first name
CELESTINE
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 4,932 people named Celestine, 69.5% reported their origin as Black, 17% as White and 5% as Hispanic or Latino. 93.8% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Celestine peaked in 1952, when 195 babies got the name.
At least 10,041 babies have been given the name since 1880. 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.
Celestine by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1890s, when it ranked #981. The largest share of babies named Celestine, 28.9%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).
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 Celestine is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Celestine has been most common in Louisiana (5.8×), South Carolina (4.8×), and Mississippi (4.2×), and least common in New Jersey (0.3×).
5,576 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 Celestine
Spelled almost the same
6 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Celestine, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Celestine ranks #8,643 of 156,621, with 3,645 people. See Celestine as a last name
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