Meaning not yet researched.
Celeste: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 1,662 in 2025. Its best rank was #188 in 2025.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Its highest rank in 146 years of records is this year’s. Every baby recorded as Celeste in 2025 was a girl.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#188 for US girls in 2025, its highest rank in 146 years of records.
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Celeste: US girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 1,662 girls in 2025. Peak: #188 in 2025 · most girls in one year: 1,662 (2025).
In 2025, 1,662 US girls were named Celeste, making it the 188th most common girls’ name of the year, up 9 places from #197 in 2024. That is 100 more than the 1,562 girls named Celeste in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #188, reached in this year, 2025. That year also had the most girls given the name: 1,662. For comparison, it was #500 in 2015 and #338 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Celeste in 145 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1881 with 14 babies. In all, 65,678 US babies have been given the name, 99.9% of them girls and 0.1% boys. Its busiest decade was the 2000s, with 10,561 babies named Celeste.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 10,189 US girls were named Celeste; the busiest of those years was 2025, with 1,662. In 2025 that was about 1 in 967 of the girls in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Celeste ranked highest in New Mexico in 2025, at #85 for girls there. It was in the top 100 in 4 states (counting DC). Related spellings in the SSA files include Celia (56,716 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Celestia, Celest and Seleste are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Celia and Lessie.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Wikidata records this spelling as a given name in Dutch, Italian and Spanish. That is where the name is used, not necessarily where it comes from.
Rare spellings summarised here: Celestia (1,414), Celest (1,089), Seleste (873), Selest (29), Celestte (18), Syleste (12), Celleste (11).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
US girls. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five girls got the name, so 8 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | 15 | #85 | #339 |
| California | 330 | #89 | #287 |
| Rhode Island | 9 | #95 | — |
| Nevada | 21 | #97 | #466 |
| Texas | 273 | #106 | #291 |
| Arizona | 49 | #128 | #346 |
| Oregon | 26 | #130 | #709 |
| Illinois | 71 | #139 | #696 |
| Florida | 123 | #144 | #451 |
| Delaware | 6 | #148 | — |
| District of Columbia | 5 | #155 | — |
| Washington | 45 | #158 | #849 |
| Hawaii | 5 | #174 | — |
| Colorado | 31 | #195 | #539 |
| Idaho | 11 | #199 | #251 |
| North Dakota | 5 | #204 | — |
| Massachusetts | 27 | #211 | #758 |
| New Jersey | 38 | #215 | #406 |
| New York | 80 | #216 | #428 |
| Virginia | 36 | #224 | #391 |
| Nebraska | 10 | #229 | — |
| Kansas | 13 | #238 | — |
| Iowa | 14 | #250 | — |
| Georgia | 41 | #251 | #985 |
| Oklahoma | 16 | #251 | — |
| Wisconsin | 21 | #257 | — |
| Minnesota | 21 | #265 | #686 |
| Connecticut | 12 | #271 | #461 |
| Arkansas | 11 | #275 | — |
| Michigan | 32 | #277 | #636 |
| Indiana | 25 | #280 | #781 |
| Pennsylvania | 39 | #280 | #756 |
| North Carolina | 39 | #284 | #524 |
| Tennessee | 26 | #299 | #1,096 |
| Alabama | 16 | #303 | #839 |
| Maryland | 17 | #309 | #924 |
| West Virginia | 5 | #323 | — |
| Ohio | 33 | #337 | #668 |
| Utah | 13 | #342 | #319 |
| Missouri | 17 | #356 | — |
| South Carolina | 12 | #416 | — |
| Kentucky | 7 | #586 | #756 |
| Louisiana | 7 | #618 | — |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,662 | #188 | — | — |
| 2024 | 1,562 | #197 | — | — |
| 2023 | 1,137 | #276 | — | — |
| 2022 | 1,083 | #292 | — | — |
| 2021 | 1,002 | #327 | — | — |
| 2020 | 876 | #352 | — | — |
| 2019 | 840 | #374 | — | — |
| 2018 | 720 | #446 | — | — |
| 2017 | 675 | #465 | — | — |
| 2016 | 632 | #494 | — | — |
| 2015 | 638 | #500 | — | — |
