Celia
Celia is ranked 734th among girls in 2024 (382 births). Its best rank was 141st, in 1882.
- Rank in 2024
- #734up 93 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 3820.02% of girls
- Peak year
- 1915853 births
- Best rank
- #141in 1882
- Since 1880
- 56,289people given the name
The story in the numbers
56,289 girls have been named Celia in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1915, with 853 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years (rank 787 → 734).
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1949, and the 1910s alone account for 12%. It has spent 145 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Celia | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 1,363 | |
| 1890s | 2,373 | |
| 1900s | 2,971 | |
| 1910s | 6,559 | |
| 1920s | 6,352 | |
| 1930s | 4,349 | |
| 1940s | 4,231 | |
| 1950s | 5,600 | |
| 1960s | 3,882 | |
| 1970s | 2,442 | |
| 1980s | 3,476 | |
| 1990s | 3,540 | |
| 2000s | 3,986 | |
| 2010s | 3,425 | |
| 2020s | 1,740 |
In 1915, its biggest year
Celia was the 195th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1915 were Mary, Helen, Dorothy, Margaret and Ruth. See all of 1915.
Names that rose and fell with Celia
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Lavinapeak 1920
- Evapeak 1918
- Renapeak 1962
- Rosinapeak 1924
- Leorapeak 1921
- Jossiepeak 1926
- Elvinapeak 1920
- Almapeak 1918
Other spellings in the data
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.