How rare is the name Celena?

4,088 people in the United States have the first name Celena, about 1 in 73,882. It ranks #4,521 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 2 others.

first name

CELENA

#4,521

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
4,088
About
1 in 73,882
This common or more
84.2%
Who bears it

Of the 4,088 people named Celena, 40.6% reported their origin as White, 31.6% as Hispanic or Latino and 16.1% as Black. Virtually all are female (99.9%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Celena peaked in 1995, when 202 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18902025
Peak year
1995
Births that year
202
In 2025*
37 ▼82%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 4,789 babies have been given the name since 1890. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Celena by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1970s, when it ranked #1,729. The largest share of babies named Celena, 32.4%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.

1890s#3,9395
1900s#4,6306
1910s#6,71436
1920s#9,45026
1930s#9,18817
1940s#9,18121
1950s#6,39384
1960s#3,638280
1970s#1,7291,253
1980s#2,643739
1990s#2,3391,234
2000s#4,980560
2010s#7,118355
2020s#8,133173
Before 19010.1%
Greatest Generation 1901–271.3%
Silent Generation 1928–450.6%
Baby boom 1946–643.8%
Generation X 1965–8031.7%
Millennials 1981–9632.4%
Generation Z 1997–1221.5%
2013 and later8.5%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Celena is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Celena has been most common in California (3.1×), Arizona (2.4×), and Florida (2.1×), and least common in Illinois (0.71×).

1,994 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Exactly as common as Celena

2 other first names also have 4,088 people.

#4,521 Dimitrios · 4,088#4,521 Nidhi · 4,088

Either side of Celena

#4,519 Jalynn · 4,091#4,520 Liane · 4,089#4,521 Dimitrios · 4,088#4,521 Nidhi · 4,088

Spelled almost the same

3 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Celena, most common first.

#1,737 Celina · 17,445#7,491 Celene · 2,034#19,558 Celenia · 539

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