How Many People Are Named Celes?
An estimated 260 people in the United States have the first name Celes. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 17 years old, and Celes peaked in popularity in 2024 with 17 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Celes 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 Celes paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
260
About 1 in 1,318,286 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
17
years old
Peak Year
2024
17 births
Total Registered
265
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Celes
Celes is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 265 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Celes as a female name
Ranked #6,660 in 2024
17 female births in 2024
Peak: 2024 (17 births)
Celes: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Celes span from the 1960s to the 2020s, covering 7 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 2000s, when 86 babies were registered. While Celes is less common than at its peak in the 2000s, it remains a well-established name with steady registrations.
Celes by Decade
How has Celes 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.
Celes + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Celes as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Celes
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Celes: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Celes?
We estimate approximately 260 people named Celes 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 1,318,286 Americans share this first name.
Is Celes a common name?
Celes is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 77.6% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 265 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Celes most popular?
Celes reached peak popularity in 2024, when 17 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Celes is approximately 17 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Celes a female name?
Celes is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Celes Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Celes Smith, Celes Johnson, Celes 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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