Celesta
Last seen for girls in 2024 at #13,477
- Peak · girls
- 1881 · 5 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 2,136since 1881
Celesta over time
Rank among girls' names. Celesta has never cracked the top 800 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | #13,477 | 6 |
| 2023 | #12,197 | 7 |
| 2022 | #11,231 | 8 |
| 2021 | — | |
| 2020 | #8,953 | 11 |
| 2019 | #11,356 | 8 |
| 2018 | #11,427 | 8 |
| 2017 | — | |
| 2016 | #14,331 | 6 |
| 2015 | — | |
| 2014 | #16,513 | 5 |
| 2013 | — | |
| 2012 | — | |
| 2011 | — | |
| 2010 | — | |
| 2009 | — | |
| 2008 | #13,832 | 7 |
| 2007 | — | |
| 2006 | #8,237 | 14 |
| 2005 | #10,128 | 10 |
| 2004 | — | |
| 2003 | #9,671 | 10 |
| 2002 | #13,595 | 6 |
| 2001 | #7,724 | 13 |
| 2000 | #10,745 | 8 |
| 1999 | #14,411 | 5 |
| 1998 | #11,138 | 7 |
| 1997 | #8,334 | 10 |
| 1996 | #7,130 | 12 |
| 1995 | #9,553 | 8 |
| 1994 | #8,122 | 10 |
| 1993 | #9,559 | 8 |
| 1992 | #4,528 | 22 |
| 1991 | #6,588 | 13 |
| 1990 | — | |
| 1989 | #5,836 | 14 |
| 1988 | #6,666 | 11 |
| 1987 | #6,788 | 10 |
| 1986 | #7,134 | 9 |
| 1985 | #7,563 | 8 |
| 1984 | #5,539 | 12 |
| 1983 | #3,687 | 21 |
| 1982 | #4,716 | 15 |
| 1981 | #6,804 | 9 |
| 1980 | #4,743 | 15 |
| 1979 | #4,231 | 17 |
| 1978 | #4,459 | 15 |
| 1977 | #3,761 | 19 |
| 1976 | #4,905 | 12 |
| 1975 | #2,969 | 24 |
| 1974 | #2,683 | 27 |
| 1973 | #3,122 | 21 |
| 1972 | #3,404 | 18 |
| 1971 | #3,789 | 16 |
| 1970 | #3,030 | 22 |
| 1969 | #3,318 | 17 |
| 1968 | #4,222 | 11 |
| 1967 | #2,963 | 18 |
| 1966 | #3,266 | 15 |
| 1965 | #3,264 | 15 |
| 1964 | #2,600 | 23 |
| 1963 | #2,704 | 21 |
| 1962 | #2,922 | 18 |
| 1961 | #3,460 | 14 |
| 1960 | #2,512 | 23 |
| 1959 | #2,054 | 30 |
| 1958 | #2,862 | 17 |
| 1957 | #2,218 | 25 |
| 1956 | #3,186 | 14 |
| 1955 | #2,063 | 27 |
| 1954 | #2,240 | 23 |
| 1953 | #2,173 | 23 |
| 1952 | #1,861 | 29 |
| 1951 | #2,314 | 19 |
| 1950 | #2,121 | 21 |
| 1949 | #2,134 | 21 |
| 1948 | #2,008 | 23 |
| 1947 | #1,822 | 28 |
| 1946 | #2,094 | 20 |
| 1945 | #2,742 | 11 |
| 1944 | #2,762 | 11 |
| 1943 | #2,695 | 12 |
| 1942 | #2,666 | 12 |
| 1941 | #2,018 | 17 |
| 1940 | #1,682 | 22 |
| 1939 | #1,947 | 17 |
| 1938 | #2,021 | 16 |
| 1937 | #1,679 | 21 |
| 1936 | #1,741 | 19 |
| 1935 | #1,449 | 26 |
| 1934 | #1,834 | 18 |
| 1933 | #1,552 | 23 |
| 1932 | #1,685 | 21 |
| 1931 | #1,876 | 18 |
| 1930 | #1,815 | 20 |
| 1929 | #1,447 | 28 |
| 1928 | #1,338 | 33 |
| 1927 | #1,404 | 33 |
| 1926 | #1,449 | 31 |
| 1925 | #1,160 | 44 |
| 1924 | #1,440 | 33 |
| 1923 | #1,556 | 28 |
| 1922 | #1,285 | 37 |
| 1921 | #1,115 | 47 |
| 1920 | #1,375 | 33 |
| 1919 | #1,369 | 32 |
| 1918 | #1,153 | 42 |
