Celene

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Celene: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Celene: Recorded since 1964, with a gap of 26 years, its highest recorded position is #300, and it stood at #5,687 in 2023.

2registrars recorded it
14times a registrar ranked it
60years from first to last
#300highest recorded position
6groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Celene's record

Absent from every published list for 26 years inside its own recorded period, then ranked again. Names by longest absence

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2023

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#3795
2023	#5687

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

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Republic of Ireland in 12 of the 33 years from 1964 to 1996.

In 1996: #534 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #3795 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1964–2023 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1964
First recorded at #300 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
Highest recorded1964–1996
Highest recorded position: #300 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 1964 (recorded 1964–1996).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2023
Most recently recorded at #5687 among girls in England and Wales, in 2023.
England and Wales · Girls

Celene appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Girls, which has ranked it in 12 years beginning in 1964, and has registered 52 births with the name.

Celene across 2 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.

Celene'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	#300 (1964)	#300 (1964)	#534 (1996)	12 of 33	52 (1964–1996)	6 (1978)
England and Wales · Girls	#3795 (1996)	#3795 (1996)	#5687 (2023)	2 of 28	6 (1996–2023)	3 (1996)

Celene 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 Celene in Republic of Ireland · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1960s	8	2 of 10	4
1970sbusiest	23	5 of 10	5
1980s	14	3 of 10	5
1990s	7	2 of 10	4

Across Republic of Ireland · Girls, the 1970s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 5 births a year.

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

Celene appears in

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

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1964 to 2023. Highest recorded position: #300 in Republic of Ireland in 1964.

Celene's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2023	England and Wales	female	#5687	3	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#3795	3	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	female	#534	3	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	female	#456	4	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	female	#516	3	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	female	#425	5	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	female	#401	6	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	female	#388	6	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	female	#392	5	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	female	#455	4	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	female	#508	3	High	Verified
1970	Republic of Ireland	female	#363	5	High	Verified
1969	Republic of Ireland	female	#443	3	High	Verified
1964	Republic of Ireland	female	#300	5	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1964 and 2023, ranked in 13 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #300, first reached in 1964.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 6 births, registered in Republic of Ireland in 1978.

Its record falls into 11 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 26 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 32 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.

5decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 5 decades →
2 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
11separate stretches the record falls into10 or more separate stretches →
26 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period20 or more years missing →
#5,687position in 2023, its most recent recorded year
32 yearsyears between the first and last registrar to record itAcross 21 to 40 years →
6births registered in its largest year, 1978Under 25 births →

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.

Ceili · #384, 13y
Ceire · #365, 18y
Celeste · #401, 30y
Celestine · #443, 21y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 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.

Averil · #300, 18y
Meave · #300, 17y
Francie · #301, 18y
Sarah-Jayne · #301, 17y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

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

Alyson · #300, 36y
Averil · #300, 18y
Lavina · #300, 24y
Meave · #300, 17y

Celene was ranked #300 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 1964. 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.

Celene 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 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Celene without appearing here.

Celene moved ahead of

Camilla Compare
In 1991 they stood at #516 and #414 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1992 that had become #456 and #523.
Florence Compare
In 1991 they stood at #425 and #399 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1992 that had become #456 and #523.
Ingrid Compare
In 1991 they stood at #425 and #333 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1992 that had become #456 and #523.
Lynette Compare
In 1991 they stood at #516 and #343 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1992 that had become #456 and #523.

Moved ahead of Celene

Tara Compare
In 1968 they stood at #300 and #327 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1969 that had become #443 and #96.
Shannon Compare
In 1991 they stood at #425 and #523 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1992 that had become #456 and #116.
Victoria Compare
In 1968 they stood at #300 and #327 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1969 that had become #443 and #118.
Hayley Compare
In 1983 they stood at #425 and #467 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1984 that had become #516 and #280.

Moved the opposite way to Celene

Aisling Compare
Between 1964 and 1996 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Celene went from #300 to #534 while Aisling went from #154 to #17.
Alexandra Compare
Between 1964 and 1996 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Celene went from #300 to #534 while Alexandra went from #222 to #98.
Alison Compare
Between 1964 and 1996 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Celene went from #300 to #534 while Alison went from #146 to #46.
Aoife Compare
Between 1964 and 1996 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Celene went from #300 to #534 while Aoife went from #206 to #5.

Moved the same way as Celene

Alma Compare
Between 1964 and 1996 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Celene went from #300 to #534 and Alma from #327 to #534.
Amelia Compare
Between 1964 and 1996 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Celene went from #300 to #534 and Amelia from #300 to #429.
Angela Compare
Between 1964 and 1996 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Celene went from #300 to #534 and Angela from #24 to #216.
Anita Compare
Between 1964 and 1996 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Celene went from #300 to #534 and Anita from #130 to #241.

What's not yet available

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1964 to 2023. Highest recorded position: #300 in Republic of Ireland in 1964. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Celene

Celene at a glance

What stands out in Celene's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Celene across 2 official records

Celene by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Celene appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Celene at a glance

What stands out in Celene's record

Celene across 2 official records

Celene by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Celene appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Celene

Celene and the names beside it

Celene moved ahead of

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