Celeste
Girl · se-LEST · Latin
Celeste is a girls' name of Latin origin, meaning “heavenly”. In 2025 it ranked 437th for girls in the UK (102 babies) and 188th for girls in the US (1,662 babies).
What does Celeste mean?
Latin: from Latin caelestis, via French and Italian
“heavenly”
Several popes took the related name Celestine, from the same Latin root.
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- se-LEST
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Is Celeste a girl's or a boy's name?
Celeste is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 102 girls in the UK and 1,662 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Celeste in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #437among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 102about 1 in 2,700 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 50% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 102 girls in the UK were named Celeste, making it the 437th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 581st.
2025 had the most girls named Celeste of any year since the records began in 1996.
Half of all the girls named Celeste in the UK since 1996 were born between 2007 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 423rd in England and Wales and 474th in Scotland.
Celeste in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 102 | #437 |
| 2024 | 94 | #476 |
| 2023 | 96 | #462 |
| 2022 | 69 | #607 |
| 2021 | 68 | #617 |
| 2020 | 74 | #581 |
| 2019 | 58 | #728 |
| 2018 | 63 | #691 |
| 2017 | 62 | #715 |
| 2016 | 40 | #985 |
| 2015 | 52 | #799 |
| 2014 | 46 | #891 |
| 2013 | 41 | #967 |
| 2012 | 41 | #959 |
| 2011 | 38 | #997 |
| 2010 | 30 | #1,167 |
| 2009 | 34 | #1,019 |
| 2008 | 37 | #946 |
| 2007 | 42 | #830 |
| 2006 | 32 | #975 |
| 2005 | 30 | #968 |
| 2004 | 33 | #882 |
| 2003 | 34 | #843 |
| 2002 | 35 | #786 |
| 2001 | 31 | #832 |
| 2000 | 35 | #750 |
| 1999 | 38 | #693 |
| 1998 | 27 | #891 |
| 1997 | 19 | #1,119 |
| 1996 | 16 | #1,244 |
How popular is Celeste in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #188among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 1,662about 1 in 970 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 79% in five years
- Same name in a class
- 1.4%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 1,662 girls in the US were named Celeste, making it the 188th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 352nd. It first appears in the records in 1881.
It has been given to more girls each year for the last 9 years. 2025 had the most girls named Celeste of any year since it first appeared, in 1881.
Half of all the girls named Celeste in the US since 1880 were born between 1963 and 2007, the years shaded on the chart below.
Celeste in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,662 | #188 |
| 2024 | 1,562 | #197 |
| 2023 | 1,137 | #276 |
| 2022 | 1,083 | #292 |
| 2021 | 1,002 | #327 |
| 2020 | 876 | #352 |
| 2019 | 840 | #374 |
| 2018 | 720 | #446 |
| 2017 | 675 | #465 |
| 2016 | 632 | #494 |
| 2015 | 638 | #500 |
