Celest
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- seh-LEST
- Origin
- Latin
- US rank, 2025
- #10,913 for girls
Celest is a girls' name of Latin origin, meaning “heavenly”. In 2025 it ranked 10,913th for girls in the US (8 babies).
What does Celest mean?
Latin: variant of Celeste, from caelestis
“heavenly”
Is Celest a girl's or a boy's name?
Celest is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Celest in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #10,913among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 8about 1 in 200,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 8 girls in the US were named Celest, making it the 10,913th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 9,541st. Its busiest year was 2004, with 56 girls. It first appears in the records in 1908.
Half of all the girls named Celest in the US since 1880 were born between 1990 and 2006, the years shaded on the chart below.
Celest in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #10,913 |
| 2024 | 16 | #6,928 |
| 2023 | 5 | #15,188 |
| 2022 | 12 | #8,536 |
| 2021 | 11 | #8,973 |
| 2020 | 10 | #9,541 |
| 2019 | 7 | #12,442 |
| 2018 | 12 | #8,612 |
| 2017 | 10 | #9,939 |
| 2016 | 6 | #14,326 |
| 2015 | 11 | #9,476 |
| 2014 | 15 | #7,633 |
| 2013 | 10 | #10,230 |
| 2012 | 16 | #7,452 |
| 2011 | 17 | #7,115 |
| 2010 | 17 | #7,214 |
| 2009 | 20 | #6,541 |
| 2008 | 27 | #5,277 |
| 2007 | 30 | #4,806 |
| 2006 | 31 | #4,575 |
| 2005 | 33 | #4,191 |
| 2004 | 56 | #2,847 |
| 2003 | 28 | #4,531 |
| 2002 | 48 | #3,010 |
| 2001 | 45 | #3,087 |
| 2000 | 44 | #3,117 |
| 1999 | 40 | #3,185 |
| 1998 | 47 | #2,795 |
| 1997 | 34 | #3,362 |
| 1996 | 39 | #3,023 |
| 1995 | 35 | #3,215 |
| 1994 | 26 | #4,011 |
| 1993 | 20 | #4,820 |
| 1992 | 14 | #6,307 |
| 1991 | 13 | #6,582 |
| 1990 | 12 | #6,861 |
| 1989 | 11 | #6,949 |
| 1988 | 8 | #8,386 |
| 1987 | 5 | #11,320 |
| 1986 | 5 | #10,907 |
| 1985 | 6 | #9,304 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 5 | #10,272 |
| 1982 | 9 | #6,886 |
| 1981 | 6 | #9,108 |
| 1980 | 12 | #5,543 |
| 1979 | 8 | #7,311 |
| 1978 | 9 | #6,384 |
| 1977 | 6 | #8,442 |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 5 | #9,065 |
| 1974 | 5 | #8,773 |
| 1973 | 6 | #7,433 |
| 1972 | 9 | #5,479 |
| 1971 | 10 | #5,134 |
| 1970 | 8 | #5,817 |
| 1969 | 8 | #5,455 |
| 1968 | 5 | #7,014 |
| 1967 | 7 | #5,456 |
| 1966 | 5 | #6,563 |
| 1965 | 14 | #3,401 |
| 1964 | 10 | #4,354 |
| 1963 | 8 | #4,895 |
| 1962 | 5 | #6,577 |
| 1961 | 5 | #6,566 |
| 1960 | 7 | #5,167 |
| 1959 | 8 | #4,624 |
| 1958 | 9 | #4,192 |
| 1957 | 5 | #6,085 |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 5 | #5,826 |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 7 | #4,000 |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 5 | #4,973 |
| 1919 | 8 | #3,450 |
| 1918 | 5 | #4,807 |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 0 | – |
| 1915 | 0 | – |
| 1914 | 0 | – |
| 1913 | 0 | – |
| 1912 | 0 | – |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 5 | #2,101 |
Names like Celest
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Chloe Camila Celine Camille August Zoe Noelle Emily Emely Juliet Mia Chandler
Names related to Celest
More Latin names
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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, “Celest: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/celest, updated 20 October 2026.