Celestine

#3,211 for girls in 2025, 49 births · Last seen for boys in 1941 at #3,133
Given to girls 97.7% of the time

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Peak · girls
1902 · 41 births
Debut · girls
12 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
9,809
since 1880

Celestine over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Celestine has never cracked the top 400 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201940peak #490, 1902girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#3,21149
2024#3,96337
2023#4,87327
2022#4,47231
2021#4,71928
2020#5,16824
2019#5,61222
2018#6,52118
2017#5,04526
2016#4,42332
2015#4,98127
2014#6,45119
2013#8,13514
2012#7,14417
2011#12,1538
2010#9,23112
2009#8,05815
2008#11,5999
2007#6,32321
2006#6,59219
2005#5,26624
2004#5,74421
2003#6,05519
2002#6,39217
2001#5,36421
2000#5,93718
1999#4,71823
1998#3,91429
1997#4,00727
1996#4,73921
1995#3,15236
1994#5,98415
1993#4,25724
1992#4,68621
1991#2,98938
1990#3,43631
1989#3,67327
1988#2,93135
1987#4,12220
1986#3,05430
1985#4,45517
1984#3,06928
1983#4,68615
1982#3,64722
1981#3,85920
1980#3,50623
1979#2,52536
1978#2,43136
1977#2,66631
1976#2,33435
1975#2,51631
1974#1,82048
1973#1,47864
1972#1,65554
1971#1,64056
1970#1,43072
1969#1,18289
1968#1,33469
1967#1,17282
1966#1,06397
1965#1,07994
1964#1,032109
1963#929129
1962#939128
1961#1,070104
1960#897137
1959#904133
1958#844146
1957#777167
1956#806152
1955#748161
1954#677189
1953#724157
1952#634195
1951#647182
1950#625183
1949#611183
1948#658161
1947#650164
1946#723125
1945#631133
1944#610146
1943#651136
1942#631142
1941#645121#3,1336
1940#632124
1939#674101#3,4805
1938#565146
1937#72686
1936#635109#2,8547
1935#600118
1934#667101
1933#546137#2,36810
1932#565133#3,0927
1931#600122
1930#661108#3,2897
1929#593132#3,9595
1928#625127#2,38712
1927#664117#2,70310
1926#618133#2,9049
1925#572157#3,7416
1924#587157#2,13215
1923#616142#1,94117
1922#573158#2,24014
1921#573157#3,2148
1920#570158#2,60211
1919#626125#2,51111
1918#697106#1,99816
1917#630117#2,42311
1916#593128#3,8975
1915#603118#2,31011
1914#69269#2,10110
1913#62867#1,67611
1912#68953#1,8858
1911#74134
1910#57052
1909#66935
1908#67832
1907#63734
1906#54142
1905#60034
1904#71024
1903#58931
1902#49041
1901#65923
1900#63930
1899#70420
1898#54434
1897#50933
1896#65123
1895#63823
1894#66420
1893#56125
1892#79614
1891#54123
1890#64217
1889#62017
1888#52523
1887#9377
1886#8977
1885#9216
1884#54115
1883#57911
1882#7407
1881
1880#49212
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Celestine was already there! It came in at #492, and was given to 12 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1881, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Celestine is popular in 1940

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Celestine, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Celestine, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Celestine, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Celestine, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Celestine, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Celestine, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Celestine, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Celestine, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Celestine, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 girls named Celestine, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Celestine, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Celestine, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 girls named Celestine, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Celestine, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Celestine, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Celestine, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Celestine, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Celestine, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Celestine, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Celestine, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Celestine, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Celestine, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: #445 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 7,500 girlsPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Celestine, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Celestine, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 girls named Celestine, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Celestine, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Celestine, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Celestine, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Celestine, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Celestine, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Celestine, so not publishedWVVirginia: #335 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 3,532 girlsVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Celestine, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Celestine, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Celestine, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Celestine, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Celestine, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Celestine, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Celestine, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: #331 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 3,139 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #266 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 1,825 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Celestine, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Celestine, so not publishedOKLouisiana: #309 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 1,950 girlsLAMississippi: #342 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 2,827 girlsMSAlabama: #445 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 4,922 girlsALGeorgia: #505 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 6,351 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Celestine, so not publishedHITexas: #659 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 6,678 girlsTXFlorida: #306 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 2,118 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. South Carolina#266 · 1 in 1,825
  2. Florida#306 · 1 in 2,118
  3. Louisiana#309 · 1 in 1,950
  4. North Carolina#331 · 1 in 3,139
  5. Virginia#335 · 1 in 3,532

Best ever in a state: #141 in District of Columbia, 1934.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
South Carolina#266121 in 1,825
Florida#30671 in 2,118
Louisiana#309121 in 1,950
North Carolina#331121 in 3,139
Virginia#33571 in 3,532
Mississippi#34281 in 2,827
Alabama#44561 in 4,922
Pennsylvania#445101 in 7,500
Georgia#50551 in 6,351
Texas#65991 in 6,678
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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 Celestine
Momentum · girls
Rising
  • 752 spots since 2024 (#3,963#3,211)
  • 1,957 spots since 2020 (#5,168#3,211)
  • 1,770 spots since 2015 (#4,981#3,211)
  • Biggest jump: 412 spots in 1888 (#937#525)
  • Biggest drop: 380 spots in 1885 (#541#921)
Rise & fade · girls
22 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1902 at #490 (41 births)
  • Births halved by 1981, 79 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 82 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 82 yrs · run 1882–1960
Share of babies · girls
1 in 6,441
  • Highest: 1 in 6,441 girls born in 1902 were named Celestine (0.02%)
  • Latest: 1 in 32,801 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1950s
  • 17.0% of all girls named Celestine (1,665) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s105#492 (1880)#695
1890s232#509 (1897)#625
1900s326#490 (1902)#621
1910s869#570 (1910)#647
1920s1,438#570 (1920)#599
1930s1,161#546 (1933)#624
1940s1,435#610 (1944)#644
1950s1,665#625 (1950)#739
1960s1,038#897 (1960)#1,070
1970s463#1,430 (1970)#2,050
1980s237#2,931 (1988)#3,700
1990s265#2,989 (1991)#4,188
2000s184#5,266 (2005)#6,733
2010s195#4,423 (2016)#6,970
2020s196#3,211 (2025)#4,401

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.

Celestine in 1940

girls
#632
124 births · 1 in 9,222 girls

Top girls' names in 1940

  1. #1Mary56,216
  2. #2Barbara36,736
  3. #3Patricia32,665
  4. #4Judith22,385
  5. #5Betty22,077
  6. #6Carol21,759
  7. #7Nancy19,737
  8. #8Linda18,370
  9. #9Shirley17,881
  10. #10Sandra16,153
  11. #632Celestine124
More about 1940

girls

1,143,528 girls got a published name in 1940; 1 in 9,222 of them was named Celestine, which outranked 87.4% of the 5,028 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Celestine
  1. #629Carolee125
  2. #629Dian125
  3. #629Margot125
  4. #632Celestine124
  5. #632Jeraldine124
  6. #632Merry124
  7. #635Bertie123
  8. #635Camilla123
  9. #635Jerrie123

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1939
Risers
  1. 2,494Scarlett#3,429#935
  2. 1,465Lonna#2,206#741
  3. 834Pam#1,797#963
  4. 659Jody#1,638#979
  5. 633Laraine#1,474#841
Fallers
  1. 481Fredia#996#1,477
  2. 430Eleanora#974#1,404
  3. 375Danielle#811#1,186
  4. 342Eloisa#930#1,272
  5. 298Coral#996#1,294

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

See the top 100 for 1940