| 2014 | 679 | #467 |
| 2013 | 654 | #468 |
| 2012 | 655 | #470 |
| 2011 | 671 | #453 |
| 2010 | 674 | #457 |
| 2009 | 676 | #458 |
| 2008 | 806 | #400 |
| 2007 | 914 | #355 |
| 2006 | 1,013 | #327 |
| 2005 | 1,203 | #272 |
| 2004 | 1,637 | #204 |
| 2003 | 1,034 | #298 |
| 2002 | 1,011 | #308 |
| 2001 | 1,095 | #285 |
| 2000 | 1,167 | #274 |
| 1999 | 1,205 | #263 |
| 1998 | 1,229 | #252 |
| 1997 | 1,252 | #239 |
| 1996 | 1,157 | #241 |
| 1995 | 1,149 | #247 |
| 1994 | 1,079 | #259 |
| 1993 | 733 | #349 |
| 1992 | 671 | #385 |
| 1991 | 687 | #374 |
| 1990 | 653 | #398 |
| 1989 | 592 | #418 |
| 1988 | 459 | #494 |
| 1987 | 467 | #466 |
| 1986 | 481 | #450 |
| 1985 | 504 | #436 |
| 1984 | 508 | #419 |
| 1983 | 525 | #409 |
| 1982 | 598 | #386 |
| 1981 | 595 | #383 |
| 1980 | 583 | #392 |
| 1979 | 525 | #409 |
| 1978 | 489 | #414 |
| 1977 | 471 | #431 |
| 1976 | 547 | #376 |
| 1975 | 523 | #387 |
| 1974 | 581 | #370 |
| 1973 | 598 | #353 |
| 1972 | 552 | #386 |
| 1971 | 654 | #363 |
| 1970 | 596 | #394 |
| 1969 | 592 | #386 |
| 1968 | 556 | #389 |
| 1967 | 621 | #359 |
| 1966 | 650 | #356 |
| 1965 | 659 | #353 |
| 1964 | 691 | #359 |
| 1963 | 789 | #337 |
| 1962 | 802 | #330 |
| 1961 | 855 | #324 |
| 1960 | 762 | #346 |
| 1959 | 749 | #350 |
| 1958 | 782 | #338 |
| 1957 | 694 | #344 |
| 1956 | 720 | #326 |
| 1955 | 710 | #323 |
| 1954 | 622 | #342 |
| 1953 | 634 | #331 |
| 1952 | 627 | #325 |
| 1951 | 597 | #325 |
| 1950 | 532 | #338 |
| 1949 | 407 | #392 |
| 1948 | 297 | #465 |
| 1947 | 306 | #470 |
| 1946 | 218 | #534 |
| 1945 | 171 | #561 |
| 1944 | 147 | #605 |
| 1943 | 166 | #584 |
| 1942 | 156 | #593 |
| 1941 | 159 | #552 |
| 1940 | 140 | #588 |
| 1939 | 108 | #652 |
| 1938 | 121 | #618 |
| 1937 | 136 | #577 |
| 1936 | 95 | #683 |
| 1935 | 99 | #664 |
| 1934 | 124 | #582 |
| 1933 | 105 | #642 |
| 1932 | 123 | #593 |
| 1931 | 96 | #682 |
| 1930 | 97 | #699 |
| 1929 | 117 | #644 |
| 1928 | 131 | #615 |
| 1927 | 109 | #696 |
| 1926 | 113 | #686 |
| 1925 | 144 | #605 |
| 1924 | 135 | #643 |
| 1923 | 146 | #600 |
| 1922 | 108 | #704 |
| 1921 | 160 | #566 |
| 1920 | 150 | #583 |
| 1919 | 142 | #587 |
| 1918 | 154 | #574 |
| 1917 | 156 | #534 |
| 1916 | 157 | #524 |
| 1915 | 133 | #555 |
| 1914 | 98 | #571 |
| 1913 | 88 | #541 |
| 1912 | 90 | #503 |
| 1911 | 61 | #535 |
| 1910 | 72 | #472 |
| 1909 | 47 | #559 |
| 1908 | 41 | #583 |
| 1907 | 49 | #511 |
| 1906 | 50 | #486 |
| 1905 | 50 | #481 |
| 1904 | 36 | #559 |
| 1903 | 36 | #539 |
| 1902 | 33 | #571 |
| 1901 | 38 | #487 |
| 1900 | 49 | #481 |
| 1899 | 33 | #514 |
| 1898 | 42 | #475 |
| 1897 | 36 | #477 |
| 1896 | 30 | #553 |
| 1895 | 32 | #520 |
| 1894 | 26 | #568 |
| 1893 | 27 | #535 |
| 1892 | 27 | #526 |
| 1891 | 22 | #559 |
| 1890 | 20 | #578 |
| 1889 | 11 | #802 |
| 1888 | 27 | #476 |
| 1887 | 20 | #499 |
| 1886 | 18 | #528 |
| 1885 | 16 | #542 |
| 1884 | 15 | #541 |
| 1883 | 9 | #651 |
| 1882 | 9 | #634 |
| 1881 | 14 | #447 |
Nicknames for Celeste
- Cece 44 girls in the UK in 2025
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