How Many People Are Named Celena?
An estimated 4,369 people in the United States have the first name Celena. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 37 years old, and Celena peaked in popularity in 1995 with 202 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Celena as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Celena paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
4,369
About 1 in 78,451 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
37
years old
Peak Year
1995
202 births
Total Registered
4,752
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Celena
Celena is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 4,752 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Celena as a female name
Ranked #5,460 in 2024
23 female births in 2024
Peak: 1995 (202 births)
Celena: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Celena span from the 1890s to the 2020s, covering 14 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 1970s, when 1,253 babies were registered. Celena has declined significantly from its peak in the 1970s. Recent registrations are a fraction of what they were at the name's height.
Celena by Decade
How has Celena tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Celena by State
Birth registrations for Celena span all 25 states and territories in the SSA database. The highest counts are in California, Texas, New York. The lowest are in Wisconsin, Virginia, Oregon. On average, about 79 Celenas were registered per state.
Celena + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Celena as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Celena
Other first names starting with C with a similar number of bearers.
Celena: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Celena?
We estimate approximately 4,369 people named Celena are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 78,451 Americans share this first name.
Is Celena a common name?
Celena is classified as "Rare" and is more popular than 96.2% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 4,752 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Celena most popular?
Celena reached peak popularity in 1995, when 202 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Celena is approximately 37 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Celena a female name?
Celena is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Celena Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Celena Smith, Celena Johnson, Celena Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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