Celina
Celina was given to 329 girls in 2025, #829 among girls’ names; 16,301 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 14,700 Americans named Celina and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (90% of everyone recorded); the median is 31 years old and half are between 18 and 42.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Celina by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Celina mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Celina is “a female given name from Latin.”
Variant of Celine, from French Céline, ultimately from Latin.
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Celina?
#829 among girls’ names, 2025
Celina rose from #1,355 in 2015 to #829 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born rose from 0.10 to 0.20 per 1,000.
593 babies in 1994, the peak
Celina peaked in 1994, when 593 girls were given it, #423 among girls’ names. The 329 births of 2025 are 55% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 329 | #829 | 0.20 |
| 2024 | 267 | #971 | 0.16 |
| 2023 | 249 | #1,017 | 0.16 |
| 2022 | 237 | #1,067 | 0.14 |
| 2021 | 205 | #1,190 | 0.12 |
| 2020 | 202 | #1,160 | 0.12 |
| 2019 | 215 | #1,127 | 0.13 |
| 2018 | 192 | #1,220 | 0.11 |
| 2017 | 196 | #1,224 | 0.11 |
| 2016 | 220 | #1,146 | 0.12 |
Every recorded year (146)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 175 | #1,355 | 0.10 |
| 2014 | 189 | #1,271 | 0.11 |
| 2013 | 171 | #1,363 | 0.10 |
| 2012 | 216 | #1,139 | 0.12 |
| 2011 | 161 | #1,416 | 0.09 |
| 2010 | 179 | #1,312 | 0.10 |
| 2009 | 180 | #1,336 | 0.10 |
| 2008 | 180 | #1,351 | 0.10 |
| 2007 | 200 | #1,242 | 0.10 |
| 2006 | 242 | #1,058 | 0.13 |
| 2005 | 249 | #983 | 0.13 |
| 2004 | 227 | #1,028 | 0.12 |
| 2003 | 229 | #1,008 | 0.13 |
| 2002 | 285 | #814 | 0.16 |
| 2001 | 233 | #948 | 0.13 |
| 2000 | 298 | #766 | 0.16 |
| 1999 | 328 | #688 | 0.18 |
| 1998 | 346 | #666 | 0.20 |
| 1997 | 355 | #630 | 0.20 |
| 1996 | 355 | #632 | 0.20 |
| 1995 | 556 | #457 | 0.32 |
| 1994 | 593 | #423 | 0.33 |
| 1993 | 486 | #508 | 0.27 |
| 1992 | 370 | #615 | 0.20 |
| 1991 | 321 | #671 | 0.17 |
| 1990 | 299 | #702 | 0.16 |
| 1989 | 247 | #779 | 0.13 |
| 1988 | 230 | #802 | 0.13 |
| 1987 | 227 | #779 | 0.13 |
| 1986 | 246 | #722 | 0.14 |
| 1985 | 272 | #665 | 0.16 |
| 1984 | 284 | #625 | 0.17 |
| 1983 | 231 | #721 | 0.14 |
| 1982 | 267 | #664 | 0.16 |
| 1981 | 252 | #689 | 0.15 |
| 1980 | 233 | #718 | 0.14 |
| 1979 | 239 | #710 | 0.15 |
| 1978 | 252 | #644 | 0.16 |
| 1977 | 312 | #563 | 0.20 |
| 1976 | 197 | #744 | 0.13 |
| 1975 | 136 | #933 | 0.09 |
| 1974 | 131 | #946 | 0.09 |
| 1973 | 146 | #878 | 0.10 |
| 1972 | 89 | #1,206 | 0.06 |
| 1971 | 109 | #1,098 | 0.07 |
| 1970 | 82 | #1,306 | 0.05 |
| 1969 | 99 | #1,110 | 0.06 |
| 1968 | 102 | #1,029 | 0.06 |
| 1967 | 85 | #1,149 | 0.05 |
| 1966 | 63 | #1,385 | 0.04 |
| 1965 | 72 | #1,263 | 0.04 |
| 1964 | 81 | #1,225 | 0.04 |
| 1963 | 63 | #1,406 | 0.03 |
| 1962 | 77 | #1,258 | 0.04 |
| 1961 | 70 | #1,330 | 0.03 |
| 1960 | 69 | #1,328 | 0.03 |
| 1959 | 49 | #1,554 | 0.02 |
| 1958 | 39 | #1,736 | 0.02 |
| 1957 | 22 | #2,423 | 0.01 |
| 1956 | 34 | #1,839 | 0.02 |
| 1955 | 42 | #1,580 | 0.02 |
| 1954 | 36 | #1,704 | 0.02 |
| 1953 | 36 | #1,651 | 0.02 |
| 1952 | 44 | #1,454 | 0.02 |
| 1951 | 32 | #1,709 | 0.02 |
| 1950 | 20 | #2,195 | 0.01 |
| 1949 | 27 | #1,847 | 0.02 |
| 1948 | 24 | #1,955 | 0.01 |
| 1947 | 23 | #2,049 | 0.01 |
| 1946 | 15 | #2,493 | 0.01 |
| 1945 | 20 | #1,884 | 0.02 |
| 1944 | 24 | #1,704 | 0.02 |
| 1943 | 13 | #2,575 | 0.01 |
| 1942 | 18 | #2,059 | 0.01 |
| 1941 | 11 | #2,692 | 0.01 |
| 1940 | 18 | #1,905 | 0.02 |
| 1939 | 17 | #1,956 | 0.02 |
| 1938 | 16 | #2,034 | 0.01 |
| 1937 | 16 | #2,011 | 0.02 |
| 1936 | 15 | #2,051 | 0.01 |
| 1935 | 14 | #2,218 | 0.01 |
| 1934 | 25 | #1,486 | 0.02 |
| 1933 | 11 | #2,566 | 0.01 |
| 1932 | 21 | #1,696 | 0.02 |
| 1931 | 16 | #2,032 | 0.02 |
| 1930 | 30 | #1,408 | 0.03 |
| 1929 | 21 | #1,770 | 0.02 |
| 1928 | 22 | #1,793 | 0.02 |
| 1927 | 36 | #1,333 | 0.03 |
