Celie
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Celie is a girls' name of Latin origin. In 2025 it ranked 8,858th for girls in the US (11 babies).
What does Celie mean?
Latin: pet form of Cecilia or Celia
Celie is the narrator and heroine of Alice Walker's 1982 novel The Color Purple.
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Is Celie a girl's or a boy's name?
Celie is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 11 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Celie in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,858among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 11about 1 in 150,000 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, 11 girls in the US were named Celie, making it the 8,858th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 1916, with 15 girls.
2025 had more girls named Celie than any year since 2009.
Half of all the girls named Celie in the US since 1880 were born between 1914 and 2002. It was already well used in 1880, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Celie in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #8,858 |
| 2024 | 6 | #13,472 |
| 2023 | 6 | #13,456 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 8 | #11,776 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 8 | #11,964 |
| 2012 | 5 | #16,863 |
| 2011 | 10 | #10,370 |
| 2010 | 7 | #13,442 |
| 2009 | 13 | #8,884 |
| 2008 | 8 | #12,574 |
| 2007 | 7 | #13,918 |
| 2006 | 6 | #15,147 |
| 2005 | 11 | #9,447 |
| 2004 | 11 | #9,259 |
| 2003 | 6 | #13,837 |
| 2002 | 8 | #11,102 |
| 2001 | 13 | #7,717 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 5 | #14,116 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 11 | #7,569 |
| 1995 | 6 | #11,778 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 8 | #9,552 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 5 | #12,952 |
| 1989 | 5 | #12,356 |
| 1988 | 5 | #11,792 |
| 1987 | 5 | #11,320 |
| 1986 | 6 | #9,540 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 6 | #6,008 |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 5 | #6,389 |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 7 | #4,739 |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 8 | #4,122 |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 5 | #5,241 |
| 1947 | 5 | #5,293 |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 6 | #4,023 |
| 1944 | 5 | #4,572 |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 5 | #4,253 |
| 1936 | 5 | #4,179 |
| 1935 | 6 | #3,740 |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 6 | #3,899 |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 10 | #2,920 |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 9 | #3,282 |
| 1926 | 5 | #4,849 |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 9 | #3,391 |
| 1923 | 8 | #3,640 |
| 1922 | 6 | #4,443 |
| 1921 | 7 | #4,021 |
| 1920 | 8 | #3,596 |
| 1919 | 8 | #3,450 |
| 1918 | 7 | #3,867 |
| 1917 | 14 | #2,315 |
| 1916 | 15 | #2,133 |
| 1915 | 11 | #2,525 |
| 1914 | 12 | #2,009 |
| 1913 | 0 | – |
| 1912 | 9 | #1,980 |
| 1911 | 10 | #1,545 |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 5 | #1,951 |
| 1905 | 7 | #1,537 |
| 1904 | 11 | #1,092 |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 7 | #1,438 |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 8 | #1,430 |
| 1899 | 6 | #1,393 |
| 1898 | 7 | #1,379 |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 6 | #1,416 |
| 1895 | 9 | #1,123 |
| 1894 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 5 | #1,437 |
| 1892 | 7 | #1,171 |
| 1891 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 7 | #1,036 |
| 1887 | 7 | #937 |
| 1886 | 0 | – |
| 1885 | 0 | – |
| 1884 | 5 | #1,024 |
| 1883 | 0 | – |
| 1882 | 0 | – |
| 1881 | 0 | – |
| 1880 | 5 | #836 |
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