first name
CELIA
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 49,709 people named Celia, 56% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 33.6% as White and 4.4% as Black. Virtually all are female (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Celia peaked in 1915, when 853 babies got the name.
At least 56,716 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.
Celia by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1890s, when it ranked #251. The largest share of babies named Celia, 25.6%, were born between 1901 and 1927, the Greatest Generation's birth years.
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 Celia is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Celia has been most common in New Mexico (2.5×), Texas (2.1×), and Arizona (1.8×), and least common in Nebraska (0.16×).
44,636 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 Celia
Spelled almost the same
6 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Celia, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Celia ranks #35,638 of 156,621, with 679 people. See Celia as a last name
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