Girls' name · since 1880
Celestia
Celestia has 1,414 recorded births since 1880 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2025 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #5,927 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #3,579 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,414
- born since 1880
- 2020s
- peak decade
1,414 babies have been named Celestia since 1880, making it today's #3579 girls' name.
Celestia has 1,414 recorded births among girls since 1880, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #3579 as of the latest data, more common than 79% of girls, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1880 to 2025.
- #5,927 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #3,579 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 1,414 born since 1880
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Celestia ranks #5,927 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #3,579 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 1,414 born since 1880, peaking in the 2020s.
- #5,927 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #3,579 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,414
- born since 1880
- 2020s
- peak decade
Celestia's 1,414 recorded births place it above 91.8% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 3 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Celestia compares
1,414 Top 27% higher than 73% 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
Celestia's all-time total is 4x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Celestia | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 1,414 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 42 | 21 | 19,840 |
Celestia's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Celestia splits its recorded history at 1953: 52% of all births land in the more recent half, 48% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1882 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2025 peak of 42 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Celestia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1880–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 42
- Annual births at peak, across 146 years of records
Celestia by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (200 births, 14% of the file).
2020s was Celestia's strongest decade.
200 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 14% of all-time use.
Celestia births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s 56
1880s
56 births
- 1890s 51
1890s
51 births
- 1900s 79
1900s
79 births
- 1910s
1910s
199 births
- 1920s
1920s
143 births
- 1930s 60
1930s
60 births
- 1940s 69
1940s
69 births
- 1950s
1950s
86 births
- 1960s 63
1960s
63 births
- 1970s 54
1970s
54 births
- 1980s 58
1980s
58 births
- 1990s 45
1990s
45 births
- 2000s
2000s
90 births
- 2010s
2010s
161 births
- 2020s
2020s
200 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 200 births (14% of all-time use).
How Celestia 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 Celestia's total volume
Celestia by state
Where Celestia concentrates geographically, total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 42 | 3.0% |
| #2 | Texas | | 35 | 2.5% |
| #3 | Ohio | | 5 | 0.4% |
42 of 1,414 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 3 reporting states.
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- California records the most Celestias (42 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
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Celestia: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~145 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, 1880–2025 (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 Celestia 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.