Celida — girls' name
32 babies named Celida in U.S. Social Security records since 1970, with the highest year being 1980. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
32 girls have been named Celida since 1970, peaking in the 1990s, last recorded in 1998.
- 32
- total births
- 1970–1998
- years on record
- 1990s
- peak decade
- 47%
- born in that decade
47% of everyone ever named Celida was born in this single decade.
6 babies were named Celida in 1980 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Celida
The Social Security Administration has registered 32 babies named Celida between 1970 and 1998, spanning 29 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Celida currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1998. The name reached its historical peak in 1980, when 6 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Celida performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 15 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Celida shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Celida in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Celida 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 32 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.
Celida at a glance
Last recorded 1998Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Celida popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1998–1970
- Peak year (1980)
- 6
- Annual births at peak — across 29 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1998.
32 total births across 29 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1980 with 6 births in a single year.
Celida by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 15 births that decade — 47% of Celida's all-time total
Celida decade highlights
- Peak decade 15 births
- Runner-up 12 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Celida's strongest decade
15 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 47% of all-time use.
Celida by state
Where Celida concentrates geographically — total births since 1970
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 15.6% |
5 of 32 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 15.6% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 15.6% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1970–1998 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.