Cela — girls' name
90 babies named Cela in U.S. Social Security records since 1931, with the highest year being 2000. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
90 girls have been named Cela since 1931, peaking in the 2000s, last recorded in 2022.
- 90
- total births
- 1931–2022
- years on record
- 2000s
- peak decade
- 39%
- born in that decade
39% of everyone ever named Cela was born in this single decade.
9 babies were named Cela in 2000 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Cela
The Social Security Administration has registered 90 babies named Cela between 1931 and 2022, spanning 92 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Cela currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2022. The name reached its historical peak in 2000, when 9 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Cela performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 35 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Cela shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Cela in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 90 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Cela at a glance
Last recorded 2022Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Cela popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2022–1931
- Peak year (2000)
- 9
- Annual births at peak — across 92 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2022.
90 total births across 92 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2000 with 9 births in a single year.
Cela by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 35 births that decade — 39% of Cela's all-time total
Cela decade highlights
- Peak decade 35 births
- Runner-up 13 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Cela's strongest decade
35 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 39% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1931–2022 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.