Celesta

Last seen for girls in 2024 at #13,477

Peak · girls
1881 · 5 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
2,136
since 1881

Celesta over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Celesta has never cracked the top 800 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201894peak #830, 1881girls
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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—
2024#13,4776
2023#12,1977
2022#11,2318
2021—
2020#8,95311
2019#11,3568
2018#11,4278
2017—
2016#14,3316
2015—
2014#16,5135
2013—
2012—
2011—
2010—
2009—
2008#13,8327
2007—
2006#8,23714
2005#10,12810
2004—
2003#9,67110
2002#13,5956
2001#7,72413
2000#10,7458
1999#14,4115
1998#11,1387
1997#8,33410
1996#7,13012
1995#9,5538
1994#8,12210
1993#9,5598
1992#4,52822
1991#6,58813
1990—
1989#5,83614
1988#6,66611
1987#6,78810
1986#7,1349
1985#7,5638
1984#5,53912
1983#3,68721
1982#4,71615
1981#6,8049
1980#4,74315
1979#4,23117
1978#4,45915
1977#3,76119
1976#4,90512
1975#2,96924
1974#2,68327
1973#3,12221
1972#3,40418
1971#3,78916
1970#3,03022
1969#3,31817
1968#4,22211
1967#2,96318
1966#3,26615
1965#3,26415
1964#2,60023
1963#2,70421
1962#2,92218
1961#3,46014
1960#2,51223
1959#2,05430
1958#2,86217
1957#2,21825
1956#3,18614
1955#2,06327
1954#2,24023
1953#2,17323
1952#1,86129
1951#2,31419
1950#2,12121
1949#2,13421
1948#2,00823
1947#1,82228
1946#2,09420
1945#2,74211
1944#2,76211
1943#2,69512
1942#2,66612
1941#2,01817
1940#1,68222
1939#1,94717
1938#2,02116
1937#1,67921
1936#1,74119
1935#1,44926
1934#1,83418
1933#1,55223
1932#1,68521
1931#1,87618
1930#1,81520
1929#1,44728
1928#1,33833
1927#1,40433
1926#1,44931
1925#1,16044
1924#1,44033
1923#1,55628
1922#1,28537
1921#1,11547
1920#1,37533
1919#1,36932
1918#1,15342
1917#1,30731
1916#1,11440
1915#1,07539
1914#1,08031
1913#1,35818
1912#1,47714
1911#1,9567
1910#2,3985
1909#1,15213
1908#1,35710
1907#1,03714
1906#1,3219
1905#1,2989
1904#88017
1903#1,02712
1902#1,07511
1901#1,00711
1900#97015
1899—
1898#1,1719
1897—
1896#99911
1895#1,1239
1894#99810
1893#1,2776
1892#1,2786
1891#89310
1890#1,3385
1889#9029
1888#1,1366
1887#9377
1886—
1885—
1884—
1883—
1882—
1881#8305
1880—
First appearance
1881

The first year at least five girls were named Celesta! It came in at #830, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1881–1886, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Celesta is popular in 1894

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

See more about Celesta
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2024
  • Biggest jump: 445 spots in 1891 (#1,338 → #893)
  • Biggest drop: 436 spots in 1890 (#902 → #1,338)
Rise & fade · girls
Peaked on debut
  • Debuted 1881
  • Peaked 1881 at #830 (5 births)
  • Births halved by 1882, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 8 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 8 yrs · 1881–1904
Share of babies · girls
1 in 16,198
  • Highest: 1 in 16,198 girls born in 1904 were named Celesta (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 270,032 girls born in 2024 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #830 in 1881, was only 1 in 18,391 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 16.2% of all girls named Celesta (347) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s27#830 (1881)#951
1890s66#893 (1891)#1,135
1900s121#880 (1904)#1,112
1910s259#1,075 (1915)#1,429
1920s347#1,115 (1921)#1,357
1930s199#1,449 (1935)#1,760
1940s177#1,682 (1940)#2,262
1950s228#1,861 (1952)#2,309
1960s175#2,512 (1960)#3,123
1970s191#2,683 (1974)#3,635
1980s124#3,687 (1983)#5,948
1990s95#4,528 (1992)#8,818
2000s68#7,724 (2001)#10,562
2010s27#11,356 (2019)#13,407
2020s32#8,953 (2020)#11,465

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.

Celesta in 1894

girls
#998
10 births · 1 in 22,292 girls

Top girls' names in 1894

  1. #1Mary13,151
  2. #2Anna5,565
  3. #3Margaret3,700
  4. #4Helen3,676
  5. #5Elizabeth3,425
  6. #6Ruth3,372
  7. #7Ethel3,287
  8. #8Florence3,233
  9. #9Emma2,937
  10. #10Marie2,649
  11. #998Celesta10
More about 1894

girls

222,922 girls got a published name in 1894; 1 in 22,292 of them was named Celesta, which outranked 41.4% of the 1,702 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Celesta
  1. #950Virdie11
  2. #950Willia11
  3. #950Zadie11
  4. #998Celesta10
  5. #998Alba10
  6. #998Alverda10
  7. #998America10
  8. #1,061Ader9
  9. #1,061Anner9
  10. #1,061Annice9

Tied with 62 names at #998; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1893
Risers
  1. ↑ 794Versie#1,437 → #643
  2. ↑ 613Nadine#1,277 → #664
  3. ↑ 587Genoveva#1,437 → #850
  4. ↑ 558Lavada#1,277 → #719
  5. ↑ 532Libby#1,437 → #905
Fallers
  1. ↓ 691Macy#794 → #1,485
  2. ↓ 659Fredericka#826 → #1,485
  3. ↓ 586Dee#767 → #1,353
  4. ↓ 584Katharyn#901 → #1,485
  5. ↓ 584Leva#901 → #1,485

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

See the top 100 for 1894 →