Celestia
- #3,577 for girls in 2025, 42 births
- Peak · girls
- 1886 · 13 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,414since 1880
Celestia over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Celestia has never cracked the top 600 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
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 | #3,577 | 42 |
| 2024 | #3,892 | 38 |
| 2023 | #4,565 | 30 |
| 2022 | #4,295 | 33 |
| 2021 | #4,833 | 27 |
| 2020 | #4,453 | 30 |
| 2019 | #4,437 | 31 |
| 2018 | #4,357 | 32 |
| 2017 | #8,299 | 13 |
| 2016 | #5,445 | 24 |
| 2015 | #9,481 | 11 |
| 2014 | #8,485 | 13 |
| 2013 | #9,612 | 11 |
| 2012 | #8,632 | 13 |
| 2011 | #13,347 | 7 |
| 2010 | #14,959 | 6 |
| 2009 | #15,242 | 6 |
| 2008 | — | |
| 2007 | #10,129 | 11 |
| 2006 | #11,417 | 9 |
| 2005 | #11,834 | 8 |
| 2004 | #6,489 | 18 |
| 2003 | #10,425 | 9 |
| 2002 | #8,837 | 11 |
| 2001 | #12,056 | 7 |
| 2000 | #8,534 | 11 |
| 1999 | #14,411 | 5 |
| 1998 | #11,138 | 7 |
| 1997 | — | |
| 1996 | #7,574 | 11 |
| 1995 | #9,553 | 8 |
| 1994 | — | |
| 1993 | #9,559 | 8 |
| 1992 | #11,738 | 6 |
| 1991 | — | |
| 1990 | — | |
| 1989 | #8,037 | 9 |
| 1988 | #10,386 | 6 |
| 1987 | #8,778 | 7 |
| 1986 | — | |
| 1985 | #10,677 | 5 |
| 1984 | #10,422 | 5 |
| 1983 | #8,047 | 7 |
| 1982 | — | |
| 1981 | #6,323 | 10 |
| 1980 | #6,789 | 9 |
| 1979 | #8,061 | 7 |
| 1978 | #6,385 | 9 |
| 1977 | #7,567 | 7 |
| 1976 | — | |
| 1975 | — | |
| 1974 | #7,680 | 6 |
| 1973 | #4,871 | 11 |
| 1972 | — | |
| 1971 | #6,006 | 8 |
| 1970 | #7,070 | 6 |
| 1969 | #5,974 | 7 |
| 1968 | #5,147 | 8 |
| 1967 | #5,457 | 7 |
| 1966 | #6,564 | 5 |
| 1965 | #6,539 | 5 |
| 1964 | #5,008 | 8 |
| 1963 | #6,592 | 5 |
| 1962 | #5,860 | 6 |
| 1961 | #3,793 | 12 |
| 1960 | — | |
| 1959 | #5,566 | 6 |
| 1958 | #3,232 | 14 |
| 1957 | #4,202 | 9 |
| 1956 | #3,696 | 11 |
| 1955 | #5,208 | 6 |
| 1954 | #3,325 | 12 |
| 1953 | #3,106 | 13 |
| 1952 | #4,908 | 6 |
| 1951 | — | |
| 1950 | #3,662 | 9 |
| 1949 | #4,673 | 6 |
| 1948 | #4,651 | 6 |
| 1947 | #3,448 | 10 |
| 1946 | #3,665 | 8 |
| 1945 | #2,916 | 10 |
| 1944 | — | |
| 1943 | #2,695 | 12 |
| 1942 | #2,986 | 10 |
| 1941 | #3,559 | 7 |
| 1940 | — | |
| 1939 | #3,145 | 8 |
| 1938 | — | |
| 1937 | #2,940 | 9 |
| 1936 | #4,181 | 5 |
| 1935 | — | |
| 1934 | #3,449 | 7 |
| 1933 | #3,753 | 6 |
| 1932 | #4,411 | 5 |
| 1931 | #3,848 | 6 |
| 1930 | #2,306 | 14 |
| 1929 | #2,921 | 10 |
| 1928 | #2,768 | 11 |
| 1927 | #2,859 | 11 |
| 1926 | #3,269 | 9 |
| 1925 | #2,378 | 15 |
| 1924 | #2,809 | 12 |
| 1923 | #1,840 | 22 |
| 1922 | #2,479 | 14 |
| 1921 | #1,988 | 20 |
| 1920 | #2,015 | 19 |
| 1919 | #1,393 | 31 |
| 1918 | #1,600 | 25 |
| 1917 | #1,470 | 26 |
| 1916 | #1,278 | 32 |
| 1915 | #1,317 | 29 |
| 1914 | #1,541 | 18 |
| 1913 | #1,528 | 15 |
| 1912 | #2,634 | 6 |
| 1911 | #1,545 | 10 |
