Celine

femaleConnected to the Ancient Roman Marcellina, via the French Céline

A variant of Céline, connected to the Ancient Roman name Marcellina.

Origin: Connected to the Ancient Roman Marcellina, via the French Céline

Official popularity data is available for 5 regions, from 1964 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #32 in Norway in 2002. See regions.

Celine: Recorded every year since 1964, it reached #32 in 2002, and it stood at #103 in 2025.

5registrars recorded it
153times a registrar ranked it
62years from first to last
#32highest recorded position
28groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Celine's record

Ranked every year since 1964, without a single year missing. Names by continuity of record

suh-LEEN/sə.ˈlin/

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Data Confidence

Evidence: HighCompleteness: CompleteEditorial review: 2026-07-21

Confidence in the evidencebehind this name's data — never a rating of the name itself, and never affected by how well it matches your preferences. How this is assessed

Because: backed by officially or academically authoritative sources, recently verified, popularity data covers multiple regions.

Source authority

Averaged from the real per-claim source-authority assessments already computed for this name's meaning/origin/pronunciation/popularity evidence.

Independent corroboration

Averaged from the real per-claim supporting-source counts already computed for this name's evidence.

See full evidence assessment (8 dimensions, 1 not yet tracked)

Source agreement

No recorded source disagreement for this name's meanings or origins.

Recency

Calculated from how long ago this record was last verified (2026-07-21), against a 270-day staleness threshold.

Geographic relevance

Calculated from the number of geographies with official popularity data (5) — broader official coverage means the evidence base is relevant to more of where the name is actually used.

Completeness

Calculated from how many of the expected data sections (variants, similar names, popularity, notable usage, IPA pronunciation) are actually populated for this name.

Direct observation vs. inference

Averaged from the real per-claim direct-observation-vs-inference ratios already computed for this name's evidence.

Identity & variant resolution quality

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Name Characteristics

How these are calculated

Descriptive attributes of the name itself — not a confidence measurement, and not an overall quality score. Namewise doesn't approve or disapprove of names.

Pronunciation clarity

Editorial judgement of how consistently this name is pronounced correctly on first read, mapped from an easy/moderate/variable rating to a number. Describes the name — not a measure of evidence confidence.

Spelling simplicity

Calculated directly from the name's spelling: shorter names with fewer irregular letter clusters score higher. A disclosed formula, not an editorial opinion — and not a confidence measurement.

Recorded regional spread

Derived from how many geographies' official statistics record this name. It measures where the name is registered, not how well-known it feels to people living there.

International spread

Derived from the same official statistical coverage, scaled to reflect how widely the name crosses national datasets. Not a measure of how easily it is understood in another language.

Trend stability

Derived from the name's traditional/modern classification and its current popularity trend direction.

Overview

Origin: Connected to the Ancient Roman Marcellina, via the French Céline
Meaning: A variant of Céline, connected to the Ancient Roman name Marcellina.
Pronunciation: suh-LEEN
Syllables: 3
Common nicknames: None recorded
Classification: Traditional & modern
Gender usage: female
Language family: Connected to the Ancient Roman Marcellina, via the French Céline

Popularity

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2025

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#313
1997	#342
1998	#330
1999	#449
2000	#527
2001	#685
2002	#822
2003	#1269
2004	#804
2005	#1200
2006	#1087
2007	#1196
2008	#1093
2009	#1139
2010	#1125
2011	#1196
2012	#1253
2013	#1253
2014	#1070
2015	#871
2016	#1112
2017	#764
2018	#624
2019	#500
2020	#442
2021	#423
2022	#347
2023	#314
2024	#227
2025	#235

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Republic of Ireland in 60 of the 62 years from 1964 to 2025.

In 2025: #103 among girls in Norway, #235 among girls in England and Wales, #239 among girls in Republic of Ireland.

Official data from 5 national registrars across 5 regions, 1964–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1964
First recorded at #138 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1964 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #235 among girls in England and Wales, in 2025.
England and Wales · Girls

Celine appears in 4 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Girls, which has ranked it in 60 years beginning in 1964, and has registered 1,369 births with the name.

Celine across 4 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Celine's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#138 (1964)	#117 (1965)	#239 (2025)	60 of 62	1,369 (1964–2025)	61 (1971)
Norway · Girls	#543 (1969)	#32 (2002)	#103 (2025)	55 of 57	4,077 (1969–2025)	186 (2000)
England and Wales · Girls	#313 (1996)	#227 (2024)	#235 (2025)	30 of 30	1,960 (1996–2025)	209 (2024)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#271 (1997)	#259 (1999)	#407 (2024)	7 of 28	27 (1997–2024)	5 (1997)

Celine by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Celine in Republic of Ireland · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1960s	252	6 of 10	42
1970sbusiest	508	10 of 10	51
1980s	283	10 of 10	28
1990s	160	10 of 10	16
2000s	69	9 of 10	8
2010s	38	9 of 10	4
2020s	59	6 of 10	10

Across Republic of Ireland · Girls, the 1970s were its busiest decade, averaging 51 births a year.

