Girls' name · since 2012
Celaya
Since 2012, U.S. Social Security records show 39 babies named Celaya, peaking in 2025. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #37,791 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,770 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 39
- born since 2012
- 2010s
- peak decade
39 babies have been named Celaya since 2012, making it today's #8770 girls' name.
Social Security Administration records show Celaya recorded 39 times among girls since 2012, holding rank #8770 nationally today, ahead of 49% of girls, peaking in the 2010s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2012 to 2025.
- #37,791 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #8,770 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 39 born since 2012
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Celaya ranks #37,791 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,770 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 39 born since 2012, peaking in the 2010s.
- #37,791 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,770 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 39
- born since 2012
- 2010s
- peak decade
Celaya's 39 recorded births place it above 47.4% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Celaya compares
39 13th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Celaya's all-time total is 90% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Celaya | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 39 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 12 | 21 | 19,840 |
Celaya's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Celaya's full recorded timeline at 2019, 59% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 41% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2015, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2025 peak of 12 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Celaya popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2012–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 14 years of records
Celaya by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (21 births, 54% of the file).
2010s was Celaya's strongest decade.
21 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 54% of all-time use.
Celaya births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s
2010s
21 births
- 2020s
2020s
18 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 21 births (54% of all-time use).
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What to do with Celaya's data
- Celaya's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (21 total births) through the 2020s (18) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Celaya: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~13 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2012–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Celaya draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.