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
- Peak · girls
- 1882 · 126 births
- Debut · girls
- 90 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 56,642since 1880
Celia over time
Rank among girls' names. Celia 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 | #774 | 351 | — | |
| 2024 | #735 | 383 | — | |
| 2023 | #828 | 332 | — | |
| 2022 | #861 | 323 | — | |
| 2021 | #791 | 358 | — | |
| 2020 | #789 | 345 | — | |
| 2019 | #869 | 308 | — | |
| 2018 | #932 | 287 | — | |
| 2017 | #838 | 324 | — | |
| 2016 | #835 | 344 | — | |
| 2015 | #852 | 328 | — | |
| 2014 | #787 | 356 | — | |
| 2013 | #768 | 355 | — | |
| 2012 | #740 | 376 | — | |
| 2011 | #741 | 372 | — | |
| 2010 | #744 | 375 | — | |
| 2009 | #753 | 377 | — | |
| 2008 | #756 | 390 | — | |
| 2007 | #779 | 370 | — | |
| 2006 | #699 | 406 | — | |
| 2005 | #678 | 410 | — | |
| 2004 | #676 | 406 | — | |
| 2003 | #652 | 406 | — | |
| 2002 | #652 | 388 | — | |
| 2001 | #594 | 424 | — | |
| 2000 | #619 | 410 | — | |
| 1999 | #597 | 409 | — | |
| 1998 | #619 | 384 | — | |
| 1997 | #619 | 361 | — | |
| 1996 | #662 | 336 | — | |
| 1995 | #669 | 318 | — | |
| 1994 | #692 | 303 | — | |
| 1993 | #651 | 343 | — | |
| 1992 | #650 | 343 | — | |
| 1991 | #635 | 352 | — | |
| 1990 | #589 | 391 | — | |
| 1989 | #658 | 310 | — | |
| 1988 | #590 | 342 | — | |
| 1987 | #590 | 330 | — | |
| 1986 | #561 | 358 | — | |
| 1985 | #499 | 406 | — | |
| 1984 | #424 | 502 | #6,315 | 5 |
| 1983 | #492 | 399 | — | |
| 1982 | #681 | 258 | — | |
| 1981 | #612 | 295 | — | |
| 1980 | #656 | 277 | #6,250 | 5 |
| 1979 | #689 | 247 | — | |
| 1978 | #724 | 218 | — | |
| 1977 | #655 | 245 | — | |
| 1976 | #705 | 209 | — | |
| 1975 | #717 | 206 | — | |
| 1974 | #653 | 233 | — | |
| 1973 | #645 | 233 | — | |
| 1972 | #683 | 216 | #4,986 | 5 |
| 1971 | #612 | 278 | — | |
| 1970 | #531 | 357 | — | |
| 1969 | #644 | 237 | — | |
| 1968 | #589 | 265 | — | |
| 1967 | #581 | 270 | — | |
| 1966 | #541 | 302 | — | |
| 1965 | #503 | 356 | — | |
| 1964 | #502 | 377 | — | |
| 1963 | #461 | 447 | — | |
| 1962 | #415 | 555 | — | |
| 1961 | #426 | 532 | — | |
| 1960 | #416 | 540 | — | |
| 1959 | #407 | 536 | — | |
| 1958 | #401 | 530 | — | |
| 1957 | #405 | 519 | — | |
| 1956 | #372 | 560 | — | |
| 1955 | #350 | 604 | — | |
| 1954 | #374 | 548 | — | |
| 1953 | #349 | 579 | — | |
| 1952 | #320 | 639 | — | |
| 1951 | #329 | 578 | — | |
| 1950 | #351 | 507 | — | |
| 1949 | #349 | 498 | — | |
| 1948 | #351 | 489 | — | |
| 1947 | #375 | 456 | — | |
| 1946 | #380 | 402 | — | |
| 1945 | #357 | 377 | — | |
| 1944 | #331 | 428 | — | |
| 1943 | #357 | 405 | — | |
| 1942 | #348 | 407 | — | |
| 1941 | #336 | 388 | — | |
| 1940 | #327 | 381 | — | |
| 1939 | #322 | 373 | — | |
| 1938 | #307 | 413 | — | |
| 1937 | #305 | 411 | #2,680 | 8 |
| 1936 | #298 | 419 | — | |
| 1935 | #295 | 423 | — | |
| 1934 | #290 | 445 | #3,679 | 5 |
| 1933 | #292 | 430 | #3,268 | 6 |
| 1932 | #323 | 386 | #3,361 | 6 |
| 1931 | #281 | 490 | #2,864 | 8 |
| 1930 | #265 | 559 | #3,022 | 8 |
| 1929 | #288 | 510 | #3,959 | 5 |
