Celestino
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- se-les-TEE-noh
- Origin
- Latin
- US rank, 2025
- #3,847 for boys
Celestino is a boys' name of Latin origin, meaning “heavenly”. In 2025 it ranked 3,847th for boys in the US (28 babies).
What does Celestino mean?
Latin: Italian and Spanish, from Latin Caelestinus
“heavenly”
From Latin Caelestinus; five popes have taken the name Celestine.
Is Celestino a girl's or a boy's name?
Celestino is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 28 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Celestino in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,847among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 28about 1 in 61,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 27% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 28 boys in the US were named Celestino, making it the 3,847th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,231st. Its busiest year was 1922, with 46 boys. It first appears in the records in 1888.
It has been given to more boys each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had more boys named Celestino than any year since 2003.
Half of all the boys named Celestino in the US since 1880 were born between 1938 and 1993, the years shaded on the chart below.
Celestino in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 28 | #3,847 |
| 2024 | 19 | #5,063 |
| 2023 | 15 | #5,922 |
| 2022 | 11 | #7,256 |
| 2021 | 13 | #6,330 |
| 2020 | 17 | #5,231 |
| 2019 | 17 | #5,336 |
| 2018 | 15 | #5,766 |
| 2017 | 15 | #5,784 |
| 2016 | 16 | #5,551 |
| 2015 | 15 | #5,742 |
| 2014 | 16 | #5,481 |
| 2013 | 17 | #5,167 |
| 2012 | 19 | #4,857 |
| 2011 | 18 | #4,981 |
| 2010 | 15 | #5,737 |
| 2009 | 17 | #5,332 |
| 2008 | 21 | #4,537 |
| 2007 | 18 | #4,994 |
| 2006 | 17 | #5,068 |
| 2005 | 16 | #5,029 |
| 2004 | 11 | #6,514 |
| 2003 | 29 | #3,181 |
| 2002 | 20 | #4,038 |
| 2001 | 33 | #2,792 |
| 2000 | 25 | #3,293 |
| 1999 | 29 | #2,861 |
| 1998 | 23 | #3,292 |
| 1997 | 37 | #2,257 |
| 1996 | 23 | #3,102 |
| 1995 | 31 | #2,439 |
| 1994 | 29 | #2,551 |
| 1993 | 30 | #2,449 |
| 1992 | 23 | #2,903 |
| 1991 | 29 | #2,400 |
| 1990 | 28 | #2,427 |
| 1989 | 15 | #3,612 |
| 1988 | 25 | #2,362 |
| 1987 | 24 | #2,329 |
| 1986 | 29 | #2,005 |
| 1985 | 19 | #2,596 |
| 1984 | 21 | #2,363 |
| 1983 | 28 | #1,904 |
| 1982 | 25 | #2,110 |
| 1981 | 20 | #2,417 |
| 1980 | 19 | #2,535 |
| 1979 | 33 | #1,711 |
| 1978 | 21 | #2,205 |
| 1977 | 34 | #1,607 |
| 1976 | 19 | #2,328 |
| 1975 | 29 | #1,703 |
| 1974 | 24 | #1,886 |
| 1973 | 18 | #2,214 |
| 1972 | 25 | #1,771 |
| 1971 | 23 | #1,861 |
| 1970 | 22 | #1,888 |
| 1969 | 24 | #1,679 |
| 1968 | 20 | #1,787 |
| 1967 | 24 | #1,572 |
| 1966 | 24 | #1,579 |
| 1965 | 26 | #1,512 |
| 1964 | 23 | #1,654 |
| 1963 | 24 | #1,627 |
| 1962 | 19 | #1,851 |
| 1961 | 24 | #1,634 |
| 1960 | 32 | #1,399 |
| 1959 | 28 | #1,500 |
| 1958 | 18 | #1,895 |
| 1957 | 19 | #1,836 |
| 1956 | 23 | #1,641 |
| 1955 | 22 | #1,645 |
| 1954 | 25 | #1,524 |
| 1953 | 25 | #1,507 |
| 1952 | 16 | #1,938 |
| 1951 | 15 | #1,971 |
| 1950 | 28 | #1,363 |
| 1949 | 26 | #1,433 |
| 1948 | 22 | #1,558 |
| 1947 | 27 | #1,424 |
| 1946 | 27 | #1,354 |
| 1945 | 29 | #1,226 |
| 1944 | 30 | #1,212 |
| 1943 | 32 | #1,214 |
| 1942 | 19 | #1,629 |
| 1941 | 24 | #1,372 |
| 1940 | 18 | #1,627 |
| 1939 | 17 | #1,636 |
| 1938 | 21 | #1,476 |
| 1937 | 22 | #1,444 |
| 1936 | 26 | #1,296 |
| 1935 | 20 | #1,538 |
| 1934 | 18 | #1,658 |
| 1933 | 29 | #1,230 |
| 1932 | 19 | #1,651 |
| 1931 | 22 | #1,489 |
| 1930 | 29 | #1,330 |
| 1929 | 24 | #1,480 |
| 1928 | 36 | #1,188 |
| 1927 | 27 | #1,436 |
| 1926 | 28 | #1,379 |
| 1925 | 33 | #1,246 |
| 1924 | 39 | #1,152 |
| 1923 | 24 | #1,551 |
| 1922 | 46 | #1,039 |
| 1921 | 39 | #1,140 |
| 1920 | 29 | #1,348 |
| 1919 | 32 | #1,247 |
| 1918 | 23 | #1,538 |
| 1917 | 14 | #2,090 |
| 1916 | 18 | #1,697 |
| 1915 | 20 | #1,552 |
| 1914 | 11 | #1,974 |
| 1913 | 8 | #2,091 |
| 1912 | 7 | #2,044 |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 5 | #1,439 |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 5 | #1,050 |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 6 | #917 |
Names like Celestino
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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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, “Celestino: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/celestino, updated 20 October 2026.