Celsa

Girls' name

Feminine form of Celsus

Celsa has been given to 80 babies in the U.S. since 1917. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1995, with 10 recorded.

Babies named Celsa, 2003

1 in 760,000

Celsa over time, 1880–2025

Girls

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Celsa: meaning, origin, and history

Feminine form of Celsus

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Celsa means

Celsa is a feminine form of Celsus.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Celsa is used in Ancient Roman, Spanish, Galician and Portuguese.

Another recorded pronunciation is /ˈθel.sa/ and /ˈsel.sa/ for Celsa.

Origin, language, and formation

Celsa is used in Portuguese.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Celsus and Celso.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Portuguese, Celsa is pronounced /ˈsɛw.sɐ/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 80 girls were recorded with the name Celsa between 1917 and 2003. Its highest annual count was 10 in 1995; its best national rank was #4,504 in 1941.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

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How common is Celsa?

Celsa had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2003, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2003: 1 in 760,000; 5 of 3,801,425 births
Among girls only: 1 in 365,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 2003: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 526,991 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Celsa sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2003 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 526,991 children born in 2003 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Celsa. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Celsas were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Celsa was born before 1994 — so the typical Celsa is around 31 today.

Median birth year: 1994; About 31 years old
Biggest decade: 1990s; 35.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 62.5%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 60; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1990s — 35.0% of all recorded uses (28).

Is Celsa rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1995 (10)
Years since peak: 30; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Shifting; 20.8% average annual change
Best rank ever: #4,504; 1941

Spellings of Celsa

Celsa is not the most common spelling — Ella is, with 23.6% against Celsa's <0.01%.

Ella23.6%351,313
Chelsea11.0%162,884
Velma5.8%86,752
Bella5.6%83,721
Della4.8%70,810
Celia3.8%56,642
Tessa3.8%55,926
Elisa3.2%47,661

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Celsa around the world

Where Celsa ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

France
1968–1968
#1,992
in 1968

Popularity data from Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0.

Celsa by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #4,504; 1941
Peak year: 1995; 10 that year
First recorded: 1917
Last recorded: 2003
All-time count: 80
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Celsa

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Celes Cely Celaya Celani Celin Celise Celie Cella Tulsa Celese Cela Celaena Cellie Celyna Celsie Delsa Cele Celiana Cellia Telsa Celys Celica Celeya Celida

Sibling names for Celsa

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Salena Darby Alexandrea Iman Breonna Fabiola Berenice Alex

For a brother

Hernan Rashawn Travon Madison Austen Deonte Denton Austyn

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