Celene
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- seh-LEEN
- Origin
- Latin
- US rank, 2025
- #6,115 for girls
Celene is a girls' name of Latin origin. In 2025 it ranked 6,115th for girls in the US (19 babies).
What does Celene mean?
Latin: probably a variant of Celine; compare Greek Selene
Pronounced like Celine, but spelled close to Selene, the Greek goddess of the moon.
Is Celene a girl's or a boy's name?
Celene is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 19 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Celene in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,115among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 19about 1 in 85,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 9% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 19 girls in the US were named Celene, making it the 6,115th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,208th. Its busiest year was 1993, with 102 girls. It first appears in the records in 1917.
Half of all the girls named Celene in the US since 1880 were born between 1979 and 2002, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 120 girls in the US were given Celene or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,491, up from #6,115 for this spelling alone.
Celene in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 19 | #6,115 |
| 2024 | 14 | #7,590 |
| 2023 | 15 | #7,242 |
| 2022 | 10 | #9,674 |
| 2021 | 20 | #5,951 |
| 2020 | 15 | #7,208 |
| 2019 | 11 | #9,106 |
| 2018 | 18 | #6,517 |
| 2017 | 16 | #7,088 |
| 2016 | 23 | #5,620 |
| 2015 | 15 | #7,610 |
| 2014 | 11 | #9,512 |
| 2013 | 16 | #7,368 |
| 2012 | 16 | #7,452 |
| 2011 | 22 | #5,932 |
| 2010 | 26 | #5,245 |
| 2009 | 15 | #8,054 |
| 2008 | 20 | #6,556 |
| 2007 | 28 | #5,095 |
| 2006 | 30 | #4,684 |
| 2005 | 29 | #4,577 |
| 2004 | 20 | #5,965 |
| 2003 | 15 | #7,202 |
| 2002 | 27 | #4,494 |
| 2001 | 27 | #4,442 |
| 2000 | 23 | #4,976 |
| 1999 | 30 | #3,891 |
| 1998 | 38 | #3,219 |
| 1997 | 33 | #3,445 |
| 1996 | 39 | #3,023 |
| 1995 | 52 | #2,451 |
| 1994 | 77 | #1,836 |
| 1993 | 102 | #1,527 |
| 1992 | 85 | #1,736 |
| 1991 | 69 | #1,990 |
| 1990 | 83 | #1,751 |
| 1989 | 34 | #3,098 |
| 1988 | 22 | #4,010 |
| 1987 | 19 | #4,280 |
| 1986 | 19 | #4,184 |
| 1985 | 14 | #5,075 |
| 1984 | 16 | #4,477 |
| 1983 | 18 | #4,108 |
| 1982 | 15 | #4,714 |
| 1981 | 24 | #3,436 |
| 1980 | 15 | #4,742 |
| 1979 | 17 | #4,230 |
| 1978 | 19 | #3,777 |
| 1977 | 15 | #4,424 |
| 1976 | 16 | #3,961 |
| 1975 | 16 | #3,948 |
| 1974 | 9 | #5,775 |
| 1973 | 11 | #4,869 |
| 1972 | 5 | #8,290 |
| 1971 | 6 | #7,386 |
| 1970 | 16 | #3,711 |
| 1969 | 17 | #3,317 |
| 1968 | 14 | #3,609 |
| 1967 | 14 | #3,483 |
| 1966 | 16 | #3,147 |
| 1965 | 9 | #4,493 |
| 1964 | 14 | #3,514 |
| 1963 | 12 | #3,800 |
| 1962 | 11 | #4,010 |
| 1961 | 11 | #4,008 |
| 1960 | 7 | #5,167 |
| 1959 | 14 | #3,253 |
| 1958 | 8 | #4,519 |
| 1957 | 12 | #3,488 |
| 1956 | 9 | #4,160 |
| 1955 | 10 | #3,777 |
| 1954 | 9 | #3,965 |
| 1953 | 12 | #3,268 |
| 1952 | 9 | #3,795 |
| 1951 | 8 | #4,010 |
| 1950 | 10 | #3,422 |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 7 | #4,203 |
| 1947 | 7 | #4,343 |
| 1946 | 7 | #3,993 |
| 1945 | 5 | #4,554 |
| 1944 | 7 | #3,685 |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 5 | #4,620 |
| 1941 | 6 | #3,952 |
| 1940 | 5 | #4,347 |
| 1939 | 5 | #4,248 |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 5 | #4,253 |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 6 | #3,751 |
| 1932 | 5 | #4,409 |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 7 | #3,680 |
| 1928 | 9 | #3,162 |
| 1927 | 6 | #4,284 |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 5 | #4,592 |
Names like Celene
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Noelle Camille Celine Brooke Danielle Jasmine Nicole Cheyenne Cassidy Lauren Ashley Giselle
Other spellings of Celene
Names related to Celene
More Latin names
Oliver Olivia Leo Roman Aurora Emily Florence Mabel Luna Nora Rosie Emilia Max Nova Lucy Julian
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Celene: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/celene, updated 20 October 2026.