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Celestina

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Celestina is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 26 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.

Rank in 2024
outside the top 1,000
Births in 2024
260.00% of girls
Peak year
199852 births
Best rank
never in the top 1,000
Since 1892
2,522people given the name
Babies named Celestina, by year of birthgirls
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The story in the numbers

2,522 girls have been named Celestina in the United States since 1892, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1998, with 52 births.

This is a comeback. After an early peak the name fell to a fraction of its former share, and it has been climbing again for the past decade.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 1977, and the 1990s alone account for 13%.

By decade

Decadegirls named Celestina
1890s20
1900s49
1910s129
1920s273
1930s167
1940s109
1950s133
1960s163
1970s286
1980s276
1990s325
2000s269
2010s205
2020s118

In 1998, its biggest year

Celestina was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 1998 were Emily, Hannah, Samantha, Sarah and Ashley. See all of 1998.

Names that rose and fell with Celestina

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.