Celia
#774 for girls in 2025, 351 births · Last seen for boys in 1984 at #6,315
Given to girls 99.9% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 1882 · 126 births
- Debut · girls
- 90 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 56,642since 1880
Celia over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Celia has never cracked the top 100 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 | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #774 | 351 | — | |
| 2024 | #735 | 383 | — | |
| 2023 | #828 | 332 | — | |
| 2022 | #861 | 323 | — | |
| 2021 | #791 | 358 | — | |
| 2020 | #789 | 345 | — | |
| 2019 | #869 | 308 | — | |
| 2018 | #932 | 287 | — | |
| 2017 | #838 | 324 | — | |
| 2016 | #835 | 344 | — | |
| 2015 | #852 | 328 | — | |
| 2014 | #787 | 356 | — | |
| 2013 | #768 | 355 | — | |
| 2012 | #740 | 376 | — | |
| 2011 | #741 | 372 | — | |
| 2010 | #744 | 375 | — | |
| 2009 | #753 | 377 | — | |
| 2008 | #756 | 390 | — | |
| 2007 | #779 | 370 | — | |
| 2006 | #699 | 406 | — | |
| 2005 | #678 | 410 | — | |
| 2004 | #676 | 406 | — | |
| 2003 | #652 | 406 | — | |
| 2002 | #652 | 388 | — | |
| 2001 | #594 | 424 | — | |
| 2000 | #619 | 410 | — | |
| 1999 | #597 | 409 | — | |
| 1998 | #619 | 384 | — | |
| 1997 | #619 | 361 | — | |
| 1996 | #662 | 336 | — | |
| 1995 | #669 | 318 | — | |
| 1994 | #692 | 303 | — | |
| 1993 | #651 | 343 | — | |
| 1992 | #650 | 343 | — | |
| 1991 | #635 | 352 | — | |
| 1990 | #589 | 391 | — | |
| 1989 | #658 | 310 | — | |
| 1988 | #590 | 342 | — | |
| 1987 | #590 | 330 | — | |
| 1986 | #561 | 358 | — | |
| 1985 | #499 | 406 | — | |
| 1984 | #424 | 502 | #6,315 | 5 |
| 1983 | #492 | 399 | — | |
| 1982 | #681 | 258 | — | |
| 1981 | #612 | 295 | — | |
| 1980 | #656 | 277 | #6,250 | 5 |
| 1979 | #689 | 247 | — | |
| 1978 | #724 | 218 | — | |
| 1977 | #655 | 245 | — | |
| 1976 | #705 | 209 | — | |
| 1975 | #717 | 206 | — | |
| 1974 | #653 | 233 | — | |
| 1973 | #645 | 233 | — | |
| 1972 | #683 | 216 | #4,986 | 5 |
| 1971 | #612 | 278 | — | |
| 1970 | #531 | 357 | — | |
| 1969 | #644 | 237 | — | |
| 1968 | #589 | 265 | — | |
| 1967 | #581 | 270 | — | |
| 1966 | #541 | 302 | — | |
| 1965 | #503 | 356 | — | |
| 1964 | #502 | 377 | — | |
| 1963 | #461 | 447 | — | |
| 1962 | #415 | 555 | — | |
| 1961 | #426 | 532 | — | |
| 1960 | #416 | 540 | — | |
| 1959 | #407 | 536 | — | |
| 1958 | #401 | 530 | — | |
| 1957 | #405 | 519 | — | |
| 1956 | #372 | 560 | — | |
| 1955 | #350 | 604 | — | |
| 1954 | #374 | 548 | — | |
| 1953 | #349 | 579 | — | |
| 1952 | #320 | 639 | — | |
| 1951 | #329 | 578 | — | |
| 1950 | #351 | 507 | — | |
| 1949 | #349 | 498 | — | |
| 1948 | #351 | 489 | — | |
| 1947 | #375 | 456 | — | |
| 1946 | #380 | 402 | — | |
| 1945 | #357 | 377 | — | |
| 1944 | #331 | 428 | — | |
| 1943 | #357 | 405 | — | |
| 1942 | #348 | 407 | — | |
| 1941 | #336 | 388 | — | |
| 1940 | #327 | 381 | — | |
| 1939 | #322 | 373 | — | |
| 1938 | #307 | 413 | — | |
| 1937 | #305 | 411 | #2,680 | 8 |
| 1936 | #298 | 419 | — | |
| 1935 | #295 | 423 | — | |
| 1934 | #290 | 445 | #3,679 | 5 |
| 1933 | #292 | 430 | #3,268 | 6 |
| 1932 | #323 | 386 | #3,361 | 6 |
| 1931 | #281 | 490 | #2,864 | 8 |
| 1930 | #265 | 559 | #3,022 | 8 |
| 1929 | #288 | 510 | #3,959 | 5 |
| 1928 | #279 | 549 | — | |
| 1927 | #267 | 607 | #3,451 | 7 |
| 1926 | #272 | 606 | — | |
| 1925 | #258 | 661 | — | |
| 1924 | #256 | 662 | — | |
| 1923 | #250 | 662 | #3,822 | 6 |
| 1922 | #253 | 679 | — | |
| 1921 | #254 | 690 | — | |
| 1920 | #242 | 726 | — | |
| 1919 | #237 | 711 | — | |
| 1918 | #224 | 791 | — | |
| 1917 | #209 | 839 | — | |
| 1916 | #214 | 810 | — | |
| 1915 | #195 | 853 | — | |
| 1914 | #193 | 692 | — | |
| 1913 | #200 | 532 | — | |
