)#351
1950s5,600#320 (1952)#366
1960s3,881#415 (1962)#508
1970s2,442#531 (1970)#661
1980s3,477#424 (1984)#576
1990s3,540#589 (1990)#638
2000s3,987#594 (2001)#686
2010s3,425#740 (2012)#811
2020s2,092#735 (2024)#796

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.

Celia in 1923

girls
#250
662 births · 1 in 1,822 girls
boys
#3,822
6 births · 1 in 182,684 boys

Top girls' names in 1923

  1. #1Mary71,634
  2. #2Dorothy39,043
  3. #3Helen31,486
  4. #4Margaret26,134
  5. #5Betty25,989
  6. #6Ruth23,637
  7. #7Virginia18,325
  8. #8Mildred15,989
  9. #9Elizabeth15,459
  10. #10Frances14,881
  11. #250Celia662

Top boys' names in 1923

  1. #1John57,467
  2. #2Robert56,111
  3. #3William52,136
  4. #4James50,462
  5. #5Charles28,966
  6. #6George27,025
  7. #7Joseph25,561
  8. #8Edward20,597
  9. #9Richard18,887
  10. #10Donald16,433
  11. #3,822Celia6
More about 1923

girls

1,206,366 girls got a published name in 1923; 1 in 1,822 of them was named Celia, which outranked 95.6% of the 5,739 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Celia
  1. #247Natalie694
  2. #248Leola683
  3. #249Angela666
  4. #250Celia662
  5. #251Elva655
  6. #252Arline653
  7. #252Nadine653
Biggest movers since 1922
Risers
  1. 1,834Eris#2,291#457
  2. 619Penny#1,508#889
  3. 317Laurene#1,309#992
  4. 310Cruz#1,103#793
  5. 306Dorene#1,207#901
Fallers
  1. 321Veva#962#1,283
  2. 318Arlie#949#1,267
  3. 305Gaynell#978#1,283
  4. 303Trinidad#449#752
  5. 300Laurine#897#1,197

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

boys

1,096,102 boys got a published name in 1923; 1 in 182,684 of them was named Celia, which outranked 22.1% of the 4,904 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Celia
  1. #3,467Winfrey7
  2. #3,467Wolcott7
  3. #3,467Zygmunt7
  4. #3,822Celia6
  5. #3,822Abb6
  6. #3,822Able6
  7. #3,822Adams6
  8. #4,239Abdon5
  9. #4,239Ac5
  10. #4,239Add5

Tied with 416 names at #3,822; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1922
Risers
  1. 403Marcos#1,333#930
  2. 341Armin#1,333#992
  3. 309Betty#1,222#913
  4. 309Godfrey#1,222#913
  5. 308Val#1,181#873
Fallers
  1. 1,021Harden#999#2,020
  2. 472Buel#850#1,322
  3. 420Trinidad#485#905
  4. 304Gorden#722#1,026
  5. 288Joy#840#1,128

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

See the top 100 for 1923