| 2014 | 679 | #467 | — | — |
| 2013 | 654 | #469 | — | — |
| 2012 | 655 | #470 | — | — |
| 2011 | 671 | #453 | — | — |
| 2010 | 674 | #457 | — | — |
| 2009 | 676 | #459 | — | — |
| 2008 | 806 | #400 | 5 | #12,841 |
| 2007 | 914 | #355 | — | — |
| 2006 | 1,013 | #327 | — | — |
| 2005 | 1,203 | #272 | — | — |
| 2004 | 1,637 | #204 | — | — |
| 2003 | 1,034 | #298 | — | — |
| 2002 | 1,011 | #308 | — | — |
| 2001 | 1,095 | #285 | — | — |
| 2000 | 1,167 | #275 | — | — |
| 1999 | 1,205 | #263 | — | — |
| 1998 | 1,229 | #252 | — | — |
| 1997 | 1,252 | #239 | — | — |
| 1996 | 1,157 | #241 | — | — |
| 1995 | 1,149 | #247 | — | — |
| 1994 | 1,079 | #259 | — | — |
| 1993 | 733 | #349 | — | — |
| 1992 | 671 | #386 | — | — |
| 1991 | 687 | #374 | 5 | #8,383 |
| 1990 | 653 | #398 | — | — |
| 1989 | 592 | #418 | — | — |
| 1988 | 459 | #494 | — | — |
| 1987 | 467 | #466 | 6 | #6,211 |
| 1986 | 481 | #450 | — | — |
| 1985 | 504 | #436 | 6 | #5,903 |
| 1984 | 508 | #419 | — | — |
| 1983 | 525 | #409 | — | — |
| 1982 | 598 | #386 | — | — |
| 1981 | 595 | #383 | 5 | #6,420 |
| 1980 | 583 | #392 | — | — |
| 1979 | 525 | #409 | — | — |
| 1978 | 489 | #414 | — | — |
| 1977 | 471 | #431 | — | — |
| 1976 | 547 | #376 | — | — |
| 1975 | 523 | #388 | — | — |
| 1974 | 581 | #370 | — | — |
| 1973 | 598 | #353 | — | — |
| 1972 | 552 | #386 | — | — |
| 1971 | 654 | #364 | 6 | #4,462 |
| 1970 | 596 | #394 | — | — |
| 1969 | 592 | #386 | — | — |
| 1968 | 556 | #389 | — | — |
| 1967 | 621 | #359 | — | — |
| 1966 | 650 | #356 | — | — |
| 1965 | 659 | #353 | — | — |
| 1964 | 691 | #359 | — | — |
| 1963 | 789 | #337 | — | — |
| 1962 | 802 | #330 | — | — |
| 1961 | 855 | #324 | — | — |
| 1960 | 762 | #346 | — | — |
| 1959 | 749 | #350 | — | — |
| 1958 | 782 | #338 | — | — |
| 1957 | 694 | #344 | 7 | #3,288 |
| 1956 | 720 | #326 | 5 | #4,023 |
| 1955 | 710 | #323 | — | — |
| 1954 | 622 | #343 | — | — |
| 1953 | 634 | #331 | — | — |
| 1952 | 627 | #326 | — | — |
| 1951 | 597 | #325 | — | — |
| 1950 | 532 | #338 | — | — |
| 1949 | 407 | #393 | — | — |
| 1948 | 297 | #465 | — | — |
| 1947 | 306 | #470 | — | — |
| 1946 | 218 | #534 | — | — |
| 1945 | 171 | #561 | — | — |
| 1944 | 147 | #605 | — | — |
| 1943 | 166 | #584 | — | — |
| 1942 | 156 | #593 | — | — |
| 1941 | 159 | #553 | — | — |
| 1940 | 140 | #588 | — | — |
| 1939 | 108 | #652 | — | — |
| 1938 | 121 | #618 | — | — |
| 1937 | 136 | #578 | — | — |
| 1936 | 95 | #684 | — | — |
| 1935 | 99 | #667 | — | — |
| 1934 | 124 | #583 | — | — |
| 1933 | 105 | #642 | — | — |
| 1932 | 123 | #594 | — | — |
| 1931 | 96 | #683 | — | — |
| 1930 | 97 | #699 | — | — |
| 1929 | 117 | #644 | — | — |
| 1928 | 131 | #615 | — | — |
| 1927 | 109 | #696 | — | — |
| 1926 | 113 | #687 | — | — |
| 1925 | 144 | #605 | — | — |
| 1924 | 135 | #645 | — | — |
| 1923 | 146 | #601 | — | — |
| 1922 | 108 | #704 | — | — |
| 1921 | 160 | #566 | — | — |
| 1920 | 150 | #583 | — | — |
| 1919 | 142 | #587 | — | — |
| 1918 | 154 | #575 | 7 | #3,418 |
| 1917 | 156 | #535 | — | — |
| 1916 | 157 | #524 | 5 | #4,002 |
| 1915 | 133 | #555 | — | — |
| 1914 | 98 | #571 | — | — |
| 1913 | 88 | #541 | — | — |
| 1912 | 90 | #505 | — | — |
| 1911 | 61 | #537 | — | — |
| 1910 | 72 | #474 | — | — |
| 1909 | 47 | #559 | — | — |
| 1908 | 41 | #583 | — | — |
| 1907 | 49 | #511 | — | — |
| 1906 | 50 | #486 | — | — |
| 1905 | 50 | #482 | — | — |
| 1904 | 36 | #559 | — | — |
| 1903 | 36 | #540 | — | — |
| 1902 | 33 | #573 | — | — |
| 1901 | 38 | #489 | — | — |
| 1900 | 49 | #483 | — | — |
| 1899 | 33 | #515 | — | — |
| 1898 | 42 | #476 | — | — |
| 1897 | 36 | #479 | — | — |
| 1896 | 30 | #555 | — | — |
| 1895 | 32 | #521 | — | — |
| 1894 | 26 | #570 | — | — |
| 1893 | 27 | #537 | — | — |
| 1892 | 27 | #528 | — | — |
| 1891 | 22 | #561 | — | — |
| 1890 | 20 | #582 | — | — |
| 1889 | 11 | #806 | — | — |
| 1888 | 27 | #477 | — | — |
| 1887 | 20 | #501 | — | — |
| 1886 | 18 | #529 | — | — |
| 1885 | 16 | #544 | — | — |
| 1884 | 15 | #544 | — | — |
| 1883 | 9 | #654 | — | — |
| 1882 | 9 | #637 | — | — |
| 1881 | 14 | #449 | — | — |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).