How Many People Are Named Celest?
An estimated 1,006 people in the United States have the first name Celest. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 29 years old, and Celest peaked in popularity in 2004 with 56 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Celest 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 Celest paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
1,006
About 1 in 340,710 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
29
years old
Peak Year
2004
56 births
Total Registered
1,081
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Celest
Celest is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 1,081 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Celest as a female name
Ranked #6,968 in 2024
16 female births in 2024
Peak: 2004 (56 births)
Celest: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Celest span from the 1900s to the 2020s, covering 11 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 2000s, when 362 babies were registered. Celest has declined significantly from its peak in the 2000s. Recent registrations are a fraction of what they were at the name's height.
Celest by Decade
How has Celest 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.
Celest by State
Celest + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Celest as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Celest
Other first names starting with C with a similar number of bearers.
Celest: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Celest?
We estimate approximately 1,006 people named Celest 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 340,710 Americans share this first name.
Is Celest a common name?
Celest is classified as "Rare" and is more popular than 90.1% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 1,081 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Celest most popular?
Celest reached peak popularity in 2004, when 56 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Celest is approximately 29 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Celest a female name?
Celest is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Celest Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Celest Smith, Celest Johnson, Celest 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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