Girls' name · since 1880
Celia
Celia has 56,642 recorded births since 1880 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1915 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #542 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #774 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 56,642
- born since 1880
- 1910s
- peak decade
Yes -- Celia is the #774 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 56,642 recorded since 1880.
Social Security Administration records show Celia recorded 56,642 times among girls since 1880, holding rank #774 nationally today, ahead of 96% of girls, peaking in the 1910s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1880 to 2025.
- #542 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #774 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 56,642 born since 1880
- 1910s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Celia ranks #542 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #774 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 56,642 born since 1880, peaking in the 1910s.
- #542 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #774 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 56,642
- born since 1880
- 1910s
- peak decade
Celia's 56,642 recorded births place it above 99.25% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
48 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Celia compares
56,642 Top 4% higher than 96% 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
Celia's all-time total is 151x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Celia | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 56,642 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 853 | 21 | 19,840 |
Celia's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Celia's SSA record in two at 1953 and the more recent half accounts for 47% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 53%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1880, with only 90 births recorded -- set against the 1915 peak of 853, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Celia popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1880–2025
- Peak year (1915)
- 853
- Annual births at peak, across 146 years of records
Celia popularity over time - boys
74 total births recorded since 1923 (Celia as boys' name)
Celia by decade
1910s is the heaviest window (6,559 births, 12% of the file).
1910s was Celia's strongest decade.
6,559 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 12% of all-time use.
Celia births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s 1,363
1880s
1,363 births
- 1890s 2,373
1890s
2,373 births
- 1900s
1900s
2,971 births
- 1910s
1910s
6,559 births
- 1920s
1920s
6,352 births
- 1930s
1930s
4,349 births
- 1940s
1940s
4,231 births
- 1950s
1950s
5,600 births
- 1960s
1960s
3,881 births
- 1970s 2,442
1970s
2,442 births
- 1980s
1980s
3,477 births
- 1990s
1990s
3,540 births
- 2000s
2000s
3,987 births
- 2010s
2010s
3,425 births
- 2020s 2,092
2020s
2,092 births
What this shows Peak: 1910s at 6,559 births (12% of all-time use).
How Celia 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 Celia's total volume
Celia by state
Where Celia concentrates geographically, total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 7,079 | 12.5% |
| #2 | California | | 6,386 | 11.3% |
| #3 | New York | | 5,227 | 9.2% |
| #4 | Illinois | | 2,119 | 3.7% |
| #5 | Pennsylvania | | 2,054 | 3.6% |
| #6 | Massachusetts | | 1,678 | 3.0% |
| #7 | Michigan | | 1,543 | 2.7% |
| #8 | Ohio | | 1,378 | 2.4% |
7,079 of 56,642 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 48 reporting states.
Celia appears in 48 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Celia's data
- Celia's decade-level peak was the 1910s (6,559 total births); usage has since declined to 2,092 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Texas records the most Celias (7,079 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Celia: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1915)
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 Celia 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.