| 1910 | #1,935 | 7 |
| 1909 | #1,763 | 7 |
| 1908 | #1,862 | 6 |
| 1907 | #1,206 | 11 |
| 1906 | #1,951 | 5 |
| 1905 | #1,538 | 7 |
| 1904 | #1,001 | 13 |
| 1903 | #1,318 | 8 |
| 1902 | #1,594 | 6 |
| 1901 | #1,466 | 6 |
| 1900 | #1,231 | 10 |
| 1899 | #1,394 | 6 |
| 1898 | #1,098 | 10 |
| 1897 | #1,385 | 6 |
| 1896 | #1,122 | 9 |
| 1895 | #1,299 | 7 |
| 1894 | #1,485 | 5 |
| 1893 | — | |
| 1892 | — | |
| 1891 | #1,006 | 8 |
| 1890 | — | |
| 1889 | #902 | 9 |
| 1888 | — | |
| 1887 | #1,036 | 6 |
| 1886 | #633 | 13 |
| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | #731 | 9 |
| 1883 | #692 | 8 |
| 1882 | #908 | 5 |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | #738 | 6 |
First appearance
1880
In the first year the SSA published name data, Celestia was already there! It came in at #738, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1881–1882, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Celestia is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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Top states · girls
- California#2,093 · 1 in 17,969
- Texas#3,285 · 1 in 32,108
Best ever in a state: #513 in Ohio, 1915.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | #2,093 | 9 | 1 in 17,969 |
| Texas | #3,285 | 5 | 1 in 32,108 |
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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 Celestia
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
- 876 spots since 2020 (#4,453 → #3,577)
- Biggest jump: 216 spots in 1883
- Biggest drop: 403 spots in 1887
Rise & fade · girls
6 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1886 at #633 (13 births)
- Births halved by 1887, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 6 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 6 yrs · run 1882–1884
Share of babies · girls
1 in 11,118
- Highest: 1 in 11,118 girls born in 1886 were named Celestia (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 38,268 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 2020s
- 14.1% of all girls named Celestia (200) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 56 | #633 (1886) | #806 |
| 1890s | 51 | #1,006 (1891) | #1,256 |
| 1900s | 79 | #1,001 (1904) | #1,493 |
| 1910s | 199 | #1,278 (1916) | #1,624 |
| 1920s | 143 | #1,840 (1923) | #2,533 |
| 1930s | 60 | #2,306 (1930) | #3,504 |
| 1940s | 69 | #2,695 (1943) | #3,574 |
| 1950s | 86 | #3,106 (1953) | #4,101 |
| 1960s | 63 | #3,793 (1961) | #5,659 |
| 1970s | 54 | #4,871 (1973) | #6,806 |
| 1980s | 58 | #6,323 (1981) | #8,682 |
| 1990s | 45 | #7,574 (1996) | #10,662 |
| 2000s | 90 | #6,489 (2004) | #10,551 |
| 2010s | 161 | #4,357 (2018) | #8,705 |
| 2020s | 200 | #3,577 (2025) | #4,269 |
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.
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