Celena

#3,903 for girls in 2025, 37 births

Peak · girls
1977 · 195 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
4,789
since 1890

Celena over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Celena has never cracked the top 700 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201980peak #774, 1977girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025#3,90337
2024#5,44323
2023#4,36332
2022#5,02826
2021#5,39823
2020#4,26332
2019#4,77328
2018#4,23733
2017#4,06636
2016#4,99027
2015#5,12726
2014#3,65242
2013#3,70341
2012#3,85440
2011#3,55044
2010#3,96138
2009#3,36149
2008#4,55033
2007#3,04757
2006#3,09054
2005#3,05252
2004#3,39144
2003#2,73757
2002#2,88851
2001#2,15176
2000#1,93887
1999#1,515113
1998#1,533109
1997#1,352127
1996#1,186152
1995#935202
1994#1,177150
1993#1,228141
1992#1,68889
1991#1,81878
1990#1,90573
1989#2,09659
1988#1,60081
1987#1,51984
1986#1,48484
1985#1,74065
1984#1,78860
1983#1,58570
1982#1,60872
1981#1,36291
1980#1,58373
1979#1,085126
1978#1,025133
1977#774195
1976#964132
1975#1,111105
1974#984124
1973#963123
1972#972124
1971#1,159100
1970#1,22491
1969#1,57257
1968#1,47359
1967#2,11731
1966#2,83919
1965#2,29327
1964#2,82520
1963#3,17616
1962#3,03317
1961#2,75220
1960#3,35714
1959#3,61912
1958#5,4086
1957#5,3776
1956#3,32113
1955#4,7407
1954#3,71810
1953#4,5957
1952#5,5635
1951#3,48210
1950#3,9628
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1946#3,9947
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1939#3,7826
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1937#3,8006
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1929#4,5705
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1927#4,8055
1926#4,8515
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1918#3,5128
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1914#2,6388
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First appearance
1890

The first year at least five girls were named Celena! It came in at #1,338, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1890–1905, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Celena is popular in 1980

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Celena, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Celena, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Celena, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Celena, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Celena, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Celena, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Celena, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Celena, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Celena, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 girls named Celena, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Celena, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Celena, so not publishedMINew York: #1,189 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 12,483 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Celena, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Celena, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Celena, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Celena, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Celena, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Celena, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Celena, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Celena, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Celena, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: #1,017 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 13,792 girlsPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Celena, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Celena, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #1,190 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 12,407 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Celena, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Celena, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Celena, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Celena, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Celena, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Celena, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Celena, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Celena, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Celena, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Celena, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Celena, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Celena, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Celena, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Celena, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Celena, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Celena, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Celena, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Celena, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Celena, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Celena, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Celena, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Celena, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Celena, so not publishedHITexas: #1,725 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 23,976 girlsTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Celena, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Pennsylvania#1,017 · 1 in 13,792
  2. New York#1,189 · 1 in 12,483
  3. California#1,190 · 1 in 12,407
  4. Texas#1,725 · 1 in 23,976

Best ever in a state: #324 in New Mexico, 1986.

Show every state
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Pennsylvania#1,01751 in 13,792
New York#1,18981 in 12,483
California#1,190141 in 12,407
Texas#1,72551 in 23,976
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Celena
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 1,540 spots since 2024 (#5,443 → #3,903)
  • 360 spots since 2020 (#4,263 → #3,903)
  • 1,224 spots since 2015 (#5,127 → #3,903)
  • Biggest jump: 242 spots in 1995 (#1,177 → #935)
  • Biggest drop: 251 spots in 1978 (#774 → #1,025)
Rise & fade · girls
87 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1890
  • Peaked 1977 at #774 (195 births)
  • Births halved by 1980, 3 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 6 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 6 yrs · run 1972–1974
Share of babies · girls
1 in 7,862
  • Highest: 1 in 7,862 girls born in 1977 were named Celena (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 43,440 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1970s
  • 26.2% of all girls named Celena (1,253) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1890s5#1,338 (1890)#1,338
1900s6#1,727 (1906)#1,727
1910s36#2,140 (1910)#2,840
1920s26#4,445 (1922)#4,746
1930s17#3,782 (1939)#3,956
1940s21#3,493 (1943)#4,046
1950s84#3,321 (1956)#4,379
1960s280#1,473 (1968)#2,544
1970s1,253#774 (1977)#1,026
1980s739#1,362 (1981)#1,637
1990s1,234#935 (1995)#1,434
2000s560#1,938 (2000)#3,021
2010s355#3,550 (2011)#4,191
2020s173#3,903 (2025)#4,733

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.

Celena in 1980

girls
#1,583
73 births · 1 in 22,744 girls

Top girls' names in 1980

  1. #1Jennifer58,374
  2. #2Amanda35,811
  3. #3Jessica33,924
  4. #4Melissa31,629
  5. #5Sarah25,757
  6. #6Heather19,973
  7. #7Nicole19,917
  8. #8Amy19,833
  9. #9Elizabeth19,529
  10. #10Michelle19,119
  11. #1,583Celena73
More about 1980

girls

1,660,307 girls got a published name in 1980; 1 in 22,744 of them was named Celena, which outranked 87.0% of the 12,161 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Celena
  1. #1,570Tarra74
  2. #1,570Tonja74
  3. #1,570Treva74
  4. #1,583Celena73
  5. #1,583Barbie73
  6. #1,583Bonny73
  7. #1,583Cecily73
  8. #1,605Alayna72
  9. #1,605Anisha72
  10. #1,605Bryn72

Tied with 21 names at #1,583; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1979
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,510Renada#2,218 → #708
  2. ↑ 1,173Tai#2,112 → #939
  3. ↑ 1,036Anya#1,592 → #556
  4. ↑ 601Chimere#1,503 → #902
  5. ↑ 517Brynn#1,442 → #925
Fallers
  1. ↓ 529Marlana#989 → #1,518
  2. ↓ 494Kizzy#647 → #1,141
  3. ↓ 369January#748 → #1,117
  4. ↓ 361Carisa#836 → #1,197
  5. ↓ 328Latonia#841 → #1,169

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

See the top 100 for 1980 →