Celia

What Celia means

Possibly “heaven”

Borrowed from Latin Caelia, feminine of Roman family name Caelius, probably from caelum (“heaven”).

Source: Wiktionary, “Celia” (revision 94535366), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Celia?

US: Steady: #852 in 2015, #774 now. England & Wales: Rising: up from #942 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 1895, when 273 girls got the name (#158 that year). First in the US records in 1880.

How common

• About 1 in 4,579 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 5,066 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in OR (0.61 per 1,000 girls), SC (0.55 per 1,000 girls), MA (0.5 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed girls born in each state.

US vs UK

Celia is #774 in the US and #733 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (girls). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Celia were girls.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Zelie121 US · 6 E&W
• Xalia40 US · 3 E&W
• Xylia42 US
• Ciela34 US · 8 E&W
• Zelia33 US · 3 E&W
• Ciella31 US · 4 E&W
• Zalia31 US
• Celie11 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Celia

Girls

• Serena#325“serene”^*
• Paulina#783“small”^*
• Celeste#188“heavenly”^*
• Mya#443Editor’s note Cooling off in the US: #146 in 2015, #443 in 2025
• Mariana#260Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #260 vs #1,512 in 2025
• Maia#433Editor’s note Up from #552 in 2015 to #433 in 2025 in the US

For a brother

• Nicolas#177Variant of Nicholas, meaning “victory + people”^*
• Angel#67Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #67 vs #1,307 in 2025
• Fabian#468“belonging to Fabius”^*
• Gabriel#37Finnish, meaning “God is my strong man, God is my hero”^*
• Aurelius#991Latin, meaning “golden”^*
• Blaze#781Editor’s note Down from #707 in 2015 to #781 in 2025 in the US

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under Latin, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Celia’s. Rank is US 2025.