Celese — girls' name
73 babies named Celese in U.S. Social Security records since 1965, with the highest year being 1972. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
73 girls have been named Celese since 1965, peaking in the 1970s, last recorded in 2011.
- 73
- total births
- 1965–2011
- years on record
- 1970s
- peak decade
- 25%
- born in that decade
25% of everyone ever named Celese was born in this single decade.
7 babies were named Celese in 1972 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Celese
The Social Security Administration has registered 73 babies named Celese between 1965 and 2011, spanning 47 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Celese currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2011. The name reached its historical peak in 1972, when 7 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Celese performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 18 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Celese shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Celese 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 73 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.
Celese at a glance
Last recorded 2011Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Celese popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2011–1965
- Peak year (1972)
- 7
- Annual births at peak — across 47 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2011.
73 total births across 47 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1972 with 7 births in a single year.
Celese by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 18 births that decade — 25% of Celese's all-time total
Celese decade highlights
- Peak decade 18 births
- Runner-up 17 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Celese's strongest decade
18 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 25% 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, 1965–2011 (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.