Girls' name · since 1908
Celest
Celest has 1,089 recorded births since 1908 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2004 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #7,077 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #10,983 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,089
- born since 1908
- 2000s
- peak decade
Celest currently ranks #10983 among girls' names in America, with 1,089 babies recorded since 1908.
Social Security Administration records show Celest recorded 1,089 times among girls since 1908, holding rank #10983 nationally today, ahead of 37% of girls, peaking in the 2000s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1908 to 2025.
- #7,077 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #10,983 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 1,089 born since 1908
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Celest ranks #7,077 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #10,983 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 1,089 born since 1908, peaking in the 2000s.
- #7,077 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #10,983 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,089
- born since 1908
- 2000s
- peak decade
Celest's 1,089 recorded births place it above 90.2% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Celest compares
1,089 Top 31% higher than 69% 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
Celest's all-time total is 190% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Celest | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 1,089 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 56 | 21 | 19,840 |
Celest's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Celest splits its recorded history at 1989: 77% of all births land in the more recent half, 23% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1908 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2004 peak of 56 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Celest popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1908–2025
- Peak year (2004)
- 56
- Annual births at peak, across 118 years of records
Celest by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (362 births, 33% of the file).
2000s was Celest's strongest decade.
362 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 33% of all-time use.
Celest births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1900s 5
1900s
5 births
- 1910s 13
1910s
13 births
- 1920s 12
1920s
12 births
- 1950s 27
1950s
27 births
- 1960s 74
1960s
74 births
- 1970s 66
1970s
66 births
- 1980s 67
1980s
67 births
- 1990s
1990s
280 births
- 2000s
2000s
362 births
- 2010s 121
2010s
121 births
- 2020s 62
2020s
62 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 362 births (33% of all-time use).
How Celest 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 Celest's total volume
Celest by state
Where Celest concentrates geographically, total births since 1908
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 236 | 21.7% |
| #2 | Texas | | 152 | 14.0% |
236 of 1,089 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
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What to do with Celest's data
- Celest's decade-level peak was the 2000s (362 total births); usage has since declined to 62 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Celests (236 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 Celest
Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Celest: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2004)
Similar record span (~117 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, 1908–2025 (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 Celest 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.