Celesta

Where Celesta comes from

The dictionaries list Celesta as a given name — a female given name — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1881
    Debut at its peak, #830
    #830 among girls with 5 babies — the first year it was published, and still its best.
  2. 1882
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births.
  3. 1901
    Celesta Geyer born
    sideshow performer
In the dictionary
  • A female given name.
Namesakes
  • Celesta Geyer · sideshow performer, 1901–1982

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.