Celestina
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- sel-es-TEE-na
- Origin
- Latin
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,276 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #3,458 for girls
Celestina is a girls' name of Latin origin, meaning “heavenly”. In 2025 it ranked 4,276th for girls in the UK (5 babies) and 3,458th for girls in the US (44 babies).
What does Celestina mean?
Latin: feminine of Celestine, from Latin caelestis
“heavenly”
La Celestina (1499), a classic of Spanish literature, centres on a scheming go-between named Celestina.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Celestina a girl's or a boy's name?
Celestina is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls in the UK and 44 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Celestina in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,276among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 56,000 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, 5 girls in the UK were named Celestina, making it the 4,276th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,326th.
2025 had the most girls named Celestina of any year since it first appeared, in 2006.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,200th in England and Wales.
Celestina in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #4,276 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 1 | #7,582 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 1 | #7,326 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 3 | #5,415 |
| 2006 | 3 | #5,259 |
How popular is Celestina in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,458among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 44about 1 in 37,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 35% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 44 girls in the US were named Celestina, making it the 3,458th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,554th. Its busiest year was 1998, with 52 girls. It first appears in the records in 1892.
2025 had more girls named Celestina than any year since 1998.
Half of all the girls named Celestina in the US since 1880 were born between 1940 and 1999, the years shaded on the chart below.
Celestina in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 44 | #3,458 |
| 2024 | 26 | #5,018 |
| 2023 | 22 | #5,544 |
| 2022 | 36 | #4,039 |
| 2021 | 20 | #5,951 |
| 2020 | 14 | #7,554 |
| 2019 | 25 | #5,161 |
| 2018 | 29 | #4,660 |
| 2017 | 18 | #6,527 |
| 2016 | 22 | #5,794 |
| 2015 | 26 | #5,125 |
| 2014 | 26 | #5,161 |
| 2013 | 17 | #7,027 |
| 2012 | 8 | #12,193 |
| 2011 | 19 | #6,561 |
| 2010 | 15 | #7,877 |
| 2009 | 20 | #6,541 |
| 2008 | 14 | #8,525 |
| 2007 | 27 | #5,227 |
| 2006 | 27 | #5,085 |
| 2005 | 24 | #5,261 |
| 2004 | 34 | #4,089 |
| 2003 | 29 | #4,413 |
| 2002 | 30 | #4,175 |
| 2001 | 28 | #4,317 |
| 2000 | 36 | #3,586 |
| 1999 | 39 | #3,242 |
| 1998 | 52 | #2,611 |
| 1997 | 36 | #3,221 |
| 1996 | 28 | #3,826 |
| 1995 | 30 | #3,580 |
| 1994 | 31 | #3,531 |
| 1993 | 32 | #3,417 |
| 1992 | 26 | #3,962 |
| 1991 | 22 | #4,491 |
| 1990 | 29 | #3,618 |
| 1989 | 25 | #3,887 |
| 1988 | 29 | #3,301 |
| 1987 | 26 | #3,421 |
| 1986 | 20 | #4,026 |
| 1985 | 29 | #3,083 |
| 1984 | 31 | #2,850 |
| 1983 | 22 | #3,554 |
| 1982 | 29 | #3,016 |
| 1981 | 36 | #2,563 |
| 1980 | 29 | #3,002 |
| 1979 | 33 | #2,671 |
| 1978 | 25 | #3,098 |
| 1977 | 35 | #2,463 |
| 1976 | 31 | #2,545 |
| 1975 | 28 | #2,680 |
| 1974 | 31 | #2,433 |
| 1973 | 29 | #2,506 |
| 1972 | 26 | #2,680 |
| 1971 | 24 | #2,874 |
| 1970 | 24 | #2,856 |
| 1969 | 21 | #2,916 |
| 1968 | 18 | #3,056 |
| 1967 | 20 | #2,781 |
| 1966 | 23 | #2,518 |
| 1965 | 9 | #4,493 |
| 1964 | 16 | #3,243 |
| 1963 | 9 | #4,538 |
| 1962 | 12 | #3,781 |
| 1961 | 23 | #2,542 |
| 1960 | 12 | #3,687 |
| 1959 | 8 | #4,624 |
| 1958 | 13 | #3,378 |
| 1957 | 14 | #3,149 |
| 1956 | 17 | #2,825 |
| 1955 | 10 | #3,777 |
| 1954 | 13 | #3,156 |
| 1953 | 12 | #3,268 |
| 1952 | 14 | #2,920 |
| 1951 | 17 | #2,473 |
| 1950 | 15 | #2,651 |
| 1949 | 6 | #4,672 |
| 1948 | 9 | #3,591 |
| 1947 | 11 | #3,238 |
| 1946 | 13 | #2,738 |
| 1945 | 7 | #3,674 |
| 1944 | 13 | #2,510 |
| 1943 | 12 | #2,694 |
| 1942 | 12 | #2,665 |
| 1941 | 14 | #2,271 |
| 1940 | 12 | #2,423 |
| 1939 | 18 | #1,881 |
| 1938 | 8 | #3,179 |
| 1937 | 14 | #2,196 |
| 1936 | 16 | #1,950 |
| 1935 | 14 | #2,205 |
| 1934 | 18 | #1,834 |
| 1933 | 11 | #2,539 |
| 1932 | 24 | #1,568 |
| 1931 | 22 | #1,634 |
| 1930 | 22 | #1,702 |
| 1929 | 20 | #1,824 |
| 1928 | 17 | #2,093 |
| 1927 | 25 | #1,668 |
| 1926 | 31 | #1,448 |
| 1925 | 28 | #1,575 |
| 1924 | 27 | #1,643 |
| 1923 | 23 | #1,782 |
| 1922 | 42 | #1,190 |
| 1921 | 28 | #1,577 |
| 1920 | 32 | #1,407 |
| 1919 | 17 | #2,063 |
| 1918 | 22 | #1,754 |
| 1917 | 20 | #1,773 |
| 1916 | 17 | #1,949 |
| 1915 | 18 | #1,799 |
| 1914 | 12 | #2,009 |
| 1913 | 7 | #2,538 |
| 1912 | 10 | #1,843 |
| 1911 | 6 | #2,191 |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 6 | #1,957 |
| 1908 | 11 | #1,261 |
| 1907 | 5 | #2,060 |
| 1906 | 6 | #1,727 |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 5 | #1,876 |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 9 | #1,136 |
| 1900 | 7 | #1,560 |
| 1899 | 6 | #1,393 |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 9 | #1,061 |
| 1893 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 5 | #1,450 |
Nicknames for Celestina
Names like Celestina
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Valentina Olivia Camilla Camila Emilia Cecilia Isabella Annabella Violeta Camelia Arabella Antonina
Names related to Celestina
More Latin names
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Celestina: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/celestina, updated 20 October 2026.