Girl name#1,438 of girl names
Celestine
Pronounced CH EH0 L EH0 S T IY1 N IY0 (ARPABET)
- 4 syllables
- Peaked 1952
- 145 years in use
How popular is Celestine?
Celestine is a girls' name, and has been in the record since the data starts in 1880. It has been given to 9,992 children — the 1,438th most common girls' name on record.
It is still recorded, but barely: 272 births across the past decade, against a peak of 195 in a single year. That peak was in 1952.
Characteristics
- 4 syllables
Phonetic detail
- Pronunciations:
- CH EH0 L EH0 S T IY1 N IY0
- Stress pattern:
- 0010
- Syllables:
- 4
Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.
Names like Celestine
Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.
Sibling names for Celestine
Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.
Frequently asked questions
- How popular is the name Celestine?
- Celestine ranks 1,438th among girls' names in US records, with 9,992 births since 1880. Over the past decade it accounts for 272.
- Is Celestine a unisex name?
- No. Celestine is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
- When was Celestine most popular?
- 1952, when 195 children were given the name. It has been in use for 145 years and is still recorded as of 2024.