Celest — #6917 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Celest

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,081 babies named Celest between 1908 and 2024, spanning 117 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Celest currently holds the #6917 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2004, when 56 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Celest performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 362 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Celest shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 236 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Celest in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Celest 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 1,081 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.