Is Celesta a boy or girl name?

Celesta is a girl’s name. Of the 2,136 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 100.0% were girls and 0.0% were boys.

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Celesta

Recorded 1881–2024 · United States

Celesta was most popular in 1921, when 47 American babies were given the name — ranking #2,061 that year. It was not recorded in 2025. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 2,136 people named Celesta.

Celesta over time

Births per year. The dot marks Celesta’s peak in 1921. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Celesta a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Celesta is a girl’s name — 100.0% of the 2,136 Americans given it were girls and 0.0% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 100% girls and 0% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org