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Celeste
Pronounced /səˈlɛst/
Rank in 2024
#198
Born in 2024
1,556
Peak year
2004 · #204
Origin
French
1880 to 2024
RisingIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 1,556 girls were named Celeste, about 1 in every 1,037.
- It peaked in 2004 with 1,637 babies, ranked #204.
- It first shows up in the records in 1881.
- 63,949 girls have been named Celeste since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Celeste per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- 0.1Greatest1901–27
- 0.1Silent1928–45
- 0.3Boomers1946–64
- 0.4Gen X1965–80
- 0.4Millennials1981–96
- 0.6Gen Z1997–12
- 0.5Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 2,596 babies, 0.13 per 1,000. Silent: 2,291 babies, 0.11 per 1,000. Boomers: 11,795 babies, 0.33 per 1,000. Gen X: 9,196 babies, 0.36 per 1,000. Millennials: 10,858 babies, 0.38 per 1,000. Gen Z: 16,241 babies, 0.56 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 10,489 babies, 0.52 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
Borrowed from French Céleste, ultimately from Latin caelestis (“heavenly”).
- A female given name from French [in turn from Latin].
- Origin
- French
- Say it
- /səˈlɛst/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Celeste, CC BY-SA 4.0.