Celia — #734 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Celia

The Social Security Administration has registered 56,289 babies named Celia between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Celia currently holds the #734 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1915, when 853 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Celia performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 6,559 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Celia shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 7,049 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Celia in 48 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Celia 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 56,289 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.