Celisa — girls' name
324 babies named Celisa in U.S. Social Security records since 1957, with the highest year being 1963. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
324 girls have been named Celisa since 1957, peaking in the 1960s, last recorded in 2003.
- 324
- total births
- 1957–2003
- years on record
- 1960s
- peak decade
- 31%
- born in that decade
31% of everyone ever named Celisa was born in this single decade.
18 babies were named Celisa in 1963 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Celisa
The Social Security Administration has registered 324 babies named Celisa between 1957 and 2003, spanning 47 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Celisa currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2003. The name reached its historical peak in 1963, when 18 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Celisa performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 99 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Celisa shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Tennessee, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Celisa in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Celisa 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 324 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.
Celisa at a glance
Last recorded 2003Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Celisa popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2003–1957
- Peak year (1963)
- 18
- Annual births at peak — across 47 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2003.
324 total births across 47 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1963 with 18 births in a single year.
Celisa by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1960s
- 99 births that decade — 31% of Celisa's all-time total
Celisa decade highlights
- Peak decade 99 births
- Runner-up 79 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1960s was Celisa's strongest decade
99 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 31% of all-time use.
Celisa by state
Where Celisa concentrates geographically — total births since 1957
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Tennessee | | 6 | 1.9% |
6 of 324 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Tennessee 1.9% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Tennessee accounts for 1.9% 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, 1957–2003 (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.