first name
CELESTE
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 51,111 people named Celeste, 44.9% reported their origin as White, 37.3% as Hispanic or Latino and 10.6% as Black. Virtually all are female (99.7%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Celeste peaked in 2025, when 1,662 babies got the name.
At least 65,678 babies have been given the name since 1881. 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.
Celeste by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #542. The largest share of babies named Celeste, 24.7%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.
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 Celeste is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Celeste has been most common in Arizona (2.3×), California (2.1×), and Nevada (2.1×), and least common in West Virginia (0.07×).
59,849 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.
Either side of Celeste
Spelled almost the same
6 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Celeste, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Celeste ranks #18,669 of 156,621, with 1,460 people. See Celeste as a last name
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