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Celina

Polish form of Celine, meaning “heaven”*

CommonRare
Rank 2015: #1,354, 2016: #1,145, 2017: #1,224, 2018: #1,219, 2019: #1,125, 2020: #1,159, 2021: #1,187, 2022: #1,066, 2023: #1,016, 2024: #970, 2025: #8271 in 4,885 girls in the US, 2025#827 · rising · was #1,354 in 2015
CommonRare
Rank 2015: #1,961, 2016: #1,571, 2017: #1,568, 2018: #1,586, 2019: #2,458, 2020: #2,042, 2021: #1,505, 2022: #1,180, 2023: #1,469, 2024: #1,198, 2025: #9831 in 7,237 girls in E&W, 2025#983 · rising · was #1,961 in 2015

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What Celina means

Polish form of Celine, meaning “heaven”

a female given name from French [in turn from Latin], equivalent to English Celine || From French Céline, from Latin Caelīna, derived from the Roman gens name Caelius, from caelum (“heaven”).

Source: Wiktionary, “Celina” (revision 93942148) and “Celine” (revision 87440330), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Celina?

US 2025
#827
329 babies
▲ 143 vs 2024
England & Wales 2025
#983
35 babies
▲ 215 vs 2024
Scotland 2025
#780
3 babies

US: Rising: up from #1354 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #1961 in 2015.

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US, 1880–2025England & Wales, 1996–2025Babies per 1,000 girls born. Dot: biggest US share (1994)

Biggest US share so far: 1994, when 593 girls got the name (#423 that year). First in the US records in 1880.

How common

  • About 1 in 4,885 baby girls in the US in 2025
  • About 1 in 7,237 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025
  • About 1 in 5,964 baby girls in Scotland 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 MA (0.54 per 1,000 girls), NJ (0.45 per 1,000 girls), FL (0.41 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

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

US vs UK

Celina is #827 in the US and #983 in England & Wales (2025).

Rank 2025BabiesHow commonRank 2015
US#8273291 in 4,885#1354
England & Wales#983351 in 7,237#1961
Scotland#78031 in 5,964–

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 Celina were girls.

GirlsBoys
US 20253290
England & Wales 2025350
US all years since 188016,2956
England & Wales since 19964790

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

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

  • Selena1,170 US · 134 E&W
  • Selina176 US · 64 E&W
  • Celena37 US
  • Salina35 US
  • Zelina28 US
  • Solina19 US
  • Zelena19 US
  • Celaena13 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 Celina

Girls

  • Marina#601possibly “of the sea”
  • Virginia#525Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1922, with 19,144 babies; 572 in 2025
  • Rosa#652“rose”
  • Paula#853Editor’s note Up from #889 in 2015 to #853 in 2025 in the US
  • Laura#379“laurel tree”
  • Alma#449“nourishing, kind”

For a brother

  • Lawrence#518Editor’s note Down from #499 in 2015 to #518 in 2025 in the US
  • Martin#335“of or like Mars”
  • Mark#244Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1960, with 58,727 babies; 1,416 in 2025
  • Paul#262“small”
  • Francis#420“Frankish (man); a Frank”
  • Justin#233“just”

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 Celina’s. Rank is US 2025.

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