| 1926 | 22 | #1,838 | 0.02 |
| 1925 | 31 | #1,472 | 0.03 |
| 1924 | 30 | #1,537 | 0.02 |
| 1923 | 30 | #1,495 | 0.02 |
| 1922 | 24 | #1,739 | 0.02 |
| 1921 | 31 | #1,488 | 0.03 |
| 1920 | 30 | #1,476 | 0.03 |
| 1919 | 30 | #1,429 | 0.03 |
| 1918 | 33 | #1,338 | 0.03 |
| 1917 | 30 | #1,345 | 0.03 |
| 1916 | 23 | #1,592 | 0.02 |
| 1915 | 24 | #1,485 | 0.02 |
| 1914 | 19 | #1,495 | 0.02 |
| 1913 | 23 | #1,154 | 0.04 |
| 1912 | 26 | #1,007 | 0.05 |
| 1911 | 9 | #1,685 | 0.02 |
| 1910 | 15 | #1,177 | 0.04 |
| 1909 | 12 | #1,229 | 0.03 |
| 1908 | 15 | #1,050 | 0.04 |
| 1907 | 13 | #1,101 | 0.04 |
| 1906 | 11 | #1,165 | 0.04 |
| 1905 | 15 | #972 | 0.05 |
| 1904 | 12 | #1,056 | 0.04 |
| 1903 | 10 | #1,147 | 0.04 |
| 1902 | 10 | #1,144 | 0.04 |
| 1901 | 7 | #1,364 | 0.03 |
| 1900 | 14 | #1,014 | 0.05 |
| 1899 | 17 | #795 | 0.07 |
| 1898 | 17 | #825 | 0.07 |
| 1897 | 16 | #794 | 0.07 |
| 1896 | 10 | #1,055 | 0.04 |
| 1895 | 11 | #996 | 0.05 |
| 1894 | 10 | #1,009 | 0.04 |
| 1893 | 17 | #720 | 0.08 |
| 1892 | 10 | #968 | 0.05 |
| 1891 | 13 | #756 | 0.07 |
| 1890 | 18 | #621 | 0.09 |
| 1889 | 12 | #762 | 0.07 |
| 1888 | 11 | #801 | 0.06 |
| 1887 | 6 | #1,053 | 0.04 |
| 1886 | 12 | #664 | 0.08 |
| 1885 | 16 | #545 | 0.12 |
| 1884 | 9 | #743 | 0.07 |
| 1883 | 6 | #837 | 0.05 |
| 1882 | 7 | #755 | 0.06 |
| 1881 | 11 | #513 | 0.12 |
| 1880 | 12 | #494 | 0.13 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Celina a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Celina has been given almost only to girls: 6 boys in 146 years of records.
Girls and boys named Celina: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Celina, and how old are they?
14,700 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 90% of the 16,301 Americans ever recorded as Celina. The median Celina alive today is 31 years old; half are between 18 and 42.
The 2020 Census counted 17,445 people named Celina (17,420 women and girls, 25 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 13,521 born in the U.S. The Census count is 29% above that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 93 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 646 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 2,210 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 5,100 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 3,860 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 2,830 |
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 Celina born?
The states with the most babies named Celina are California, Florida and Texas, with 42% of its births recorded by state in 2025.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 54 | #595 | 1.7× |
| Florida | 36 | #505 | 1.0× |
| Texas | 31 | #923 | 1.4× |
| New York | 27 | #613 | 1.0× |
| New Jersey | 16 | #478 | 0.7× |
| Illinois | 15 | #627 | 0.6× |
| Pennsylvania | 15 | #659 | 0.5× |
| Massachusetts | 13 | #423 | 0.8× |
| Georgia | 12 | #810 | 0.3× |
| Washington | 9 | #693 | 0.8× |
Where Celina is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Celina is most over-represented in New Mexico: since 1910 it was given 4.0 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 Celina 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 8 names spelled alike, given to 42,038 babies since 1880, Celina is the second most given (39% of them). In 2025 it was given to 329 of their 1,856 babies (18%), again the second 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 Celina
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 Celina and names like it
- Compare Celina and CelineBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1990sCelina peaked in 1994.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Celina since 1910.
- Latin namesWiktionary’s origin for Celina: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1994The year the most babies were named Celina.
- The names of the MillennialsMost people named Celina alive today were born 1981-1996.
- Names starting with CMost given first.