Celestine

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Celestine: Recorded since 1969, with a gap of 26 years, its highest recorded position is #443, and it stood at #3,015 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
21times a registrar ranked it
56years from first to last
#443highest recorded position
7groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Celestine's record

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

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#3795
2000	#3247
2001	#3998
2002	#2540
2003	#4373
2004	#4598
2006	#3548
2007	#4294
2010	#3533
2013	#3536
2014	#3160
2015	#2945
2016	#2367
2017	#3583
2019	#3151
2020	#3447
2021	#2942
2022	#3970
2023	#2504
2024	#3015

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 England and Wales in 20 of the 29 years from 1996 to 2024.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1969–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #3795 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #3015 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Celestine by decade in England and Wales · 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 Celestine in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	3	1 of 10	3
2000s	28	7 of 10	4
2010sbusiest	51	7 of 10	7
2020s	37	5 of 10	7

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2010s were its busiest decade — the 7 years of it this list covers, averaging 7 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Celestine 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 1969 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #443 in Republic of Ireland in 1969.

Celestine'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
2024	England and Wales	female	#3015	8	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#2504	10	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#3970	5	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#2942	8	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#3447	6	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#3151	7	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#3583	6	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#2367	11	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#2945	8	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#3160	7	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#3536	6	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#3533	6	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#4294	4	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#3548	5	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#4598	3	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#4373	3	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#2540	6	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#3998	3	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#3247	4	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#3795	3	High	Verified
1969	Republic of Ireland	female	#443	3	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 1969 and 2024, ranked in 21 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #443, first reached in 1969.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 11 births, registered in England and Wales in 2016.

Its record falls into 7 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 26 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 27 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 →
6 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
7separate stretches the record falls into6 to 9 separate stretches →
26 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period20 or more years missing →
#3,015position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
27 yearsyears between the first and last registrar to record itAcross 21 to 40 years →
11births registered in its largest year, 2016Under 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.

Celene · #300, 13y
Celeste · #401, 30y
Celia · #284, 46y
Celina · #51, 57y

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.

Emanuela · #443, 26y
Eshal · #443, 21y
Rares · #443, 17y
Bodie · #442, 24y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

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

Isolde · #443, 27y
Oona · #443, 30y
Rosaria · #443, 11y
Saleh · #445, 43y

Celestine was ranked #443 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 1969. 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.

Celestine 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 Celestine without appearing here.

Celestine moved ahead of

Belinda Compare
In 2015 they stood at #2945 and #2945 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #2367 and #5785.
Tracy Compare
In 2022 they stood at #3970 and #3970 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #2504 and #5687.
Tyler Compare
In 2014 they stood at #3160 and #3160 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2015 that had become #2945 and #5730.
Helene Compare
In 2013 they stood at #3533 and #2843 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #3160 and #5691.

Moved ahead of Celestine

Blake Compare
In 2012 they stood at #4294 and #5201 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2013 that had become #3536 and #1587.
Frida Compare
In 2002 they stood at #2540 and #3409 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2003 that had become #4373 and #2727.
Ezra Compare
In 2013 they stood at #3536 and #5742 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #3160 and #1628.
Rory Compare
In 2019 they stood at #3151 and #4001 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #3447 and #1939.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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Nicknames and spelling variants

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 1969 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #443 in Republic of Ireland in 1969. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Celestine

Celestine at a glance

What stands out in Celestine's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Celestine by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Celestine appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Celestine

Celestine and the names beside it

Celestine moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Celestine

Celestine at a glance

What stands out in Celestine's record

Celestine by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Celestine 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 Celestine

Celestine and the names beside it

Celestine moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Celestine