Celia

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Celia: Recorded since 1965, with a gap of 11 years, it reached #284 in 1969, and it stood at #393 in 2025.

3registrars recorded it
75times a registrar ranked it
61years from first to last
#284highest recorded position
16groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Celia's record

Absent from every published list for 11 years inside its own recorded period, then ranked again. Names by longest absence

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#562
1997	#618
1998	#628
1999	#641
2000	#655
2001	#853
2002	#1104
2003	#933
2004	#840
2005	#971
2006	#1031
2007	#1073
2008	#1391
2009	#1752
2010	#930
2011	#1168
2012	#1184
2013	#1018
2014	#1070
2015	#942
2016	#1112
2017	#1063
2018	#1200
2019	#980
2020	#853
2021	#812
2022	#746
2023	#1008
2024	#751

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 19 of the 61 years from 1965 to 2025.

In 2025: #393 among girls in Norway, #718 among girls in Republic of Ireland.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1965–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1965
First recorded at #325 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1965 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded1965–2025
Highest recorded position: #284 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 1969 (recorded 1965–2025).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #393 among girls in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Girls

Celia appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, with 29 ranked years and 967 births registered; the earliest is Republic of Ireland · Girls, from 1965.

Celia across 3 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.

Celia'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	#325 (1965)	#284 (1969)	#718 (2025)	19 of 61	87 (1965–2025)	9 (1969)
Norway · Girls	#540 (1974)	#326 (2021)	#393 (2025)	27 of 52	190 (1974–2025)	11 (2015)
England and Wales · Girls	#562 (1996)	#562 (1996)	#751 (2024)	29 of 29	967 (1996–2024)	50 (2024)

Celia 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 Celia in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	163	4 of 10	41
2000s	258	10 of 10	26
2010s	327	10 of 10	33
2020sbusiest	219	5 of 10	44

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 44 births a year.

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

Celia 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 3 regions, from 1965 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #284 in Republic of Ireland in 1969.

Celia'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	#751	50	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#1008	34	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#746	49	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#812	44	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#853	42	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#980	36	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#1200	28	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#1063	33	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#1112	31	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#942	38	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#1070	33	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#1018	35	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#1184	28	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#1168	28	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#930	37	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#1752	15	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#1391	20	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#1073	27	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#1031	27	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#971	27	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#840	32	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#933	26	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#1104	19	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#853	27	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#655	38	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#641	38	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#628	40	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#618	41	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#562	44	High	Verified
2025	Norway	female	#393	7	High	Verified
2024	Norway	female	#416	6	High	Verified
2023	Norway	female	#382	8	High	Verified
2021	Norway	female	#326	10	High	Verified
2020	Norway	female	#334	10	High	Verified
2019	Norway	female	#438	6	High	Verified
2018	Norway	female	#371	10	High	Verified
2016	Norway	female	#511	5	High	Verified
2015	Norway	female	#363	11	High	Verified
2014	Norway	female	#393	10	High	Verified
2013	Norway	female	#467	7	High	Verified
2012	Norway	female	#461	7	High	Verified
2011	Norway	female	#392	10	High	Verified
2009	Norway	female	#429	9	High	Verified
2008	Norway	female	#417	9	High	Verified
2007	Norway	female	#550	5	High	Verified
2006	Norway	female	#548	5	High	Verified
2004	Norway	female	#514	5	High	Verified
2002	Norway	female	#495	6	High	Verified
2000	Norway	female	#586	4	High	Verified
1999	Norway	female	#547	5	High	Verified
1998	Norway	female	#461	7	High	Verified
1997	Norway	female	#553	5	High	Verified
1995	Norway	female	#488	7	High	Verified
1982	Norway	female	#526	6	High	Verified
1979	Norway	female	#562	5	High	Verified
1974	Norway	female	#540	5	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	female	#718	4	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	female	#631	5	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	female	#896	3	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	female	#894	3	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	female	#516	3	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	female	#529	3	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	female	#425	5	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	female	#468	4	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	female	#429	4	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	female	#343	7	High	Verified
1974	Republic of Ireland	female	#374	6	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	female	#402	5	High	Verified
1972	Republic of Ireland	female	#471	3	High	Verified
1971	Republic of Ireland	female	#383	5	High	Verified
1970	Republic of Ireland	female	#396	4	High	Verified
1969	Republic of Ireland	female	#284	9	High	Verified
1967	Republic of Ireland	female	#288	6	High	Verified
1966	Republic of Ireland	female	#344	4	High	Verified
1965	Republic of Ireland	female	#325	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Norway hub — collected by Statistics Norway (SSB)
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 3 registrars between 1965 and 2025, ranked in 46 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #284, first reached in 1969.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 50 births, registered in England and Wales in 2024.

Its record falls into 5 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 11 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1974, and 31 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.

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.

Celeste · #401, 30y
Celestine · #443, 21y
Celina · #51, 57y
Celine · #32, 62y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 3 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.

Charmaine · #283, 47y
Khalil · #283, 47y
Liz · #291, 46y
Nada · #292, 46y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

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

Dejan · #284, 37y
Jeanne · #284, 47y
Lavinia · #284, 49y
Letitia · #284, 37y

Celia was ranked #284 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.

Celia 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 Celia without appearing here.

Celia moved ahead of

Kerry Compare
In 2009 they stood at #1752 and #1365 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2010 that had become #930 and #1993.
Aisling Compare
In 2012 they stood at #1184 and #1150 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2013 that had become #1018 and #1864.
Ashley Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1008 and #941 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #751 and #1406.
Caroline Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1008 and #981 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #751 and #1406.

Moved ahead of Celia

Alma Compare
In 2010 they stood at #930 and #1040 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2011 that had become #1168 and #702.
Amalie Compare
In 1994 they stood at #526 and #567 in Norway · Girls; by 1995 that had become #488 and #29.
Fiadh Compare
In 2019 they stood at #980 and #1063 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #853 and #460.
Robyn Compare
In 1994 they stood at #425 and #523 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1995 that had become #516 and #126.

Moved the opposite way to Celia

Amelia Compare
Between 1965 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Celia went from #325 to #718 while Amelia went from #325 to #12.
Amy Compare
Between 1965 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Celia went from #325 to #718 while Amy went from #262 to #138.
Annie Compare
Between 1965 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Celia went from #325 to #718 while Annie went from #131 to #33.
Aoife Compare
Between 1965 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Celia went from #325 to #718 while Aoife went from #175 to #34.

Moved the same way as Celia

Aisling Compare
Between 1965 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Celia went from #325 to #718 and Aisling from #121 to #180.
Alison Compare
Between 1965 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Celia went from #325 to #718 and Alison from #117 to #213.
Amanda Compare
Between 1965 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Celia went from #325 to #718 and Amanda from #129 to #608.
Andrea Compare
Between 1965 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Celia went from #325 to #718 and Andrea from #215 to #304.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
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 3 regions, from 1965 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #284 in Republic of Ireland in 1969. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Celia

Celia at a glance

What stands out in Celia's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Celia across 3 official records

Celia by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Celia 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 Celia

Celia and the names beside it

Celia moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Celia

Moved the opposite way to Celia

Moved the same way as Celia

Celia at a glance

What stands out in Celia's record

Celia across 3 official records

Celia by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Celia 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 Celia

Celia and the names beside it

Celia moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Celia

Moved the opposite way to Celia

Moved the same way as Celia