Celest
Celest is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 16 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 160.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 200456 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1908
- 1,081people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,081 girls have been named Celest in the United States since 1908, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2004, with 56 births.
This is a comeback. After an early peak the name fell to a fraction of its former share, and it has been climbing again for the past decade.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1999, and the 2000s alone account for 33%.
By decade
| Decade | girls named Celest | |
|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 5 | |
| 1910s | 13 | |
| 1920s | 12 | |
| 1950s | 27 | |
| 1960s | 74 | |
| 1970s | 66 | |
| 1980s | 67 | |
| 1990s | 280 | |
| 2000s | 362 | |
| 2010s | 121 | |
| 2020s | 54 |
In 2004, its biggest year
Celest was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 2004 were Emily, Emma, Madison, Olivia and Hannah. See all of 2004.
Names that rose and fell with Celest
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Tyanapeak 2000
- Tyannapeak 1999
- Yasminepeak 1999
- Reganpeak 2001
- Nijahpeak 1998
- Julisapeak 1997
- Sydneypeak 2000
- Jennyferpeak 2002
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.