How Many People Are Named Celesta?
people named Celesta are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 336,402 people in the US has this name
Based on 2,136 babies named Celesta in Social Security records from 1881 to 2024, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
47 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Celesta in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Celesta alive today is about 53 years old, and 44% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 39 and 70 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Celesta first appears in the records in 1881 and was given most often in 1921, to 47 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2024.
Babies given the name each year, 1881 to 2024
🏆 Rank History
Celesta has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #846, in 1881.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #846 (1881) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,332 in the 1920s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Celesta alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Celesta were born in Indiana than in any other state: about 4 of those alive today.
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