How Many People Are Named Celie?
An estimated 221 people in the United States have the first name Celie. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 31 years old, and Celie peaked in popularity in 1916 with 15 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Celie 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 Celie paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
221
About 1 in 1,550,925 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
31
years old
Peak Year
1916
15 births
Total Registered
508
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Celie
Celie is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 508 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Celie as a female name
Ranked #13,780 in 2024
6 female births in 2024
Peak: 1916 (15 births)
Celie: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Celie span from the 1880s to the 2020s, covering 14 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 1910s, when 86 babies were registered. Celie has declined significantly from its peak in the 1910s. Recent registrations are a fraction of what they were at the name's height.
Celie by Decade
How has Celie 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.
Celie + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Celie as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Celie
Other first names starting with C with a similar number of bearers.
Celie: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Celie?
We estimate approximately 221 people named Celie 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 1,550,925 Americans share this first name.
Is Celie a common name?
Celie is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 75.5% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 508 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Celie most popular?
Celie reached peak popularity in 1916, when 15 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Celie is approximately 31 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Celie a female name?
Celie is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Celie Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Celie Smith, Celie Johnson, Celie 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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