Girls' name · since 1938
Celinda
1,085 babies named Celinda in U.S. Social Security records since 1938, with the highest year being 1954. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #7,097 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,141 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,085
- born since 1938
- 1950s
- peak decade
Yes -- Celinda is the #15141 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 1,085 recorded since 1938.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Celinda has been recorded 1,085 times among girls since 1938, currently ranked #15141 nationally and more common than 12% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 1950s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1938 to 2025.
- #7,097 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #15,141 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 1,085 born since 1938
- 1950s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Celinda ranks #7,097 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #15,141 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 1,085 born since 1938, peaking in the 1950s.
- #7,097 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,141 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,085
- born since 1938
- 1950s
- peak decade
Celinda's 1,085 recorded births place it above 90.18% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 4 jurisdictions, led by Texas.
How Celinda compares
1,085 Top 31% higher than 69% 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
Celinda's all-time total is 189% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Celinda | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 1,085 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 34 | 21 | 19,840 |
Celinda's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Celinda splits its recorded history at 1975: 36% of all births land in the more recent half, 64% in the earlier half, leaning more toward its earlier era than today's. The single quietest year was 1938 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1954 peak of 34 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Celinda popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1938–2025
- Peak year (1954)
- 34
- Annual births at peak, across 88 years of records
Celinda by decade
1950s is the heaviest window (249 births, 23% of the file).
1950s was Celinda's strongest decade.
249 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 23% of all-time use.
Celinda births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1930s 12
1930s
12 births
- 1940s 98
1940s
98 births
- 1950s
1950s
249 births
- 1960s
1960s
224 births
- 1970s
1970s
194 births
- 1980s
1980s
129 births
- 1990s
1990s
102 births
- 2000s 45
2000s
45 births
- 2010s 27
2010s
27 births
- 2020s 5
2020s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1950s at 249 births (23% of all-time use).
How Celinda 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 Celinda's total volume
Celinda by state
Where Celinda concentrates geographically, total births since 1938
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 202 | 18.6% |
| #2 | California | | 16 | 1.5% |
| #3 | New York | | 13 | 1.2% |
| #4 | Florida | | 5 | 0.5% |
202 of 1,085 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 4 reporting states.
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What to do with Celinda's data
- Celinda's decade-level peak was the 1950s (249 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Texas records the most Celindas (202 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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Related Names
Names with a similar popularity rank to Celinda
Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Celinda: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1954)
Similar record span (~87 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, 1938–2025 (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 Celinda 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.