Ceslie — girls' name
48 babies named Ceslie in U.S. Social Security records since 1988, with the highest year being 1990. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
48 girls have been named Ceslie since 1988, peaking in the 1990s, last recorded in 1996.
- 48
- total births
- 1988–1996
- years on record
- 1990s
- peak decade
- 75%
- born in that decade
75% of everyone ever named Ceslie was born in this single decade.
15 babies were named Ceslie in 1990 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Ceslie
The Social Security Administration has registered 48 babies named Ceslie between 1988 and 1996, spanning 9 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Ceslie currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1996. The name reached its historical peak in 1990, when 15 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Ceslie performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 36 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Ceslie shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Ceslie in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Ceslie 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 48 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.
Ceslie at a glance
Last recorded 1996Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Ceslie popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1996–1988
- Peak year (1990)
- 15
- Annual births at peak — across 9 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1996.
48 total births across 9 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1990 with 15 births in a single year.
Ceslie by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 36 births that decade — 75% of Ceslie's all-time total
Ceslie decade highlights
- Peak decade 36 births
- Runner-up 12 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Ceslie's strongest decade
36 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 75% of all-time use.
Ceslie by state
Where Ceslie concentrates geographically — total births since 1988
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 6 | 12.5% |
6 of 48 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Texas 12.5% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 12.5% 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, 1988–1996 (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.