Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Cela

#26,037 most common girls' name of all time · #42,192 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1931–2022

Rank among girls
#26,037
Rank overall
#42,192 of 105,966
First appeared
1931
Years on the list
14 of 146
All-time
90
Since 2016
10
Peak year
2000 #9,985
Best rank
#3,801 1938
Girls Boys peak 9/yr
19401960198020002020

Cela first appears in 1931. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2022 5 — 5 #15,581
2016 5 — 5 #16,487
2010 8 — 8 #12,426
2006 5 — 5 #17,463
2005 7 — 7 #13,179
2002 9 — 9 #10,351
2001 5 — 5 #15,644
2000 9 — 9 #9,985
1993 8 — 8 #9,711
1960 6 — 6 #5,998
1952 5 — 5 #6,008
1951 5 — 5 #5,876
1938 7 — 7 #3,801
1931 6 — 6 #4,307