Celesta
Girl · se-LES-ta · Latin
Celesta is a girls' name of Latin origin, meaning “heavenly”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Celesta mean?
Latin: from Latin caelestis
“heavenly”
The celesta, a keyboard instrument with a bell-like sound, features in Tchaikovsky's Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy.
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- se-LES-ta
Is Celesta a girl's or a boy's name?
Celesta is a girls' name.
How popular is Celesta in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1921, with 47 girls. It first appears in the records in 1881.
Half of all the girls named Celesta in the US since 1880 were born between 1921 and 1970, the years shaded on the chart below.
Celesta in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 6 | #13,472 |
| 2023 | 7 | #12,192 |
| 2022 | 8 | #11,225 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 11 | #8,948 |
| 2019 | 8 | #11,350 |
| 2018 | 8 | #11,422 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 6 | #14,326 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 5 | #16,507 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 7 | #13,827 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 14 | #8,234 |
| 2005 | 10 | #10,123 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 10 | #9,666 |
| 2002 | 6 | #13,589 |
| 2001 | 13 | #7,717 |
| 2000 | 8 | #10,738 |
| 1999 | 5 | #14,403 |
| 1998 | 7 | #11,132 |
| 1997 | 10 | #8,329 |
| 1996 | 12 | #7,125 |
| 1995 | 8 | #9,548 |
| 1994 | 10 | #8,116 |
| 1993 | 8 | #9,552 |
| 1992 | 22 | #4,521 |
| 1991 | 13 | #6,582 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 14 | #5,830 |
| 1988 | 11 | #6,661 |
| 1987 | 10 | #6,783 |
| 1986 | 9 | #7,130 |
| 1985 | 8 | #7,560 |
| 1984 | 12 | #5,538 |
| 1983 | 21 | #3,686 |
| 1982 | 15 | #4,714 |
| 1981 | 9 | #6,802 |
| 1980 | 15 | #4,742 |
| 1979 | 17 | #4,230 |
| 1978 | 15 | #4,459 |
| 1977 | 19 | #3,760 |
| 1976 | 12 | #4,903 |
| 1975 | 24 | #2,969 |
| 1974 | 27 | #2,683 |
| 1973 | 21 | #3,121 |
| 1972 | 18 | #3,404 |
| 1971 | 16 | #3,787 |
| 1970 | 22 | #3,030 |
| 1969 | 17 | #3,317 |
| 1968 | 11 | #4,221 |
| 1967 | 18 | #2,963 |
| 1966 | 15 | #3,265 |
| 1965 | 15 | #3,263 |
| 1964 | 23 | #2,599 |
| 1963 | 21 | #2,703 |
| 1962 | 18 | #2,921 |
| 1961 | 14 | #3,459 |
| 1960 | 23 | #2,511 |
| 1959 | 30 | #2,053 |
| 1958 | 17 | #2,861 |
| 1957 | 25 | #2,217 |
| 1956 | 14 | #3,185 |
| 1955 | 27 | #2,062 |
| 1954 | 23 | #2,239 |
| 1953 | 23 | #2,172 |
| 1952 | 29 | #1,860 |
| 1951 | 19 | #2,313 |
| 1950 | 21 | #2,120 |
| 1949 | 21 | #2,133 |
| 1948 | 23 | #2,007 |
| 1947 | 28 | #1,821 |
| 1946 | 20 | #2,093 |
| 1945 | 11 | #2,741 |
| 1944 | 11 | #2,761 |
| 1943 | 12 | #2,694 |
| 1942 | 12 | #2,665 |
| 1941 | 17 | #2,018 |
| 1940 | 22 | #1,682 |
| 1939 | 17 | #1,947 |
| 1938 | 16 | #2,021 |
| 1937 | 21 | #1,679 |
| 1936 | 19 | #1,741 |
| 1935 | 26 | #1,449 |
| 1934 | 18 | #1,834 |
| 1933 | 23 | #1,552 |
| 1932 | 21 | #1,684 |
| 1931 | 18 | #1,875 |
| 1930 | 20 | #1,814 |
| 1929 | 28 | #1,446 |
| 1928 | 33 | #1,337 |
| 1927 | 33 | #1,403 |
| 1926 | 31 | #1,448 |
| 1925 | 44 | #1,160 |
| 1924 | 33 | #1,440 |
| 1923 | 28 | #1,556 |
| 1922 | 37 | #1,285 |
| 1921 | 47 | #1,115 |
| 1920 | 33 | #1,375 |
| 1919 | 32 | #1,369 |
| 1918 | 42 | #1,153 |
| 1917 | 31 | #1,307 |
| 1916 | 40 | #1,114 |
| 1915 | 39 | #1,075 |
| 1914 | 31 | #1,080 |
| 1913 | 18 | #1,358 |
| 1912 | 14 | #1,477 |
| 1911 | 7 | #1,956 |
| 1910 | 5 | #2,398 |
| 1909 | 13 | #1,152 |
| 1908 | 10 | #1,357 |
| 1907 | 14 | #1,037 |
| 1906 | 9 | #1,321 |
| 1905 | 9 | #1,297 |
| 1904 | 17 | #880 |
| 1903 | 12 | #1,027 |
| 1902 | 11 | #1,075 |
| 1901 | 11 | #1,007 |
| 1900 | 15 | #970 |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 9 | #1,171 |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 11 | #999 |
| 1895 | 9 | #1,123 |
| 1894 | 10 | #998 |
| 1893 | 6 | #1,277 |
| 1892 | 6 | #1,278 |
| 1891 | 10 | #893 |
| 1890 | 5 | #1,337 |
| 1889 | 9 | #902 |
| 1888 | 6 | #1,136 |
| 1887 | 7 | #937 |
| 1886 | 0 | – |
| 1885 | 0 | – |
| 1884 | 0 | – |
| 1883 | 0 | – |
| 1882 | 0 | – |
| 1881 | 5 | #830 |
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