Celest Girl
How popular is Celest?
#10,913 girl name in 2025
8 baby girls were named Celest in the US in 2025, making it the 10913th most popular girl name.
Celest popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #10,913 for girls (▼ 3985 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 8 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-27% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #9,476 in 2015, #9,541 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2004 (56 girls) |
| Highest rank | #2,101 in 1908 |
| First recorded | 1908 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Celest counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Celeste family of names ranked #201 for girls in 2025 (#215 the year before), with 1,676 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Celeste | 1,662 | 99% |
| Celest | 8 | 0% |
| Celestte | 6 | 0% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Celest is most popular
Babies named Celest per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Texas: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 girls)
- California: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 girls)
Celest by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 5 | #2,101 |
| 1910s | 13 | #3,450 |
| 1920s | 12 | #4,000 |
| 1950s | 27 | #4,192 |
| 1960s | 74 | #3,401 |
| 1970s | 66 | #5,134 |
| 1980s | 67 | #5,543 |
| 1990s | 280 | #2,795 |
| 2000s | 362 | #2,847 |
| 2010s | 121 | #7,116 |
| 2020s | 62 | #6,928 |
Girl names about as popular as Celest
Questions
- Is Celest a boy or girl name?
- Celest is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Celest were girls.
- How popular is the name Celest?
- 8 baby girls were named Celest in the US in 2025, making it the 10913th most popular girl name.
- When was Celest most popular?
- Celest peaked in 2004, when 56 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #2,101 in 1908.
- How many people are named Celest?
- 1,089 babies have been named Celest in the US since 1880. We estimate about 1,034 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 26.
- Where is Celest most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Celest was most common in Texas, at 0.0 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.