| 1928 | #279 | 549 | — | |
| 1927 | #267 | 607 | #3,451 | 7 |
| 1926 | #272 | 606 | — | |
| 1925 | #258 | 661 | — | |
| 1924 | #256 | 662 | — | |
| 1923 | #250 | 662 | #3,822 | 6 |
| 1922 | #253 | 679 | — | |
| 1921 | #254 | 690 | — | |
| 1920 | #242 | 726 | — | |
| 1919 | #237 | 711 | — | |
| 1918 | #224 | 791 | — | |
| 1917 | #209 | 839 | — | |
| 1916 | #214 | 810 | — | |
| 1915 | #195 | 853 | — | |
| 1914 | #193 | 692 | — | |
| 1913 | #200 | 532 | — | |
| 1912 | #188 | 519 | — | |
| 1911 | #178 | 410 | — | |
| 1910 | #169 | 402 | — | |
| 1909 | #185 | 324 | — | |
| 1908 | #168 | 351 | — | |
| 1907 | #178 | 314 | — | |
| 1906 | #176 | 289 | — | |
| 1905 | #185 | 270 | — | |
| 1904 | #170 | 293 | — | |
| 1903 | #175 | 278 | — | |
| 1902 | #167 | 285 | — | |
| 1901 | #174 | 251 | — | |
| 1900 | #173 | 316 | — | |
| 1899 | #183 | 231 | — | |
| 1898 | #174 | 265 | — | |
| 1897 | #171 | 260 | — | |
| 1896 | #170 | 258 | — | |
| 1895 | #158 | 273 | — | |
| 1894 | #162 | 254 | — | |
| 1893 | #169 | 219 | — | |
| 1892 | #167 | 222 | — | |
| 1891 | #177 | 187 | — | |
| 1890 | #169 | 204 | — | |
| 1889 | #176 | 167 | — | |
| 1888 | #157 | 196 | — | |
| 1887 | #160 | 154 | — | |
| 1886 | #159 | 147 | — | |
| 1885 | #148 | 153 | — | |
| 1884 | #159 | 122 | — | |
| 1883 | #166 | 101 | — | |
| 1882 | #141 | 126 | — | |
| 1881 | #146 | 107 | — | |
| 1880 | #152 | 90 | — | |
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
- 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)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1882 at #141 (126 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
- 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
- 11.6% of all girls named Celia (6,559) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 1,363 | #141 (1882) | #156 |
| 1890s | 2,373 | #158 (1895) | #170 |
| 1900s | 2,971 | #167 (1902) | #175 |
| 1910s | 6,559 | #169 (1910) | #201 |
| 1920s | 6,352 | #242 (1920) | #262 |
| 1930s | 4,349 | #265 (1930) | #298 |
| 1940s | 4,231 | #327 (1940) | #351 |
| 1950s | 5,600 | #320 (1952) | #366 |
| 1960s | 3,881 | #415 (1962) | #508 |
| 1970s | 2,442 | #531 (1970) | #661 |
| 1980s | 3,477 | #424 (1984) | #576 |
| 1990s | 3,540 | #589 (1990) | #638 |
| 2000s | 3,987 | #594 (2001) | #686 |
| 2010s | 3,425 | #740 (2012) | #811 |
| 2020s | 2,092 | #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 1932
Top girls' names in 1932
Top boys' names in 1932
More about 1932
girls
1,067,148 girls got a published name in 1932; 1 in 2,765 of them was named Celia, which outranked 93.7% of the 5,098 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
boys
1,044,157 boys got a published name in 1932; 1 in 174,026 of them was named Celia, which outranked 21.5% of the 4,284 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #3,092Yasuo7
- #3,092Yates7
- #3,092Ysabel7
- #3,361Celia6
- #3,361Able6
- #3,361Acencion6
- #3,361Achille6
- #3,776Abdon5
- #3,776Adel5
- #3,776Adelino5
Tied with 414 names at #3,361; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.