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
- Peak · girls
- 1902 · 41 births
- Debut · girls
- 12 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 9,809since 1880
Celestine over time
Rank among girls' names. Celestine has never cracked the top 400 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #3,211 | 49 | — | |
| 2024 | #3,963 | 37 | — | |
| 2023 | #4,873 | 27 | — | |
| 2022 | #4,472 | 31 | — | |
| 2021 | #4,719 | 28 | — | |
| 2020 | #5,168 | 24 | — | |
| 2019 | #5,612 | 22 | — | |
| 2018 | #6,521 | 18 | — | |
| 2017 | #5,045 | 26 | — | |
| 2016 | #4,423 | 32 | — | |
| 2015 | #4,981 | 27 | — | |
| 2014 | #6,451 | 19 | — | |
| 2013 | #8,135 | 14 | — | |
| 2012 | #7,144 | 17 | — | |
| 2011 | #12,153 | 8 | — | |
| 2010 | #9,231 | 12 | — | |
| 2009 | #8,058 | 15 | — | |
| 2008 | #11,599 | 9 | — | |
| 2007 | #6,323 | 21 | — | |
| 2006 | #6,592 | 19 | — | |
| 2005 | #5,266 | 24 | — | |
| 2004 | #5,744 | 21 | — | |
| 2003 | #6,055 | 19 | — | |
| 2002 | #6,392 | 17 | — | |
| 2001 | #5,364 | 21 | — | |
| 2000 | #5,937 | 18 | — | |
| 1999 | #4,718 | 23 | — | |
| 1998 | #3,914 | 29 | — | |
| 1997 | #4,007 | 27 | — | |
| 1996 | #4,739 | 21 | — | |
| 1995 | #3,152 | 36 | — | |
| 1994 | #5,984 | 15 | — | |
| 1993 | #4,257 | 24 | — | |
| 1992 | #4,686 | 21 | — | |
| 1991 | #2,989 | 38 | — | |
| 1990 | #3,436 | 31 | — | |
| 1989 | #3,673 | 27 | — | |
| 1988 | #2,931 | 35 | — | |
| 1987 | #4,122 | 20 | — | |
| 1986 | #3,054 | 30 | — | |
| 1985 | #4,455 | 17 | — | |
| 1984 | #3,069 | 28 | — | |
| 1983 | #4,686 | 15 | — | |
| 1982 | #3,647 | 22 | — | |
| 1981 | #3,859 | 20 | — | |
| 1980 | #3,506 | 23 | — | |
| 1979 | #2,525 | 36 | — | |
| 1978 | #2,431 | 36 | — | |
| 1977 | #2,666 | 31 | — | |
| 1976 | #2,334 | 35 | — | |
| 1975 | #2,516 | 31 | — | |
| 1974 | #1,820 | 48 | — | |
| 1973 | #1,478 | 64 | — | |
| 1972 | #1,655 | 54 | — | |
| 1971 | #1,640 | 56 | — | |
| 1970 | #1,430 | 72 | — | |
| 1969 | #1,182 | 89 | — | |
| 1968 | #1,334 | 69 | — | |
| 1967 | #1,172 | 82 | — | |
| 1966 | #1,063 | 97 | — | |
| 1965 | #1,079 | 94 | — | |
| 1964 | #1,032 | 109 | — | |
| 1963 | #929 | 129 | — | |
| 1962 | #939 | 128 | — | |
| 1961 | #1,070 | 104 | — | |
| 1960 | #897 | 137 | — | |
| 1959 | #904 | 133 | — | |
| 1958 | #844 | 146 | — | |
| 1957 | #777 | 167 | — | |
| 1956 | #806 | 152 | — | |
| 1955 | #748 | 161 | — | |
| 1954 | #677 | 189 | — | |
| 1953 | #724 | 157 | — | |
| 1952 | #634 | 195 | — | |
| 1951 | #647 | 182 | — | |
| 1950 | #625 | 183 | — | |
| 1949 | #611 | 183 | — | |
| 1948 | #658 | 161 | — | |
| 1947 | #650 | 164 | — | |
| 1946 | #723 | 125 | — | |
| 1945 | #631 | 133 | — | |
| 1944 | #610 | 146 | — | |
| 1943 | #651 | 136 | — | |
| 1942 | #631 | 142 | — | |
| 1941 | #645 | 121 | #3,133 | 6 |
| 1940 | #632 | 124 | — | |
| 1939 | #674 | 101 | #3,480 | 5 |
| 1938 | #565 | 146 | — | |
| 1937 | #726 | 86 | — | |
| 1936 | #635 | 109 | #2,854 | 7 |
| 1935 | #600 | 118 | — | |
| 1934 | #667 | 101 | — | |
| 1933 | #546 | 137 | #2,368 | 10 |
| 1932 | #565 | 133 | #3,092 | 7 |
| 1931 | #600 | 122 | — | |
| 1930 | #661 | 108 | #3,289 | 7 |
| 1929 | #593 | 132 | #3,959 | 5 |
| 1928 | #625 | 127 | #2,387 | 12 |
| 1927 | #664 | 117 | #2,703 | 10 |
| 1926 | #618 | 133 | #2,904 | 9 |
| 1925 | #572 | 157 | #3,741 | 6 |
| 1924 | #587 | 157 | #2,132 | 15 |
