Celestia
Celestia is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 38 births. Its best rank was 639th, in 1886.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 380.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 202438 births
- Best rank
- #639in 1886
- Since 1880
- 1,372people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,372 girls have been named Celestia in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2024, with 38 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 1954, and the 1910s alone account for 15%. It has spent 6 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Celestia | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 56 | |
| 1890s | 51 | |
| 1900s | 79 | |
| 1910s | 199 | |
| 1920s | 143 | |
| 1930s | 60 | |
| 1940s | 69 | |
| 1950s | 86 | |
| 1960s | 63 | |
| 1970s | 54 | |
| 1980s | 58 | |
| 1990s | 45 | |
| 2000s | 90 | |
| 2010s | 161 | |
| 2020s | 158 |
In 2024, its biggest year
Celestia was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 2024 were Olivia, Emma, Amelia, Charlotte and Mia. See all of 2024.
Names that rose and fell with Celestia
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Cordeliapeak 2015
- Evalinepeak 1916
- Lovinapeak 2023
- Daisypeak 2024
- Lucypeak 2024
- Laviniapeak 1921
- Adeliapeak 2017
- Tennesseepeak 2021
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.