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.

Celest

#6,663 most common girls' name of all time · #11,212 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1908–2025

Rank among girls
#6,663
Rank overall
#11,212 of 105,966
First appeared
1908
Years on the list
73 of 146
All-time
1,089
Since 2016
97
Peak year
2004 #2,857
Best rank
#2,383 1908
Girls Boys peak 56/yr
192019401960198020002020

Celest first appears in 1908. 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
2025 8 8 #11,004
2024 16 16 #6,951
2023 5 5 #15,327
2022 12 12 #8,586
2021 11 11 #9,035
2020 10 10 #9,605
2019 7 7 #12,537
2018 12 12 #8,671
2017 10 10 #9,996
2016 6 6 #14,444
2015 11 11 #9,528
2014 15 15 #7,682
2013 10 10 #10,287
2012 16 16 #7,494
2011 17 17 #7,147
2010 17 17 #7,247
2009 20 20 #6,576
2008 27 27 #5,295
2007 30 30 #4,824
2006 31 31 #4,593
2005 33 33 #4,205
2004 56 56 #2,857
2003 28 28 #4,544
2002 48 48 #3,018
2001 45 45 #3,093
2000 44 44 #3,132
1999 40 40 #3,196
1998 47 47 #2,803
1997 34 34 #3,382
1996 39 39 #3,039
1995 35 35 #3,228
1994 26 26 #4,033
1993 20 20 #4,843
1992 14 14 #6,368
1991 13 13 #6,633
1990 12 12 #6,908
1989 11 11 #7,017
1988 8 8 #8,472
1987 5 5 #11,485
1986 5 5 #11,062
1985 6 6 #9,428
1983 5 5 #10,425
1982 9 9 #6,963
1981 6 6 #9,242
1980 12 12 #5,600
1979 8 8 #7,393
1978 9 9 #6,465
1977 6 6 #8,582
1975 5 5 #9,230
1974 5 5 #8,927
1973 6 6 #7,556
1972 9 9 #5,560
1971 10 10 #5,205
1970 8 8 #5,904
1969 8 8 #5,543
1968 5 5 #7,195
1967 7 7 #5,591
1966 5 5 #6,718
1965 14 14 #3,438
1964 10 10 #4,419
1963 8 8 #4,983
1962 5 5 #6,764
1961 5 5 #6,739
1960 7 7 #5,296
1959 8 8 #4,728
1958 9 9 #4,278
1957 5 5 #6,260
1955 5 5 #6,054
1924 7 7 #4,154
1920 5 5 #5,188
1919 8 8 #3,603
1918 5 5 #5,016
1908 5 5 #2,383