Girls' name · since 1893

Celine

Celine has 18,522 recorded births since 1893 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2025 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.

#1,122 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#207 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
18,522
born since 1893
2020s
peak decade

Yes -- Celine is the #207 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 18,522 recorded since 1893.

Social Security Administration records show Celine recorded 18,522 times among girls since 1893, holding rank #207 nationally today, ahead of 99% of girls, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1893 to 2025.

  • #1,122 of 72,339 all-time among girls
  • #207 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
  • 18,522 born since 1893
  • 2020s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Celine ranks #1,122 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #207 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 18,522 born since 1893, peaking in the 2020s.

#1,122 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#207 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
18,522
born since 1893
2020s
peak decade
0%100%Median name50%98.8%
Celine vs. every other girls name in current SSA rankings
Upper archive tier
All-time archive position

Celine's 18,522 recorded births place it above 98.44% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.

44 jurisdictions
State-record footprint

44 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.

How Celine compares

18,522 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

Celine's all-time total is 49x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.

Metric Celine Median girls name (Kyann) #1 girls name (Olivia)
All-time total births 18,522 376 567,345
Peak-year births 1,466 21 19,840

Celine's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Splitting Celine's full recorded timeline at 1965, 90% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 10% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1893, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2025 peak of 1,466 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.

Celine popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1893–2025

Top 1,000 girls' name
Peak year (2025)
1,466
Annual births at peak, across 133 years of records
05001,0001,5002,000 189319211937195319691985200120172025 1,466

Celine by decade

2020s is the heaviest window (6,261 births, 34% of the file).

2020s was Celine's strongest decade.

6,261 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 34% of all-time use.

Celine births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 2020s at 6,261 births (34% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

How Celine 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 Celine's total volume

Celine vs 15 similarly-sized girls names Scatter plot of 16 data points. 0%2%4%6%8%10% 050100150200 New & already peakedOld name, single-era peakNew & still diversifyingLong history, steady all along Years in SSA records % of total births in the single peak year -146, 1.8%-144, 3.4%-91, 5.1%-146, 2.5%-140, 3.5%-143, 2.3%-146, 5.7%-47, 6.8%-141, 2.4%-146, 1.7%-44, 9.1%-32, 6.6%-113, 2.9%-135, 2%-132, 2.8%Celine-133, 7.9%Celine
Celine vs 15 similarly-sized girls names

Celine by state

Where Celine concentrates geographically, total births since 1893

Regionally concentrated
Top 8 states by recorded births for the name Celine
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 California
4,217 22.8%
#2 New York
2,054 11.1%
#3 Texas
1,419 7.7%
#4 Florida
1,310 7.1%
#5 New Jersey
676 3.6%
#6 Illinois
589 3.2%
#7 Michigan
540 2.9%
#8 Pennsylvania
527 2.8%
California share of Celine's total US births 22.8%
Even split

4,217 of 18,522 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 44 reporting states.

Celine appears in 44 states. Explore state details →

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Celine?
Celine has been given to 18,522 babies in the U.S. since 1893, according to SSA data. Its archive ordinal is #1,122 of 72,339 among girls' names (total births, highest first). Among girls in 2025, it is #207 of 17,297. 1,466 babies were born in 2025, its single highest year.
Where does Celine sit in the SSA name archive?
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Celine ranks #1,122 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #207 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the 2025 SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Celine most popular?
Celine was most popular in the 2020s decade with 6,261 total births. The single peak year was 2025.
Where is Celine most popular?
The top states for the name Celine are California (4,217 births), New York (2,054 births), Texas (1,419 births).
How long has the name Celine been used?
Celine has been recorded in Social Security data since 1893, spanning 133 years of data through 2025.
What names are similar to Celine?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Celeste, Celia, Celina, Celestine, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

What to do with Celine's data

  • California records the most Celines (4,217 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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Nearby Names Like Celine

Names with a similar sound, spelling, or feel to Celine

Names with a similar popularity rank to Celine

Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span

Two nationwide peer axes for Celine: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

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, 1893–2025 (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 Celine 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.