Celeste
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
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
By decade
| Decade | girls named Celeste | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 139 | |
| 1890s | 295 | |
| 1900s | 429 | |
| 1910s | 1,151 | |
| 1920s | 1,313 | |
| 1930s | 1,104 | |
| 1940s | 2,167 | |
| 1950s | 6,667 | |
| 1960s | 6,978 | |
| 1970s | 5,536 | |
| 1980s | 5,311 | |
| 1990s | 9,815 | |
| 2000s | 10,555 | |
| 2010s | 6,838 | |
| 2020s | 5,651 |
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.
- Hopepeak 2000
- Idaliapeak 2023
- Camillepeak 2012
- Dariapeak 1998
- Moirapeak 1963
- Luisapeak 2022
- Myriampeak 2003
- Luzpeak 1999
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.