Girls' name · since 2005
Ceres
Ceres has 39 recorded births since 2005 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2013 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #37,792 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 39
- born since 2005
- 2010s
- peak decade
Ceres sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 39 recorded since 2005.
Ceres has 39 recorded births among girls since 2005, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2005 to 2022.
- #37,792 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 39 born since 2005
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ceres ranks #37,792 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 39 born since 2005, peaking in the 2010s.
- #37,792 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 39
- born since 2005
- 2010s
- peak decade
Ceres's 39 recorded births place it above 47.4% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Ceres's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Ceres's SSA record in two at 2015 and the more recent half accounts for 38% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 62%, consistent with a name more common in the past than in recent years. Its calmest year was 2015, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2013 peak of 11, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Ceres popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2005–2022
- Peak year (2013)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 18 years of records
Ceres by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (27 births, 69% of the file).
2010s was Ceres's strongest decade.
27 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 69% of all-time use.
Ceres births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 7
2000s
7 births
- 2010s
2010s
27 births
- 2020s 5
2020s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 27 births (69% of all-time use).
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- Ceres's decade-level peak was the 2010s (27 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.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Ceres: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2013)
Similar record span (~17 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, 2005–2022 (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 Ceres 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.