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Celeste

girls’ nameAt its peakCompare

Celeste is ranked 198th among girls in 2024 (1,556 births). Its best rank was 198th, in 2024.

Rank in 2024
#198up 77 from 2023
Births in 2024
1,5560.10% of girls
Peak year
20041,637 births
Best rank
#198in 2024
Since 1881
63,949people given the name
Babies named Celeste, by year of birthgirls
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The story in the numbers

63,949 girls have been named Celeste in the United States since 1881, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2004, with 1,637 births.

It has never been more used than now: its record year is 2004, within the last few years of data.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 1991, and the 2000s alone account for 17%. It has spent 144 of 145 years in the top 1,000.

Rank among girls, year by year

Higher on the chart = more popularrank (gaps = outside the top 1,000)
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By decade

Decadegirls named Celeste
1880s139
1890s295
1900s429
1910s1,151
1920s1,313
1930s1,104
1940s2,167
1950s6,667
1960s6,978
1970s5,536
1980s5,311
1990s9,815
2000s10,555
2010s6,838
2020s5,651

In 2004, its biggest year

Celeste was the 204th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 2004 were Emily, Emma, Madison, Olivia and Hannah. See all of 2004.

Names that rose and fell with Celeste

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.