| 1917 | #1,307 | 31 |
| 1916 | #1,114 | 40 |
| 1915 | #1,075 | 39 |
| 1914 | #1,080 | 31 |
| 1913 | #1,358 | 18 |
| 1912 | #1,477 | 14 |
| 1911 | #1,956 | 7 |
| 1910 | #2,398 | 5 |
| 1909 | #1,152 | 13 |
| 1908 | #1,357 | 10 |
| 1907 | #1,037 | 14 |
| 1906 | #1,321 | 9 |
| 1905 | #1,298 | 9 |
| 1904 | #880 | 17 |
| 1903 | #1,027 | 12 |
| 1902 | #1,075 | 11 |
| 1901 | #1,007 | 11 |
| 1900 | #970 | 15 |
| 1899 | — | |
| 1898 | #1,171 | 9 |
| 1897 | — | |
| 1896 | #999 | 11 |
| 1895 | #1,123 | 9 |
| 1894 | #998 | 10 |
| 1893 | #1,277 | 6 |
| 1892 | #1,278 | 6 |
| 1891 | #893 | 10 |
| 1890 | #1,338 | 5 |
| 1889 | #902 | 9 |
| 1888 | #1,136 | 6 |
| 1887 | #937 | 7 |
| 1886 | — | |
| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | #830 | 5 |
| 1880 | — | |
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 1921
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Indiana#419 · 1 in 5,522
Best ever in a state: #419 in Indiana, 1921.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Indiana | #419 | 5 | 1 in 5,522 |
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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 Celesta
- 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)
- Debuted 1881
- Peaked 1881 at #830 (5 births)
- Births halved by 1882, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 8 yrs · 1881–1904
- 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
- 16.2% of all girls named Celesta (347) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 27 | #830 (1881) | #951 |
| 1890s | 66 | #893 (1891) | #1,135 |
| 1900s | 121 | #880 (1904) | #1,112 |
| 1910s | 259 | #1,075 (1915) | #1,429 |
| 1920s | 347 | #1,115 (1921) | #1,357 |
| 1930s | 199 | #1,449 (1935) | #1,760 |
| 1940s | 177 | #1,682 (1940) | #2,262 |
| 1950s | 228 | #1,861 (1952) | #2,309 |
| 1960s | 175 | #2,512 (1960) | #3,123 |
| 1970s | 191 | #2,683 (1974) | #3,635 |
| 1980s | 124 | #3,687 (1983) | #5,948 |
| 1990s | 95 | #4,528 (1992) | #8,818 |
| 2000s | 68 | #7,724 (2001) | #10,562 |
| 2010s | 27 | #11,356 (2019) | #13,407 |
| 2020s | 32 | #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 1921
Top girls' names in 1921
More about 1921
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1,233,058 girls got a published name in 1921; 1 in 26,235 of them was named Celesta, which outranked 81.0% of the 5,871 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,092Oneta48
- #1,092Thora48
- #1,092Trula48
- #1,115Celesta47
- #1,115Charleen47
- #1,115Clifford47
- #1,115Izetta47
- #1,126Albert46
- #1,126Ara46
- #1,126Atha46
Tied with 10 names at #1,115; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.