Celestial
Girl · suh-LES-chul · English
Celestial is a girls' name of English origin, meaning “heavenly”. In 2025 it ranked 8,360th for girls in the US (12 babies).
What does Celestial mean?
English: English word, from Latin caelestis
“heavenly”
Comes from the same Latin root as the names Celeste and Celestine.
- Say it
- suh-LES-chul
Is Celestial a girl's or a boy's name?
Celestial is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 12 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Celestial in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,360among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 12about 1 in 130,000 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, 12 girls in the US were named Celestial, making it the 8,360th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,948th. Its busiest year was 1998, with 27 girls. It first appears in the records in 1904.
Half of all the girls named Celestial in the US since 1880 were born between 1989 and 2010, the years shaded on the chart below.
Celestial in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #8,360 |
| 2024 | 9 | #10,266 |
| 2023 | 11 | #8,984 |
| 2022 | 20 | #5,981 |
| 2021 | 13 | #8,019 |
| 2020 | 11 | #8,948 |
| 2019 | 6 | #13,793 |
| 2018 | 11 | #9,146 |
| 2017 | 10 | #9,939 |
| 2016 | 9 | #10,855 |
| 2015 | 9 | #10,861 |
| 2014 | 7 | #13,063 |
| 2013 | 6 | #14,577 |
| 2012 | 6 | #14,956 |
| 2011 | 9 | #11,175 |
| 2010 | 6 | #14,953 |
| 2009 | 14 | #8,450 |
| 2008 | 11 | #10,080 |
| 2007 | 11 | #10,125 |
| 2006 | 12 | #9,282 |
| 2005 | 16 | #7,133 |
| 2004 | 17 | #6,763 |
| 2003 | 18 | #6,294 |
| 2002 | 17 | #6,386 |
| 2001 | 24 | #4,829 |
| 2000 | 15 | #6,802 |
| 1999 | 18 | #5,655 |
| 1998 | 27 | #4,139 |
| 1997 | 21 | #4,815 |
| 1996 | 15 | #6,059 |
| 1995 | 13 | #6,636 |
| 1994 | 15 | #5,978 |
| 1993 | 6 | #11,773 |
| 1992 | 11 | #7,504 |
| 1991 | 7 | #10,263 |
| 1990 | 8 | #9,241 |
| 1989 | 13 | #6,154 |
| 1988 | 8 | #8,386 |
| 1987 | 6 | #9,820 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 6 | #9,304 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 8 | #7,310 |
| 1982 | 7 | #8,222 |
| 1981 | 10 | #6,321 |
| 1980 | 9 | #6,788 |
| 1979 | 6 | #9,008 |
| 1978 | 7 | #7,647 |
| 1977 | 8 | #6,890 |
| 1976 | 11 | #5,213 |
| 1975 | 7 | #7,171 |
| 1974 | 6 | #7,678 |
| 1973 | 7 | #6,664 |
| 1972 | 5 | #8,290 |
| 1971 | 5 | #8,322 |
| 1970 | 8 | #5,817 |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 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 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 7 | #4,009 |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 0 | – |
| 1915 | 5 | #4,272 |
| 1914 | 0 | – |
| 1913 | 0 | – |
| 1912 | 0 | – |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 5 | #1,876 |
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