How rare is the name Celestino?

4,246 people in the United States have the first name Celestino, about 1 in 71,133. It ranks #4,417 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

CELESTINO

#4,417

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
4,246
About
1 in 71,133
This common or more
84%
Who bears it

Of the 4,246 people named Celestino, 86.5% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 5.9% as Asian or Pacific Islander and 5.9% as White. 99.4% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Celestino peaked in 1922, when 46 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18882025
Peak year
1922
Births that year
46
In 2025*
28 ▼39%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 2,638 babies have been given the name since 1888. 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.

Celestino by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1920s, when it ranked #2,539. The largest share of babies named Celestino, 16.8%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).

1880s#2,9576
1890s#3,9395
1900s#4,9315
1910s#3,459133
1920s#2,539325
1930s#2,917223
1940s#2,953254
1950s#3,762219
1960s#3,949240
1970s#4,655248
1980s#5,880225
1990s#6,302282
2000s#9,851207
2010s#12,208163
2020s#11,391103
Before 19010.4%
Greatest Generation 1901–2715.3%
Silent Generation 1928–4516.5%
Baby boom 1946–6416.8%
Generation X 1965–8014.6%
Millennials 1981–9615.1%
Generation Z 1997–1213.2%
2013 and later8.1%

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 Celestino is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Celestino has been most common in Texas (9.8×), New Mexico (6.5×), and California (1.7×), and least common in New York (0.47×).

1,252 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.

Spelled almost the same

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

Also a last name

As a last name, Celestino ranks #12,365 of 156,621, with 2,399 people. See Celestino as a last name

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