Feminine dossier · first seen 1880

Celestine

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Celestine
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

1952

Peak rank proxy

195

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Boomer

1880Peak 19522024

Peak year

1952

Decline from peak

81%

2024

All-time

9,760

Celestine has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 1952, when 195 girls were named Celestine.

In 2024, only 37 girls were given the name.

Down 81% from its peak.

All told, about 9,760 Americans have been named Celestine and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationBoomer

StabilityEra-bound, still legible

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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