Cele — girls' name

What the Data Says About Cele

The Social Security Administration has registered 129 babies named Cele between 1901 and 1955, spanning 55 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Cele currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1955. The name reached its historical peak in 1912, when 13 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Cele performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 78 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Cele shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 15 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Cele in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Cele 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 129 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.