# Celina (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/celina/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | Latin |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 16,301 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 6 / 16,295 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 479, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Variant of Celine, from French Céline, ultimately from Latin.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 161 | 1,416 |
| 2012 | 216 | 1,139 |
| 2013 | 171 | 1,363 |
| 2014 | 189 | 1,271 |
| 2015 | 175 | 1,355 |
| 2016 | 220 | 1,146 |
| 2017 | 196 | 1,224 |
| 2018 | 192 | 1,220 |
| 2019 | 215 | 1,127 |
| 2020 | 202 | 1,160 |
| 2021 | 205 | 1,190 |
| 2022 | 237 | 1,067 |
| 2023 | 249 | 1,017 |
| 2024 | 267 | 971 |
| 2025 | 329 | 829 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1978 | 6 | 5,153 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 5 | 4,049 |
| 2012 | 16 | 1,809 |
| 2013 | 25 | 1,324 |
| 2014 | 17 | 1,702 |
| 2015 | 14 | 1,961 |
| 2016 | 20 | 1,571 |
| 2017 | 20 | 1,568 |
| 2018 | 19 | 1,586 |
| 2019 | 10 | 2,458 |
| 2020 | 13 | 2,042 |
| 2021 | 20 | 1,505 |
| 2022 | 28 | 1,180 |
| 2023 | 21 | 1,469 |
| 2024 | 28 | 1,198 |
| 2025 | 35 | 983 |

## People named Celina

- Celina González, Cuban singer and songwriter (1929–2015)
- Celina Murga, Argentinian filmmaker, screenwriter, and producer
- Celina Maria Turchi Martelli, Brazilian epidemiologist, researcher and university teacher
- Celina Guimarães Viana, Brazilian teacher (1890-1972)
- Celina Leffler, German athlete
- Lena Hall, American actress
- Celine Borzecka, Foundress of the Congregation of the Sisters of the Resurrection (1833-1913)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.