| 1923 | #616 | 142 | #1,941 | 17 |
| 1922 | #573 | 158 | #2,240 | 14 |
| 1921 | #573 | 157 | #3,214 | 8 |
| 1920 | #570 | 158 | #2,602 | 11 |
| 1919 | #626 | 125 | #2,511 | 11 |
| 1918 | #697 | 106 | #1,998 | 16 |
| 1917 | #630 | 117 | #2,423 | 11 |
| 1916 | #593 | 128 | #3,897 | 5 |
| 1915 | #603 | 118 | #2,310 | 11 |
| 1914 | #692 | 69 | #2,101 | 10 |
| 1913 | #628 | 67 | #1,676 | 11 |
| 1912 | #689 | 53 | #1,885 | 8 |
| 1911 | #741 | 34 | — | |
| 1910 | #570 | 52 | — | |
| 1909 | #669 | 35 | — | |
| 1908 | #678 | 32 | — | |
| 1907 | #637 | 34 | — | |
| 1906 | #541 | 42 | — | |
| 1905 | #600 | 34 | — | |
| 1904 | #710 | 24 | — | |
| 1903 | #589 | 31 | — | |
| 1902 | #490 | 41 | — | |
| 1901 | #659 | 23 | — | |
| 1900 | #639 | 30 | — | |
| 1899 | #704 | 20 | — | |
| 1898 | #544 | 34 | — | |
| 1897 | #509 | 33 | — | |
| 1896 | #651 | 23 | — | |
| 1895 | #638 | 23 | — | |
| 1894 | #664 | 20 | — | |
| 1893 | #561 | 25 | — | |
| 1892 | #796 | 14 | — | |
| 1891 | #541 | 23 | — | |
| 1890 | #642 | 17 | — | |
| 1889 | #620 | 17 | — | |
| 1888 | #525 | 23 | — | |
| 1887 | #937 | 7 | — | |
| 1886 | #897 | 7 | — | |
| 1885 | #921 | 6 | — | |
| 1884 | #541 | 15 | — | |
| 1883 | #579 | 11 | — | |
| 1882 | #740 | 7 | — | |
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | #492 | 12 | — | |
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 1972
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Alabama#422 · 1 in 3,018
- Illinois#1,010 · 1 in 12,433
Best ever in a state: #141 in District of Columbia, 1934.
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| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Alabama | #422 | 8 | 1 in 3,018 |
| Illinois | #1,010 | 6 | 1 in 12,433 |
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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
- 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)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1902 at #490 (41 births)
- Births halved by 1981, 79 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 82 yrs · run 1882–1960
- 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%)
- 17.0% of all girls named Celestine (1,665) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 105 | #492 (1880) | #695 |
| 1890s | 232 | #509 (1897) | #625 |
| 1900s | 326 | #490 (1902) | #621 |
| 1910s | 869 | #570 (1910) | #647 |
| 1920s | 1,438 | #570 (1920) | #599 |
| 1930s | 1,161 | #546 (1933) | #624 |
| 1940s | 1,435 | #610 (1944) | #644 |
| 1950s | 1,665 | #625 (1950) | #739 |
| 1960s | 1,038 | #897 (1960) | #1,070 |
| 1970s | 463 | #1,430 (1970) | #2,050 |
| 1980s | 237 | #2,931 (1988) | #3,700 |
| 1990s | 265 | #2,989 (1991) | #4,188 |
| 2000s | 184 | #5,266 (2005) | #6,733 |
| 2010s | 195 | #4,423 (2016) | #6,970 |
| 2020s | 196 | #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 1972
Top girls' names in 1972
More about 1972
girls
1,521,244 girls got a published name in 1972; 1 in 28,171 of them was named Celestine, which outranked 82.9% of the 9,666 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,627Sherice55
- #1,627Tamu55
- #1,627Theodora55
- #1,655Celestine54
- #1,655Catrice54
- #1,655Darleen54
- #1,655George54
- #1,674Addie53
- #1,674Aleshia53
- #1,674Annabelle53
Tied with 18 names at #1,655; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.