Girls' name · since 1880
Celina
Since 1880, U.S. Social Security records show 16,295 babies named Celina, peaking in 1994. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #1,209 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #827 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 16,295
- born since 1880
- 1990s
- peak decade
16,295 babies have been named Celina since 1880, making it today's #827 girls' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Celina has been recorded 16,295 times among girls since 1880, currently ranked #827 nationally and more common than 95% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 1990s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1880 to 2025.
- #1,209 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #827 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 16,295 born since 1880
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Celina ranks #1,209 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #827 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 16,295 born since 1880, peaking in the 1990s.
- #1,209 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #827 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 16,295
- born since 1880
- 1990s
- peak decade
Celina's 16,295 recorded births place it above 98.32% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
35 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Celina compares
16,295 Top 7% higher than 93% 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
Celina's all-time total is 43x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Celina | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 16,295 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 593 | 21 | 19,840 |
Celina's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Celina's full recorded timeline at 1953, 92% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 8% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1883, with just 6 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1994 peak of 593 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Celina popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1880–2025
- Peak year (1994)
- 593
- Annual births at peak, across 146 years of records
Celina popularity over time - boys
6 total births recorded since 1978 (Celina as boys' name)
Celina by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (4,009 births, 25% of the file).
1990s was Celina's strongest decade.
4,009 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 25% of all-time use.
Celina births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s 102
1880s
102 births
- 1890s 139
1890s
139 births
- 1900s 119
1900s
119 births
- 1910s 232
1910s
232 births
- 1920s 277
1920s
277 births
- 1930s 181
1930s
181 births
- 1940s 193
1940s
193 births
- 1950s 354
1950s
354 births
- 1960s 781
1960s
781 births
- 1970s
1970s
1,693 births
- 1980s
1980s
2,489 births
- 1990s
1990s
4,009 births
- 2000s
2000s
2,323 births
- 2010s
2010s
1,914 births
- 2020s 1,489
2020s
1,489 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 4,009 births (25% of all-time use).
How Celina 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 Celina's total volume
Celina by state
Where Celina concentrates geographically, total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 3,393 | 20.8% |
| #2 | Texas | | 2,001 | 12.3% |
| #3 | New York | | 1,107 | 6.8% |
| #4 | Florida | | 745 | 4.6% |
| #5 | Arizona | | 663 | 4.1% |
| #6 | Illinois | | 451 | 2.8% |
| #7 | New Mexico | | 429 | 2.6% |
| #8 | Ohio | | 351 | 2.2% |
3,393 of 16,295 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 35 reporting states.
Celina appears in 35 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Celina's data
- Celina's usage has stayed within range of its 1990s decade-level peak (4,009 total births) through the 2020s (1,489) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Celinas (3,393 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
Names with a similar popularity rank to Celina
Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Celina: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1994)
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 Celina 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.