Celeste Girl
How popular is Celeste?
#188 girl name in 2025
1,662 baby girls were named Celeste in the US in 2025, making it the 188th most popular girl name.
Celeste popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #188 for girls (▲ 9 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 1,662 girls |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+161% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #500 in 2015, #352 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2025 (1,662 girls) |
| Highest rank | #188 in 2025 |
| First recorded | 1881 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Celeste 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 Celeste is most popular
Babies named Celeste per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- District of Columbia: 2.0 per 1,000 (24 girls)
- New Mexico: 1.7 per 1,000 (42 girls)
- Nevada: 1.7 per 1,000 (78 girls)
- California: 1.7 per 1,000 (1,400 girls)
- Texas: 1.3 per 1,000 (1,012 girls)
Celeste by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 139 | #447 |
| 1890s | 295 | #475 |
| 1900s | 429 | #481 |
| 1910s | 1,151 | #472 |
| 1920s | 1,313 | #566 |
| 1930s | 1,104 | #577 |
| 1940s | 2,167 | #392 |
| 1950s | 6,667 | #323 |
| 1960s | 6,977 | #324 |
| 1970s | 5,536 | #353 |
| 1980s | 5,312 | #383 |
| 1990s | 9,815 | #239 |
| 2000s | 10,556 | #204 |
| 2010s | 6,838 | #374 |
| 2020s | 7,322 | #188 |
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Questions
- Is Celeste a boy or girl name?
- Celeste is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Celeste were girls.
- How popular is the name Celeste?
- 1,662 baby girls were named Celeste in the US in 2025, making it the 188th most popular girl name.
- When was Celeste most popular?
- Celeste peaked in 2025, when 1,662 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #188 in 2025.
- How many people are named Celeste?
- 65,678 babies have been named Celeste in the US since 1880. We estimate about 58,046 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 30.
- Where is Celeste most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Celeste was most common in District of Columbia, at 2.0 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.