| 1912 | #188 | 519 | — | |
| 1911 | #178 | 410 | — | |
| 1910 | #169 | 402 | — | |
| 1909 | #185 | 324 | — | |
| 1908 | #168 | 351 | — | |
| 1907 | #178 | 314 | — | |
| 1906 | #176 | 289 | — | |
| 1905 | #185 | 270 | — | |
| 1904 | #170 | 293 | — | |
| 1903 | #175 | 278 | — | |
| 1902 | #167 | 285 | — | |
| 1901 | #174 | 251 | — | |
| 1900 | #173 | 316 | — | |
| 1899 | #183 | 231 | — | |
| 1898 | #174 | 265 | — | |
| 1897 | #171 | 260 | — | |
| 1896 | #170 | 258 | — | |
| 1895 | #158 | 273 | — | |
| 1894 | #162 | 254 | — | |
| 1893 | #169 | 219 | — | |
| 1892 | #167 | 222 | — | |
| 1891 | #177 | 187 | — | |
| 1890 | #169 | 204 | — | |
| 1889 | #176 | 167 | — | |
| 1888 | #157 | 196 | — | |
| 1887 | #160 | 154 | — | |
| 1886 | #159 | 147 | — | |
| 1885 | #148 | 153 | — | |
| 1884 | #159 | 122 | — | |
| 1883 | #166 | 101 | — | |
| 1882 | #141 | 126 | — | |
| 1881 | #146 | 107 | — | |
| 1880 | #152 | 90 | — | |
First appearance
1880
In the first year the SSA published name data, Celia was already there! It came in at #152, and was given to 90 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1880–1884, when fewer than 130 girls a year got the name.
Where Celia is popular in 1978
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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Top states · girls
- California#370 · 1 in 2,190
- Arizona#404 · 1 in 2,341
- Oregon#454 · 1 in 3,089
- Texas#499 · 1 in 3,231
- Missouri#502 · 1 in 4,379
Best ever in a state: #41 in Arizona, 1922.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | #370 | 70 | 1 in 2,190 |
| Arizona | #404 | 7 | 1 in 2,341 |
| Oregon | #454 | 5 | 1 in 3,089 |
| Texas | #499 | 32 | 1 in 3,231 |
| Missouri | #502 | 7 | 1 in 4,379 |
| North Carolina | #623 | 6 | 1 in 5,395 |
| Illinois | #643 | 13 | 1 in 5,454 |
| New York | #732 | 16 | 1 in 6,145 |
| Michigan | #971 | 5 | 1 in 11,510 |
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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.
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Momentum · girls
Holding steady
- 39 spots since 2024 (#735 → #774)
- 15 spots since 2020 (#789 → #774)
- 78 spots since 2015 (#852 → #774)
- Biggest jump: 189 spots in 1983 (#681 → #492)
- Biggest drop: 94 spots in 2018 (#838 → #932)
Rise & fade · girls
2 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1882 at #141 (126 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 146 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 856
- Highest: 1 in 856 girls born in 1895 were named Celia (0.12%)
- Latest: 1 in 4,579 girls born in 2025 (0.02%)
- Its best rank, #141 in 1882, was only 1 in 856 (0.12%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1910s
- 11.6% of all girls named Celia (6,559) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 1,363 | #141 (1882) | #156 |
| 1890s | 2,373 | #158 (1895) | #170 |
| 1900s | 2,971 | #167 (1902) | #175 |
| 1910s | 6,559 | #169 (1910) | #201 |
| 1920s | 6,352 | #242 (1920) | #262 |
| 1930s | 4,349 | #265 (1930) | #298 |
| 1940s | 4,231 | #327 (1940) | #351 |
| 1950s | 5,600 | #320 (1952) | #366 |
| 1960s | 3,881 | #415 (1962) | #508 |
| 1970s | 2,442 | #531 (1970) | #661 |
| 1980s | 3,477 | #424 (1984) | #576 |
| 1990s | 3,540 | #589 (1990) | #638 |
| 2000s | 3,987 | #594 (2001) | #686 |
| 2010s | 3,425 | #740 (2012) | #811 |
| 2020s | 2,092 | #735 (2024) | #796 |
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.
Celia in 1978
girls
#724
218 births · 1 in 7,027 girls
Top girls' names in 1978
More about 1978
girls
1,531,859 girls got a published name in 1978; 1 in 7,027 of them was named Celia, which outranked 93.7% of the 11,475 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).