Celes
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- SEH-les
- Origin
- Latin
- US rank, 2025
- #14,937 for girls
Celes is a girls' name of Latin origin, meaning “heavenly”. In 2025 it ranked 14,937th for girls in the US (5 babies).
What does Celes mean?
Latin: Spanish short form of Celeste or Celestina
“heavenly”
A Spanish pet form of Celeste and Celestina, from Latin caelestis 'heavenly'.
Is Celes a girl's or a boy's name?
Celes is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Celes in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 14,937th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5 about 1 in 320,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 5 girls in the US were named Celes, making it the 14,937th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 15,083rd. Its busiest year was 2024, with 17 girls. It first appears in the records in 1965.
2025 had fewer girls named Celes than any year since 2020.
Half of all the girls named Celes in the US since 1880 were born between 2003 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Celes in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #14,937 |
| 2024 | 17 | #6,639 |
| 2023 | 7 | #12,192 |
| 2022 | 11 | #9,050 |
| 2021 | 10 | #9,557 |
| 2020 | 5 | #15,083 |
| 2019 | 9 | #10,467 |
| 2018 | 9 | #10,540 |
| 2017 | 16 | #7,088 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 7 | #13,001 |
| 2014 | 11 | #9,512 |
| 2013 | 6 | #14,577 |
| 2012 | 8 | #12,193 |
| 2011 | 9 | #11,175 |
| 2010 | 6 | #14,953 |
| 2009 | 7 | #13,698 |
| 2008 | 11 | #10,080 |
| 2007 | 8 | #12,671 |
| 2006 | 7 | #13,601 |
| 2005 | 15 | #7,495 |
| 2004 | 9 | #10,684 |
| 2003 | 12 | #8,500 |
| 2002 | 8 | #11,102 |
| 2001 | 9 | #10,095 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 9 | #9,254 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 7 | #10,562 |
| 1995 | 11 | #7,509 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 6 | #11,501 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 5 | #10,672 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 5 | #8,773 |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 5 | #6,538 |
Names like Celes
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Luna, Camila, Campbell, Chloe, Harper, Ellie, Collins, Carter, Celine, Camryn, Parker, Sylvie
Names related to Celes
More Latin names
Oliver, Olivia, Leo, Roman, Aurora, Emily, Florence, Mabel, Nora, Rosie, Emilia, Max, Nova, Lucy, Julian, Clara
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, “Celes: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/celes, updated 20 October 2026.