Celsey — girls' name
223 babies named Celsey in U.S. Social Security records since 1987, with the highest year being 1994. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
223 girls have been named Celsey since 1987, peaking in the 1990s, last recorded in 2013.
- 223
- total births
- 1987–2013
- years on record
- 1990s
- peak decade
- 60%
- born in that decade
60% of everyone ever named Celsey was born in this single decade.
20 babies were named Celsey in 1994 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Celsey
The Social Security Administration has registered 223 babies named Celsey between 1987 and 2013, spanning 27 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Celsey currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2013. The name reached its historical peak in 1994, when 20 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Celsey performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 133 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Celsey shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 11 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Celsey in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Celsey 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 223 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.
Celsey at a glance
Last recorded 2013Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Celsey popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2013–1987
- Peak year (1994)
- 20
- Annual births at peak — across 27 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2013.
223 total births across 27 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1994 with 20 births in a single year.
Celsey by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 133 births that decade — 60% of Celsey's all-time total
Celsey decade highlights
- Peak decade 133 births
- Runner-up 67 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Celsey's strongest decade
133 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 60% of all-time use.
Celsey by state
Where Celsey concentrates geographically — total births since 1987
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 11 | 4.9% |
11 of 223 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Texas 4.9% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 4.9% 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, 1987–2013 (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.