Celestine
Celestine was given to 49 girls in 2025, #3,219 among girls’ names; 10,041 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 4,800 Americans named Celestine and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (48% of everyone recorded); the median is 66 years old and half are between 51 and 76.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Celestine by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Celestine mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Celestine is “a unisex given name.”
Learned borrowing from Latin Caelestinus.
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Celestine?
#3,219 among girls’ names, 2025
Celestine rose from #5,012 in 2015 to #3,219 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born rose from 15.1 to 30.5 per million.
195 babies in 1952, the peak
Celestine peaked in 1952, when 195 girls were given it, #633 among girls’ names. The 49 births of 2025 are 25% of that peak.
Births by sex.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 49 | #3,219 | 0.03 |
| 2024 | 37 | #3,978 | 0.02 |
| 2023 | 27 | #4,894 | 0.02 |
| 2022 | 31 | #4,498 | 0.02 |
| 2021 | 28 | #4,742 | 0.02 |
| 2020 | 24 | #5,190 | 0.01 |
| 2019 | 22 | #5,646 | 0.01 |
| 2018 | 18 | #6,576 | 0.01 |
| 2017 | 26 | #5,076 | 0.02 |
| 2016 | 32 | #4,443 | 0.02 |
Every recorded year (145)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 27 | #5,012 | 0.02 |
| 2014 | 19 | #6,506 | 0.01 |
| 2013 | 14 | #8,220 | 0.01 |
| 2012 | 17 | #7,204 | 0.01 |
| 2011 | 8 | #12,393 | under 0.01 |
| 2010 | 12 | #9,349 | 0.01 |
| 2009 | 15 | #8,139 | 0.01 |
| 2008 | 9 | #11,783 | under 0.01 |
| 2007 | 21 | #6,365 | 0.01 |
| 2006 | 19 | #6,636 | 0.01 |
| 2005 | 24 | #5,298 | 0.01 |
| 2004 | 21 | #5,791 | 0.01 |
| 2003 | 19 | #6,113 | 0.01 |
| 2002 | 17 | #6,447 | 0.01 |
| 2001 | 21 | #5,401 | 0.01 |
| 2000 | 18 | #5,985 | 0.01 |
| 1999 | 23 | #4,745 | 0.01 |
| 1998 | 29 | #3,934 | 0.02 |
| 1997 | 27 | #4,023 | 0.02 |
| 1996 | 21 | #4,758 | 0.01 |
| 1995 | 36 | #3,156 | 0.02 |
| 1994 | 15 | #6,024 | 0.01 |
| 1993 | 24 | #4,272 | 0.01 |
| 1992 | 21 | #4,713 | 0.01 |
| 1991 | 38 | #2,985 | 0.02 |
| 1990 | 31 | #3,440 | 0.02 |
| 1989 | 27 | #3,688 | 0.01 |
| 1988 | 35 | #2,932 | 0.02 |
| 1987 | 20 | #4,143 | 0.01 |
| 1986 | 30 | #3,068 | 0.02 |
| 1985 | 17 | #4,487 | 0.01 |
| 1984 | 28 | #3,085 | 0.02 |
| 1983 | 15 | #4,709 | 0.01 |
| 1982 | 22 | #3,664 | 0.01 |
| 1981 | 20 | #3,881 | 0.01 |
| 1980 | 23 | #3,523 | 0.01 |
| 1979 | 36 | #2,535 | 0.02 |
| 1978 | 36 | #2,437 | 0.02 |
| 1977 | 31 | #2,674 | 0.02 |
| 1976 | 35 | #2,342 | 0.02 |
| 1975 | 31 | #2,521 | 0.02 |
| 1974 | 48 | #1,823 | 0.03 |
| 1973 | 64 | #1,484 | 0.04 |
| 1972 | 54 | #1,656 | 0.04 |
| 1971 | 56 | #1,642 | 0.03 |
| 1970 | 72 | #1,433 | 0.04 |
| 1969 | 89 | #1,182 | 0.05 |
| 1968 | 69 | #1,335 | 0.04 |
| 1967 | 82 | #1,172 | 0.05 |
| 1966 | 97 | #1,065 | 0.06 |
| 1965 | 94 | #1,080 | 0.05 |
| 1964 | 109 | #1,033 | 0.06 |
| 1963 | 129 | #929 | 0.07 |
| 1962 | 128 | #940 | 0.07 |
| 1961 | 104 | #1,071 | 0.05 |
| 1960 | 137 | #898 | 0.07 |
| 1959 | 133 | #903 | 0.07 |
| 1958 | 146 | #845 | 0.07 |
| 1957 | 167 | #776 | 0.08 |
| 1956 | 152 | #805 | 0.08 |
| 1955 | 161 | #747 | 0.08 |
| 1954 | 189 | #677 | 0.10 |
| 1953 | 157 | #724 | 0.08 |
| 1952 | 195 | #633 | 0.11 |
| 1951 | 182 | #646 | 0.10 |
| 1950 | 183 | #627 | 0.11 |
| 1949 | 183 | #610 | 0.11 |
| 1948 | 161 | #657 | 0.09 |
| 1947 | 164 | #650 | 0.09 |
| 1946 | 125 | #724 | 0.08 |
| 1945 | 133 | #631 | 0.10 |
| 1944 | 146 | #610 | 0.11 |
| 1943 | 136 | #651 | 0.10 |
| 1942 | 142 | #631 | 0.11 |
| 1941 | 121 | #645 | 0.10 |
| 1940 | 124 | #632 | 0.11 |
| 1939 | 101 | #675 | 0.09 |
| 1938 | 146 | #565 | 0.13 |
| 1937 | 86 | #726 | 0.08 |
| 1936 | 109 | #635 | 0.10 |
| 1935 | 118 | #600 | 0.11 |
| 1934 | 101 | #667 | 0.10 |
| 1933 | 137 | #546 | 0.14 |
| 1932 | 133 | #565 | 0.12 |
| 1931 | 122 | #600 | 0.11 |
| 1930 | 108 | #662 | 0.10 |
| 1929 | 132 | #593 | 0.12 |
| 1928 | 127 | #625 | 0.11 |
| 1927 | 117 | #665 | 0.10 |
| 1926 | 133 | #619 | 0.11 |
| 1925 | 157 | #572 | 0.13 |
