Celester
The Story of Celester
As a girl name
Celester first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a girl name in 1902, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1936: 11 births, good for #2,521 nationwide. About 20% of every Celester on record arrived during the 1910s, its defining decade. Celester last appeared in the published SSA data in 1965, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 221 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1900s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
Celester first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a boy name in 1914, with 9 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1943: 11 births, good for #2,277 nationwide. About 22% of every Celester on record arrived during the 1950s, its defining decade. Celester last appeared in the published SSA data in 1977, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 181 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1910s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
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About the name Celester
Celester is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1902 and has accumulated 221 births in the dataset. Celester's peak popularity came in 1936 when it ranked #2,521. Use the chart and map above to compare Celester's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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