Celita — girls' name
207 babies named Celita in U.S. Social Security records since 1952, with the highest year being 1988. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
207 girls have been named Celita since 1952, peaking in the 1980s, last recorded in 2005.
- 207
- total births
- 1952–2005
- years on record
- 1980s
- peak decade
- 35%
- born in that decade
35% of everyone ever named Celita was born in this single decade.
18 babies were named Celita in 1988 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Celita
The Social Security Administration has registered 207 babies named Celita between 1952 and 2005, spanning 54 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Celita currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2005. The name reached its historical peak in 1988, when 18 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Celita performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 72 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Celita shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Celita 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 207 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.
Celita at a glance
Last recorded 2005Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Celita popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2005–1952
- Peak year (1988)
- 18
- Annual births at peak — across 54 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2005.
207 total births across 54 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1988 with 18 births in a single year.
Celita by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 72 births that decade — 35% of Celita's all-time total
Celita decade highlights
- Peak decade 72 births
- Runner-up 60 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Celita's strongest decade
72 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 35% of all-time use.
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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, 1952–2005 (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.