Celesta — #13446 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Celesta

The Social Security Administration has registered 2,136 babies named Celesta between 1881 and 2024, spanning 144 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Celesta currently holds the #13446 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1921, when 47 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Celesta performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 347 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Celesta shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Pennsylvania, which accounts for 12 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Indiana and North Carolina. In total, SSA state-level files list Celesta in 5 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Celesta 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 2,136 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.