Seleste
Girl · se-LEST · Latin
Seleste is a girls' name of Latin origin, meaning “heavenly”. In 2025 it ranked 5,237th for girls in the US (24 babies).
What does Seleste mean?
Latin: variant of Celeste
“heavenly”
Celeste comes from Latin caelestis, the same root as the English word celestial.
- Say it
- se-LEST
Is Seleste a girl's or a boy's name?
Seleste is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 24 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Seleste in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,237among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 24about 1 in 67,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 7% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 24 girls in the US were named Seleste, making it the 5,237th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,663rd. Its busiest year was 2004, with 66 girls. It first appears in the records in 1969.
2025 had more girls named Seleste than any year since 2007.
Half of all the girls named Seleste in the US since 1880 were born between 1997 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 1,692 girls in the US were given Seleste or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #210, up from #5,237 for this spelling alone.
- Celeste 1,662
- Seleste 24
- Celestte 6
Seleste in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 24 | #5,237 |
| 2024 | 17 | #6,639 |
| 2023 | 18 | #6,404 |
| 2022 | 23 | #5,462 |
| 2021 | 18 | #6,409 |
| 2020 | 21 | #5,663 |
| 2019 | 21 | #5,794 |
| 2018 | 13 | #8,142 |
| 2017 | 5 | #15,898 |
| 2016 | 12 | #8,872 |
| 2015 | 13 | #8,443 |
| 2014 | 19 | #6,449 |
| 2013 | 19 | #6,459 |
| 2012 | 16 | #7,452 |
| 2011 | 8 | #12,146 |
| 2010 | 11 | #9,786 |
| 2009 | 19 | #6,808 |
| 2008 | 16 | #7,738 |
| 2007 | 33 | #4,474 |
| 2006 | 26 | #5,232 |
| 2005 | 27 | #4,824 |
| 2004 | 66 | #2,523 |
| 2003 | 19 | #6,050 |
| 2002 | 33 | #3,885 |
| 2001 | 32 | #3,936 |
| 2000 | 30 | #4,074 |
| 1999 | 31 | #3,800 |
| 1998 | 35 | #3,423 |
| 1997 | 31 | #3,623 |
| 1996 | 38 | #3,088 |
| 1995 | 31 | #3,487 |
| 1994 | 27 | #3,887 |
| 1993 | 13 | #6,615 |
| 1992 | 11 | #7,504 |
| 1991 | 17 | #5,393 |
| 1990 | 18 | #5,055 |
| 1989 | 9 | #8,031 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 6 | #9,139 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 6 | #9,235 |
| 1981 | 6 | #9,108 |
| 1980 | 9 | #6,788 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 6 | #8,560 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 8 | #5,957 |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 6 | #7,069 |
| 1969 | 6 | #6,615 |
Names like Seleste
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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