See the names Republic of Irelandhas recorded the most births with →

Celine appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

What the record shows

Recorded by 5 registrars between 1964 and 2025, ranked in 62 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #32, first reached in 2002.

It held a top-100 place in 27 years, 24 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 209 births, registered in England and Wales in 2024.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1969, and 60 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Celine was ranked #32 in Norway · Girls in 2002. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Celia · #284, 46y
Celina · #51, 57y
Celt · #1692, 25y
Celyn · #816, 29y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 5 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Cora · #33, 62y
Debbie · #31, 67y
Janine · #31, 60y
Odin · #31, 59y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1960 and 1969.

Colm · #32, 62y
Gabrielle · #32, 62y
Madeline · #32, 60y
Aidan · #33, 62y

Celine and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,577 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Celine without appearing here.

Celine moved ahead of

Kirsten
In 2013 they stood at #1253 and #1220 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #1070 and #1882.
Gemma
In 2016 they stood at #1112 and #1057 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2017 that had become #764 and #1568.
Jamie
In 2016 they stood at #1112 and #1057 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2017 that had become #764 and #1568.
Jodie
In 2014 they stood at #1070 and #920 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2015 that had become #871 and #1405.

Moved ahead of Celine

Ivy
In 2002 they stood at #822 and #998 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2003 that had become #1269 and #799.
Aurora
In 2004 they stood at #804 and #1043 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2005 that had become #1200 and #769.
Aria
In 2009 they stood at #1139 and #1248 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2010 that had become #1125 and #773.
Maeve
In 2002 they stood at #822 and #842 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2003 that had become #1269 and #933.

Moved the opposite way to Celine

Ada
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Celine went from #138 to #239 while Ada went from #372 to #45.
Amelia
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Celine went from #138 to #239 while Amelia went from #300 to #12.
Annie
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Celine went from #138 to #239 while Annie went from #112 to #33.
Aoife
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Celine went from #138 to #239 while Aoife went from #206 to #34.

Moved the same way as Celine

Alison
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Celine went from #138 to #239 and Alison from #146 to #213.
Angela
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Celine went from #138 to #239 and Angela from #24 to #608.
Ann
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Celine went from #138 to #239 and Ann from #4 to #443.
Anne
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Celine went from #138 to #239 and Anne from #5 to #544.

Meaning & Origin

A variant of Céline, connected to the Ancient Roman name Marcellina.

VerifiedSource: Behind the Name.Confidence: medium.

Connected to the Ancient Roman Marcellina, via the French Céline

VerifiedSource: Behind the Name.Confidence: medium.

Other names with a researched meaning and origin →

Where Celine is officially recorded

5 official registrars have recorded Celine, between 1964 and 2025. Each registrar publishes for its own population on its own methodology, so the positions below are each one country's own ranking and are not comparable with one another.

Registrar	Recorded	Years	Its own highest position
Republic of Ireland	1964–2025	60	#117 in 1965
Norway	1969–2025	55	#32 in 2002
England and Wales	1996–2025	30	#227 in 2024
Northern Ireland	1997–2024	7	#259 in 1999
Scotland	2024	1	#333 in 2024

Its high point came 59 years earlier in Republic of Ireland (1965) than in England and Wales (2024).

Variants

Céline · spelling

Similar Names

No similar names recorded yet for this name.

Similarity is a demonstration score — see methodology.

Spelling

Spelling simplicity

Calculated directly from the name's spelling — see Name Characteristics above.

Common alternate spellings: Céline.

Pronunciation

suh-LEEN/sə.ˈlin/

Syllables: 3
Ease: easy

VerifiedSource: Behind the Name.Confidence: medium.

Where Celine Is Recorded

National statistical agencies have recorded Celine in these places. This shows where the name is used — not where it comes from, and not that it carries particular cultural significance there.

England and WalesNorthern IrelandScotlandRepublic of IrelandNorway

Notable Usage

No safely-sourced notable usage recorded for this name yet.

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Celine

Celine at a glance

What stands out in Celine's record

Overview

Popularity

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Celine across 4 official records

Celine by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Celine appears in

What the record shows

Names published alongside Celine

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Celine and the names beside it

Celine moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Celine

Moved the opposite way to Celine

Moved the same way as Celine

Meaning & Origin

Where Celine is officially recorded

Variants

Similar Names

Spelling

Pronunciation

Where Celine Is Recorded

Notable Usage

Sibling & Surname Compatibility

Celine at a glance

What stands out in Celine's record

Celine across 4 official records

Celine by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Celine appears in

What the record shows

Names published alongside Celine

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Celine and the names beside it

Celine moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Celine

Moved the opposite way to Celine

Moved the same way as Celine