Celso
Boy · SEL-soh · Latin
Celso is a boys' name of Latin origin, meaning “lofty, tall”. In 2025 it ranked 5,397th for boys in the US (17 babies).
What does Celso mean?
Latin: Spanish, Italian and Portuguese form of Celsus
“lofty, tall”
From the Roman family name Celsus; Saint Celsus was an early Christian martyr venerated in Milan.
- Say it
- SEL-soh
Is Celso a girl's or a boy's name?
Celso is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 17 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Celso in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,397among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 17about 1 in 100,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 23% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 17 boys in the US were named Celso, making it the 5,397th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,342nd. Its busiest year was 2006, with 48 boys. It first appears in the records in 1910.
2025 had fewer boys named Celso than any year since 2018.
Half of all the boys named Celso in the US since 1880 were born between 1960 and 2004, the years shaded on the chart below.
Celso in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 17 | #5,397 |
| 2024 | 18 | #5,237 |
| 2023 | 20 | #4,882 |
| 2022 | 20 | #4,846 |
| 2021 | 18 | #5,105 |
| 2020 | 33 | #3,342 |
| 2019 | 21 | #4,635 |
| 2018 | 17 | #5,316 |
| 2017 | 22 | #4,462 |
| 2016 | 25 | #4,097 |
| 2015 | 21 | #4,543 |
| 2014 | 21 | #4,534 |
| 2013 | 35 | #3,120 |
| 2012 | 25 | #4,000 |
| 2011 | 26 | #3,883 |
| 2010 | 37 | #3,071 |
| 2009 | 26 | #3,917 |
| 2008 | 29 | #3,643 |
| 2007 | 44 | #2,721 |
| 2006 | 48 | #2,512 |
| 2005 | 38 | #2,799 |
| 2004 | 42 | #2,565 |
| 2003 | 42 | #2,466 |
| 2002 | 29 | #3,091 |
| 2001 | 41 | #2,382 |
| 2000 | 38 | #2,471 |
| 1999 | 37 | #2,395 |
| 1998 | 42 | #2,154 |
| 1997 | 40 | #2,161 |
| 1996 | 29 | #2,585 |
| 1995 | 38 | #2,135 |
| 1994 | 42 | #1,972 |
| 1993 | 29 | #2,503 |
| 1992 | 37 | #2,080 |
| 1991 | 40 | #1,913 |
| 1990 | 35 | #2,081 |
| 1989 | 35 | #2,022 |
| 1988 | 38 | #1,785 |
| 1987 | 25 | #2,268 |
| 1986 | 21 | #2,508 |
| 1985 | 32 | #1,833 |
| 1984 | 30 | #1,841 |
| 1983 | 16 | #2,786 |
| 1982 | 27 | #1,998 |
| 1981 | 23 | #2,203 |
| 1980 | 27 | #2,003 |
| 1979 | 13 | #3,167 |
| 1978 | 23 | #2,068 |
| 1977 | 14 | #2,909 |
| 1976 | 35 | #1,540 |
| 1975 | 23 | #2,000 |
| 1974 | 19 | #2,197 |
| 1973 | 19 | #2,122 |
| 1972 | 18 | #2,158 |
| 1971 | 22 | #1,915 |
| 1970 | 21 | #1,938 |
| 1969 | 16 | #2,129 |
| 1968 | 20 | #1,787 |
| 1967 | 11 | #2,469 |
| 1966 | 15 | #2,042 |
| 1965 | 22 | #1,668 |
| 1964 | 24 | #1,614 |
| 1963 | 13 | #2,299 |
| 1962 | 16 | #2,034 |
| 1961 | 14 | #2,241 |
| 1960 | 26 | #1,580 |
| 1959 | 20 | #1,805 |
| 1958 | 18 | #1,895 |
| 1957 | 24 | #1,633 |
| 1956 | 13 | #2,261 |
| 1955 | 16 | #1,978 |
| 1954 | 6 | #3,450 |
| 1953 | 25 | #1,507 |
| 1952 | 16 | #1,938 |
| 1951 | 14 | #2,054 |
| 1950 | 14 | #2,018 |
| 1949 | 13 | #2,122 |
| 1948 | 12 | #2,217 |
| 1947 | 14 | #2,075 |
| 1946 | 17 | #1,758 |
| 1945 | 15 | #1,771 |
| 1944 | 15 | #1,809 |
| 1943 | 10 | #2,404 |
| 1942 | 9 | #2,522 |
| 1941 | 8 | #2,655 |
| 1940 | 14 | #1,894 |
| 1939 | 8 | #2,609 |
| 1938 | 13 | #1,976 |
| 1937 | 13 | #1,992 |
| 1936 | 8 | #2,628 |
| 1935 | 10 | #2,396 |
| 1934 | 12 | #2,121 |
| 1933 | 9 | #2,541 |
| 1932 | 12 | #2,191 |
| 1931 | 21 | #1,538 |
| 1930 | 8 | #3,020 |
| 1929 | 13 | #2,198 |
| 1928 | 20 | #1,707 |
| 1927 | 11 | #2,523 |
| 1926 | 11 | #2,565 |
| 1925 | 11 | #2,586 |
| 1924 | 12 | #2,473 |
| 1923 | 13 | #2,330 |
| 1922 | 12 | #2,485 |
| 1921 | 7 | #3,516 |
| 1920 | 9 | #2,966 |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 7 | #3,367 |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 12 | #2,258 |
| 1915 | 0 | – |
| 1914 | 8 | #2,456 |
| 1913 | 0 | – |
| 1912 | 6 | #2,268 |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 6 | #1,420 |
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