Celena — #5426 US girls' name
4,752 babies named Celena in U.S. Social Security records since 1890, with the highest year being 1995. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 69% of names given to girls today.
26% of everyone ever named Celena was born in this single decade.
202 babies were named Celena in 1995 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Celena
The Social Security Administration has registered 4,752 babies named Celena between 1890 and 2024, spanning 135 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Celena currently holds the #5426 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1995, when 202 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Celena performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 1,253 births during that ten-year window. Across the 14 decades of recorded activity, Celena shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 624 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Celena in 25 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Celena 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 4,752 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.
Celena at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Celena popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1890
- Peak year (1995)
- 202
- Annual births at peak — across 135 years of records
Currently ranks #5426 among girls.
4,752 total births across 135 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1995 with 202 births in a single year.
Celena by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 1,253 births that decade — 26% of Celena's all-time total
Celena decade highlights
- Peak decade 1,253 births
- Runner-up 1,234 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Celena's strongest decade
1,253 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 26% of all-time use.
Celena by state
Where Celena concentrates geographically — total births since 1890
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 624 | 13.1% |
| #2 | Texas | | 284 | 6.0% |
| #3 | New York | | 181 | 3.8% |
| #4 | Florida | | 142 | 3.0% |
| #5 | Georgia | | 99 | 2.1% |
| #6 | Pennsylvania | | 98 | 2.1% |
| #7 | Michigan | | 87 | 1.8% |
| #8 | North Carolina | | 83 | 1.7% |
624 of 4,752 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 25 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 13.1% of nationwide
- Texas 6.0% of nationwide
- New York 3.8% of nationwide
- Florida 3.0% of nationwide
- Georgia 2.1% of nationwide
Recorded in 25 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 13.1% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Celena appears in 25 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1890–2024 (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.