Celina
Celina is ranked 969th among girls in 2024 (267 births). Its best rank was 423rd, in 1994.
- Rank in 2024
- #969outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 2670.02% of girls
- Peak year
- 1994593 births
- Best rank
- #423in 1994
- Since 1880
- 15,964people given the name
The story in the numbers
15,964 girls have been named Celina in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1994, with 593 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 1993, and the 1990s alone account for 25%. It has spent 50 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Celina | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 102 | |
| 1890s | 139 | |
| 1900s | 119 | |
| 1910s | 232 | |
| 1920s | 277 | |
| 1930s | 181 | |
| 1940s | 193 | |
| 1950s | 354 | |
| 1960s | 781 | |
| 1970s | 1,693 | |
| 1980s | 2,489 | |
| 1990s | 4,009 | |
| 2000s | 2,323 | |
| 2010s | 1,913 | |
| 2020s | 1,159 |
In 1994, its biggest year
Celina was the 423rd most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1994 were Jessica, Ashley, Emily, Samantha and Sarah. See all of 1994.
Names that rose and fell with Celina
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Selinapeak 1995
- Clarissapeak 1995
- Leannapeak 1990
- Keturahpeak 1992
- Mollypeak 1991
- Stormypeak 1992
- Christianapeak 1996
- Anapeak 1991
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.