Girls' name · since 1917
Celene
Celene has 1,758 recorded births since 1917 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1993 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #5,134 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #6,142 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,758
- born since 1917
- 1990s
- peak decade
1,758 babies have been named Celene since 1917, making it today's #6142 girls' name.
Celene has 1,758 recorded births among girls since 1917, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #6142 as of the latest data, more common than 64% of girls, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1917 to 2025.
- #5,134 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #6,142 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 1,758 born since 1917
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Celene ranks #5,134 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #6,142 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 1,758 born since 1917, peaking in the 1990s.
- #5,134 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #6,142 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,758
- born since 1917
- 1990s
- peak decade
Celene's 1,758 recorded births place it above 92.9% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
6 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Celene compares
1,758 Top 24% higher than 76% of 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
Celene's all-time total is 5x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Celene | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 1,758 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 102 | 21 | 19,840 |
Celene's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Celene's full recorded timeline at 1980, 74% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 26% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1917, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1993 peak of 102 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Celene popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1917–2025
- Peak year (1993)
- 102
- Annual births at peak, across 109 years of records
Celene by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (608 births, 35% of the file).
1990s was Celene's strongest decade.
608 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 35% of all-time use.
Celene births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 5
1910s
5 births
- 1920s 22
1920s
22 births
- 1930s 21
1930s
21 births
- 1940s 49
1940s
49 births
- 1950s 101
1950s
101 births
- 1960s 125
1960s
125 births
- 1970s 130
1970s
130 births
- 1980s 196
1980s
196 births
- 1990s
1990s
608 births
- 2000s 234
2000s
234 births
- 2010s 174
2010s
174 births
- 2020s 93
2020s
93 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 608 births (35% of all-time use).
How Celene compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Celene's total volume
Celene by state
Where Celene concentrates geographically, total births since 1917
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 515 | 29.3% |
| #2 | Texas | | 119 | 6.8% |
| #3 | New York | | 17 | 1.0% |
| #4 | Illinois | | 10 | 0.6% |
| #5 | Arizona | | 5 | 0.3% |
| #6 | Florida | | 5 | 0.3% |
515 of 1,758 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 6 reporting states.
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What to do with Celene's data
- Celene's decade-level peak was the 1990s (608 total births); usage has since declined to 93 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Celenes (515 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
Names with a similar popularity rank to Celene
Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Celene: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1993)
Similar record span (~108 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, 1917–2025 (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 Celene 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.