| 1924 | 157 | #589 | 0.13 |
| 1923 | 142 | #616 | 0.12 |
| 1922 | 158 | #573 | 0.13 |
| 1921 | 157 | #574 | 0.13 |
| 1920 | 158 | #571 | 0.13 |
| 1919 | 125 | #627 | 0.11 |
| 1918 | 106 | #697 | 0.09 |
| 1917 | 117 | #630 | 0.11 |
| 1916 | 128 | #594 | 0.12 |
| 1915 | 118 | #603 | 0.12 |
| 1914 | 69 | #692 | 0.09 |
| 1913 | 67 | #628 | 0.11 |
| 1912 | 53 | #689 | 0.09 |
| 1911 | 34 | #742 | 0.08 |
| 1910 | 52 | #570 | 0.13 |
| 1909 | 35 | #671 | 0.10 |
| 1908 | 32 | #680 | 0.10 |
| 1907 | 34 | #639 | 0.11 |
| 1906 | 42 | #542 | 0.14 |
| 1905 | 34 | #603 | 0.12 |
| 1904 | 24 | #712 | 0.09 |
| 1903 | 31 | #590 | 0.12 |
| 1902 | 41 | #493 | 0.16 |
| 1901 | 23 | #664 | 0.10 |
| 1900 | 30 | #641 | 0.10 |
| 1899 | 20 | #707 | 0.09 |
| 1898 | 34 | #545 | 0.13 |
| 1897 | 33 | #510 | 0.14 |
| 1896 | 23 | #654 | 0.10 |
| 1895 | 23 | #642 | 0.10 |
| 1894 | 20 | #666 | 0.09 |
| 1893 | 25 | #562 | 0.12 |
| 1892 | 14 | #803 | 0.07 |
| 1891 | 23 | #544 | 0.12 |
| 1890 | 17 | #643 | 0.09 |
| 1889 | 17 | #623 | 0.10 |
| 1888 | 23 | #525 | 0.13 |
| 1887 | 7 | #962 | 0.05 |
| 1886 | 7 | #912 | 0.05 |
| 1885 | 6 | #939 | 0.05 |
| 1884 | 15 | #545 | 0.12 |
| 1883 | 11 | #588 | 0.10 |
| 1882 | 7 | #754 | 0.06 |
| 1880 | 12 | #493 | 0.13 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Celestine a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 10,041 Americans recorded as Celestine, 98% are girls and 2% boys. In 2025 it went to 49 girls; SSA lists no boys with it that year (fewer than 5, or none).
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Celestine: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Celestine, and how old are they?
4,800 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 48% of the 10,041 Americans ever recorded as Celestine. The median Celestine alive today is 66 years old; half are between 51 and 76.
The 2020 Census counted 4,932 people named Celestine (4,624 women and girls, 308 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 5,336 born in the U.S. The Census count is 8% below that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 677 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 2,230 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 843 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 389 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 297 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 352 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Celestine born?
The states with the most babies named Celestine are Louisiana, Pennsylvania and Virginia, with 29% of its births recorded by state since 1910; Louisiana and Virginia are not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Louisiana | 590 | not ranked | 3.0× |
| Pennsylvania | 523 | not ranked | 0.8× |
| Virginia | 488 | not ranked | 2.1× |
| Texas | 486 | #3,001 | 0.8× |
| New York | 420 | not ranked | 0.5× |
| South Carolina | 392 | not ranked | 2.2× |
| Illinois | 335 | not ranked | 0.7× |
| Mississippi | 301 | not ranked | 1.8× |
| North Carolina | 301 | not ranked | 1.0× |
| Alabama | 274 | not ranked | 1.2× |
Where Celestine is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Celestine is most over-represented in Louisiana: since 1910 it was given 3.0 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Celestine with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 2 names spelled alike, given to 12,607 babies since 1880, Celestine is the most given (80% of them). In 2025 it was given to 49 of their 93 babies (53%), again the most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Celestine
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Celestine and names like it
- Compare Celestine and CelestinaBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1950sCelestine peaked in 1952.
- Louisiana’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Celestine since 1910.
- The top names of 1952The year the most babies were named Celestine.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Celestine alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with CMost given first.